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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, November 7.
00:05Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman today accused Iran of direct military aggression
00:14against the kingdom by supplying Yemen's Al Bhuti militia with ballistic missiles.
00:19The involvement of Tehran is a direct military aggression by the Iranian regime, the Crown
00:24Prince said during a phone call with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
00:29Saudi Foreign Minister Adil al-Jubeir also reaffirmed last night that the weakened missile
00:34attacked on Riyadh by Iran-backed militias in Yemen was an Iranian act of war.
00:40He said Saudi Arabia reserves the right to respond in the appropriate manner at the appropriate
00:45time.
00:46The gunman who slaughtered 26 people at a Texas church was able to buy weapons because
00:51the Air Force failed to report his domestic violence conviction to the federal database.
00:57Federal officials said the Air Force did not submit Devin Kelly's criminal history
01:01even though it was required to do so by Pentagon rules.
01:05Kelly, 26, was found guilty of assault in an Air Force court-martial in 2012 for abusing
01:11his family and was given 12 months confinement, followed by a bad conduct discharge in 2014.
01:17The same year, he bought the first of four weapons.
01:21Reality show American Idol is set to return on March 11 next year, with host Ryan Seacrest
01:27making the announcement on Live with Kelly and Ryan.
01:31Singers Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and country icon Luke Bryan will be joining the vocal
01:36competition series as the celebrity judges.
01:40Auditions kicked off in August, with this year fans given the chance to audition online
01:45with the official tag.
01:47And finally, the weather.
01:48Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 23 degrees at night.
01:53That's all for now.
01:54Thanks for watching.
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