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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, October the 14th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:12Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims thronged Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia from early this
00:16morning for the culmination of Hajj. Officials said they expect around 1.5 million pilgrims
00:22to descend on the site as helicopters hovered overhead and thousands of troops stood guard
00:27to organize roads. The number of pilgrims is sharply down this year from last due to
00:32fears linked to the MERS virus and to expansion work in Mecca.
00:36A survivor of a fatal construction crane collapse in downtown Dubai said the crane's ladder
00:41had snapped, sending a worker crashing down. The survivor, an Asian worker, said the incident
00:46occurred on Saturday evening. Three workers were killed in the incident, according to
00:50police, which occurred at an under-construction luxury hotel.
00:55Iranian negotiators will offer a new proposal tomorrow that is intended to convince world
00:59powers that the country's nuclear program has only peaceful aims. Deputy Foreign Minister
01:05Abbas Araghchi said his team would present a three-step plan that would secure the independence
01:10of Iran's civilian nuclear program.
01:13Airbus CEO Fabrice Breguet has said the European planemaker will overtake its US rival Boeing
01:18to become the world's biggest producer within five years. He said Airbus will step up production
01:23through its new A320neo and long-haul A350 models.
01:28South Africa won the toss and chose to bat as the world's number one test team began
01:32their two-match series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi this morning. Pakistan have handed
01:37debuts to opening batsman Shan Masood and veteran spinner Zulfiqar Babar.
01:42After Burj Khalifa in Mission Impossible, could Dubai's Wafi Mall be the next setting
01:46for a Hollywood blockbuster? Oscar-winning British director Danny Boyle is said to be
01:50making a feature film version of a documentary about an international jewel thief network
01:55whose robbery allegedly includes the jewelry heist in Wafi in 2007. The film is said to
02:00be inspired by the documentary which follows the Pink Panther gang.
02:04And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:09to 24 at night.
02:11That's all for now. Thanks for watching. From all of us here at Gulf News, we wish you Eid
02:15Mubarak. We will be back with our newscast on Thursday, but in the meantime, you can
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