Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Sebastian Kurz on track to become Austria’s leader, Dubai Municipality launches second UAE Food Bank, Indonesian goalkeeper dies after colliding with a teammate, Veteran filmmaker Lekh Tandon dies at 88. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News update for Monday, October 16th.
00:06Here are the top stories of this hour.
00:09Young Conservative star Sebastian Kurz is on track to become Austria's next leader after an election on Sunday,
00:16but his party is far short of a majority and likely to seek a coalition with the resurgent far-right.
00:21Foreign Minister Kurz, who is just 31, managed to propel his People's Party to first place
00:26by taking a hard line on immigration that left little space between it and the far-right Freedom Party.
00:32Kick-starting World Food Day, Dubai Municipality has launched the second branch of the UAE Food Bank.
00:39Hossein Nasser Lutar, Director-General of Dubai Municipality, inaugurated the Food Bank branch
00:44located next to the Canadian University in Al-Badr area.
00:48Lutar also signed agreements with 16 entities including food businesses and charity groups
00:54which will be associated with the Food Bank.
00:57Indonesian football was in mourning after celebrated goalkeeper Shuaral Huda
01:02died following an on-pitch collision with a team-mate.
01:05Huda, 38, a long-time regular for his hometown club Persella in East Java,
01:10collapsed just before half-time after Sunday's accidental clash with Brazilian midfielder Ramon Rodriguez.
01:17Veteran filmmaker Lek Tandon, who is often credited for discovering Shah Rukh Khan,
01:22died on Sunday in Mumbai. He was 88.
01:25Tandon passed away at his residence in Powai in the presence of his family.
01:29Born in Lahore in 1929, Tandon directed many Bollywood stars like Shami Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar,
01:36Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Shabana Azmi, Rekha and Rajesh Khanna to name a few.
01:43And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE.
01:45It will be 37 degrees Celsius dropping to 24 degrees at night.
01:48That's all for now. Thank you for watching.
01:50As always, you can get the latest news on golfnews.com