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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, May 9.
00:05Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08South Koreans headed to voting stations to elect a new leader, with the potential record
00:12turnout suggesting voters are eager to move on from a corruption scandal that brought
00:17down the former president and shook the political and business elite.
00:21Unless there is a major upset, liberal Moon Jae-in, who calls for a moderate approach
00:26on North Korea, wants to reform powerful family-run conglomerates and boost fiscal spending to
00:32create jobs, will be elected president.
00:35Chelsea manager Antonio Conte set his side another little step from the Premier League
00:40title after they crushed Middlesbrough 3-0 to move to within touching distance of glory.
00:45Tottenham Hotspur's surprise defeat at West Ham United last week handed Chelsea the initiative
00:51and they can now seal a second title triumph in three years if they win at West Bromwich Albion on Friday.
00:57Ukraine has banned action film actor Steven Seagal from entering the country for five years.
01:03Seagal, an American, was given Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin last year in a
01:07ceremony shown on state television.
01:10He has vocally defended the Russian leader's policies and criticised the US government.
01:14A statement from the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday said Seagal's entry was banned on
01:20the basis of Ukrainian national security.
01:23And finally, the weather.
01:24Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
01:30That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
01:32As always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com