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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, October the 23rd.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09The Dubai Fitness Challenge has taken off with much enthusiasm from residents and government
00:14officials alike.
00:16The latest public official to participate in the challenge is Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed
00:20Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
00:25In the one-minute video clip uploaded on YouTube, Sheikh Abdullah can be seen working
00:29up a sweat as he tackles a spinning bike.
00:33He also thanked Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai,
00:38for launching the initiative.
00:40Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged today to work with the US, China and Russia
00:45to contain North Korea's nuclear threat with strong, resolute diplomacy.
00:51Fresh from clinching a two-thirds supermajority, Abe vowed to forge a national consensus on
00:57revising Japan's pacifist constitution.
01:00Abe said he would confirm close cooperation on North Korea with Donald Trump when the
01:05US President visits Japan next month.
01:08Writer and director James Toback, who got an Oscar nomination for writing Bugsy, has
01:13been accused of sexual harassment by 38 women.
01:17In a report published in the Los Angeles Times, many of the women alleged that Toback
01:22approached them on the streets of New York City and promised stardom.
01:26His meetings would often end with sexual questions and Toback performing a sexual act in front
01:32of them, according to the accounts.
01:34Toback has denied the allegations.
01:37And finally, the weather.
01:39Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 25 degrees at night.
01:44That's all for now.
01:45Thanks for watching.
01:46And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.