Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Fifa Under-17 World Cup kicks off in Abu Dhabi. US Congress approves deal to end shutdown. Fina World Cup in Dubai. Dariush to perform at Dubai World Trade Centre. Hala Al Turk to sing at Duba Mall. Raju Srivastav to perform at Crowne Plaza in Dubai. Rihanna to perform in Abu Dhabi. Akshay Kumar's Boss in cinemas. Fashion Forward in Dubai. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, October the 17th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:12The U.S. Congress has approved an 11th-hour deal to end a government shutdown and pull
00:16the world's biggest economy back from the brink of a historic debt default. Capping
00:21weeks of political brinkmanship, President Barack Obama quickly signed the spending measure.
00:27The deal earlier passed the Senate and House of Representatives after Republicans dropped
00:31efforts to use the legislation to force changes in his signature health care law. The White
00:37House Budget Office told hundreds of thousands of federal workers to be ready to return to
00:41work today. The deal funds the government until January 15th and raises the debt ceiling
00:47until February 7th, so Americans face the possibility of another government shutdown
00:52early next year.
00:54The sporting season in the UAE revs up to top gear today, with the Under-17 FIFA World
00:59Cup kicking off in Abu Dhabi and Ras al-Khaimah. Hosts UAE take on Honduras in their opening
01:04Group A game from 8 p.m., while title contenders Brazil play Slovakia from 5 p.m. Both matches
01:12will be held at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Simultaneously, some of the
01:17best swimmers of the world will be in action at the two-day FINA World Cup, which takes
01:22off at the Hamdan bin Mohammed Sports Complex in Dubai.
01:27Eid al-Adha concerts continue over the weekend, with Iranian singer Darwish performing at
01:32Dubai World Trade Center, Bahraini artist Hala al-Turk singing at Dubai Mall, and Indian
01:37comedian Raju Srivastav opening up his bags of laughs at Crowne Plaza in Dubai tonight.
01:43Singer Rihanna will perform at Yas Island on Saturday for her Diamond World tour.
01:48The cinema's Akshay Kumar's Bollywood potboiler, Boss, still continues. And if it's fashion
01:53you seek, fashion forward continues until tomorrow in Dubai.
01:57And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:02to 24 at night.
02:03That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back with our newscast on Sunday,
02:08but you can always get the latest news at gulfnews.com.