Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Pro-unity protesters will gather in Barcelona. Masoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term. Waiting period of five to six weeks for iPhone X. England came from behind to crush Spain. Singer Selena Gomez said her kidneys were done. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, October the 29th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Pro-unity protesters will gather in Catalonia's capital, Barcelona, today.
00:16The protests come two days after lawmakers voted to split the wealthy region from Spain,
00:21plunging the country into an unprecedented political crisis.
00:25As Madrid moved to squash the independence bid, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont called
00:30for democratic opposition to the seizure of regional power.
00:34Iraqi Kurdistan's veteran leader Massoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term
00:40beyond November 1.
00:42His decision came just weeks after a referendum on Kurdish independence backfired and triggered
00:48a crisis for Iraq's Kurds.
00:51A plan to divide up the president's powers was outlined in a letter Barzani sent to the
00:55Kurdish parliament on Saturday, an official said.
00:58Pre-orders for the iPhone X began on Friday, but Apple's UAE website is already showing
01:05a waiting period of five to six weeks for the new model.
01:09Reports have suggested the production of Apple's flagship phone is behind schedule due to technical
01:14issues over the device's face authentication feature.
01:18Apple will only ship 20 million devices this year, half of what it originally anticipated.
01:24Manchester City star Phil Foden scored twice as England came from behind to crush Spain
01:305-2 in the U-17 World Cup final last night.
01:35The victory added to England's growing list of youth honours.
01:39They have won the U-20 World Cup and European U-19 Championship this year.
01:44Singer Selena Gomez said her kidneys were done when she had the transplant operation
01:50and credited her best friend for saving her life.
01:53In an interview with The Today Show, the pop star, who has battled with autoimmune condition
01:59lupus, said it got to the point where it was kind of life or death.
02:04Earlier this year, the 25-year-old singer revealed that her friend Francia Raisa had
02:10donated one of her kidneys to her in a secret operation.
02:13And finally the weather.
02:14Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 24 degrees at night.