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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, October the 25th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12The General Service Company and the Department of Transport in Abu Dhabi have announced that
00:1660% of construction work has been completed on a new 62-kilometer Abu Dhabi-Dubai Highway.
00:24Spanning from Say Shuaib to the Swehan Interchange, the road is expected to be completed by the
00:30end of this year.
00:32When the UAE's first Apple stores open on October 29, customers will get the full Apple
00:38experience, according to a top executive.
00:41The UAE will have the full global assortment in these stores, said Angela Arenz, Apple's
00:47Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores, in an exclusive interview with Gulf
00:52News.
00:53The two stores, at Mall of the Emirates and Yas Mall, will open simultaneously because
00:59we timed both stores to open with a full run of products, Arenz said.
01:05The Israeli regime has renewed a pledge to maintain existing rules at al-Haram al-Sharif
01:11in occupied Jerusalem.
01:13The holy site has been at the source of nearly a month of violence between Israelis and Palestinians
01:18after the Israeli regime introduced unprecedented restrictions on Palestinian access.
01:24The existing rules allow Jews to visit the site but not perform religious rituals.
01:31In sport, New Zealand talisman Dan Carter took it upon himself to drive the All Blacks
01:36into the Rugby World Cup final in their tense clash with South Africa last night.
01:41The master fly-half kicked 10 points and set up the second-half try that took New Zealand
01:47to a 20-18 victory over the Springboks.
01:51In football, bitter rivals Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho had wildly contrasting afternoons
01:57as Arsenal went top of the Premier League and champions Chelsea lost again, with their
02:02manager being sent off.
02:04Wenger punched the air in delight after Arsenal beat Everton 2-1 at a rain-lashed Emirates
02:09Stadium.
02:10Chelsea, meanwhile, slumped to sixth from bottom following a 2-1 defeat at London rivals
02:16West Ham United.
02:19Maureen O'Hara, the Irish actress who appeared in such classic films as The Quiet Man and
02:25How Green Was My Valley, has died.
02:28Her manager, Johnny Nicoletti, said O'Hara died in her sleep on Saturday at her home
02:34in Idaho.
02:35She was 95.
02:37O'Hara went to Hollywood to star in 1939's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and went on to
02:43have a long career.
02:45And finally, the weather.
02:46Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.
02:52That's all for now.
02:53Thanks for watching.
02:54And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com