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00:00Good afternoon and welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, October the 16th.
00:09Here are your top stories at this hour.
00:12The UAE's Ministry of Health has announced that a passenger on flight from Liberia via
00:16Morocco to Dubai was isolated as a precaution against Ebola.
00:20The passenger, who suffered from diarrhea, a symptom of the Ebola disease, was isolated
00:25on Wednesday morning for tests to make sure he is free of the virus.
00:30The ministry said all tests exclude the possibility the passenger is infected by Ebola.
00:36The U.S. government is ramping up its response to the Ebola crisis after a second Dallas
00:40nurse became ill, apparently a day after she had been cleared to fly.
00:44U.S. President Barack Obama has directed his administration to respond in a much more aggressive
00:49way to oversee the Dallas cases.
00:52Daesh militants are retreating from parts of Kobani after reportedly having lost control
00:57of more than 20% of the Syrian town in recent days.
01:00U.S. defense officials say hundreds of militants have been killed around Kobani as U.S.-led
01:05airstrikes intensify.
01:07Sport and UEFA President Michel Platini has backed a fresh vote on the 2022 World Cup
01:13if proof ever emerged of corruption in the awarding of Qatar as the venue.
01:17As for Qatar 2022, I wasn't influenced, said the French legend who voted for the Gulf state.
01:23Neil Patrick Harris is set to host the 2015 Oscars after four hosting stints at Broadway's
01:29Tony Awards.
01:31Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs called Harris the consummate entertainer with the
01:3587th Academy Awards set for February 22, 2015.
01:40Five years after his death, singer Michael Jackson is generating a fortune and is the
01:44top-earning dead celebrity, raking in an estimated $140 million in the past year for his estate,
01:51Forbes said on Wednesday.
01:52Jackson earned more than twice as much as singer Elvis Presley, who died in 1977 and
01:57came in second with $55 million.
02:01And finally, the weather.
02:02Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
02:08That's all for now.
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