Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Louvre Abu Dhabi inaugurated with fanfare. Priti Patel forced from office over undisclosed meetings with Israeli officials. Trump presses China on North Korea and trade. Christopher Plummer replaces Spacey in film.
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, November the 9th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated on Wednesday by top dignitaries from the UAE and France,
00:14with both sides hailing the museum as a monument to the global confluence of cultures.
00:19In his inaugural speech, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President
00:23and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, called for an alliance of civilizations
00:28to face the enemies of humanity.
00:30The Louvre Abu Dhabi will be a meeting point for lovers of art, culture and beauty all
00:35around the world, he said.
00:37Sheikh Mohammed officially inaugurated the iconic museum, along with His Highness Sheikh
00:41Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the
00:45UAE Armed Forces, and French President Emmanuel Macron.
00:49British Aid Minister Preeti Patel was forced from office on Wednesday over undisclosed
00:54meetings with Israeli officials.
00:56Preeti Patel, a Brexit campaigner who is popular in the ruling Conservative Party,
01:00had to abandon a trip to Africa earlier in the day.
01:03She was summoned by Prime Minister Theresa May to answer questions on unsanctioned meetings
01:08that breached diplomatic protocol.
01:10US President Donald Trump pressed China to do more on the North Korean nuclear issue
01:15today, but he praised President Xi Jinping's pledge that China would be more open to foreign
01:20firms.
01:21Trump also urged Beijing to cut financial links with North Korea and called on Russia
01:26to help.
01:27Kevin Spacey is being cut from Ridley Scott's finished film All the Money in the World and
01:32replaced by Christopher Plummer.
01:34The movie is scheduled to hit the theatres on December 22.
01:38The film was pulled earlier this week amid the sexual harassment reports surrounding
01:42Spacey.
01:43And finally, the weather.
01:44Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 23 degrees at night.
01:49That's all for now.
01:50Thanks for watching.
01:51And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.