Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Al Shindagha tunnel in Dubai to close. Google Glass for traffic fines. Elections in Tunisia. Clashes in Lebanon. Dilma Rousseff wins election in Brazil. South African football captain Senzo Meyiwa shot dead. English Premier League. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, October the 27th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:12Traffic patrol officers in Dubai have begun using Google Glass to issue fines and record
00:16traffic violations. Colonel Saif Mohair al-Mazroui, Director of Dubai Traffic Police, said the
00:22smart glasses are equipped with a camera and directly linked to the police operations room.
00:27An officer can simply scan the number plate of a car and access all its police records.
00:33Dubai's Al-Shindaga Tunnel, the second oldest crossing on Dubai Creek, is set to be replaced
00:38soon. The iconic tunnel, which is around 40 years old, will be replaced by a multi-lane
00:42bridge in the next few years, an official at the Roads and Transport Authority who was
00:47privy to the plans told Gulf News. The new crossing is likely to have four to six lanes
00:51in each direction.
00:53The leading Tunisian secular party, Nidaa Tunis, has won more than 80 seats in an election
00:59for the new 217-member parliament. The provisional tally for Nidaa Tunis comes against 67 seats
01:05won by Islamist party Al-Nahda, a party source said Monday, citing preliminary ballot counts.
01:11If confirmed, the result would be a setback for Al-Nahda.
01:14The Lebanese army has launched a fierce assault against militants in Tripoli, forcing a retreat
01:19from the old city on a third day of fighting. The battle has now shifted to a Sunni neighborhood
01:23where the army is using tanks and armored vehicles. At least five soldiers and two civilians
01:28have died in the fighting.
01:30Leftist President Dilma Rousseff vowed to reconcile Brazil, reboot the economy, and
01:35fight corruption after narrowly winning re-election Sunday. Rousseff, the first woman president
01:40of the world's seventh-largest economy, took 51.6% of the vote to 48.4% for business
01:46favorite Ese Oneves in a runoff election.
01:50South Africa's football captain and goalkeeper Senzo Maiwa was shot dead late Sunday near
01:55Johannesburg, a police spokesman said. Maiwa, 27, was gunned down at a house in Foslouras,
02:01a township about 30 kilometers south of the city, and declared dead on admission to hospital.
02:07Premier League leader Chelsea dropped points for the second time this season by conceding
02:11a last-gasp equalizer at Manchester United. Chelsea was on the verge of moving eight
02:16points clear of Manchester City when Robin Van Persie scored in the fourth minute of
02:20injury time in a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.
02:24And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:29to 25 degrees at night.
02:31That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news
02:35at gulfnews.com.