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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, October the 11th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Turkish investigators were working today to identify the perpetrators and victims of Saturday's
00:16bomb blast which killed at least 97 people in Ankara.
00:21The investigation came as Turks mourned the deadliest attack of its kind on Turkish soil
00:26where two suspected suicide bombers hit a rally of pro-Kurdish and Labour activists
00:31near Ankara's main train station.
00:34The US Department of Defence will seek to make condolence payments to families of victims
00:39of a US airstrike that mistakenly hit an MSF hospital in Afghanistan's Kunduz, killing
00:4522 people.
00:46The medical charity, however, is pressing for an international commission to investigate
00:51what it calls a war crime.
00:54In sport, Australia beat Wales 15-6 last night to set up a Rugby World Cup quarter-final
00:59against Scotland, who beat Samoa in a thriller and sent the Welsh into a clash with South
01:05Africa.
01:06England, meanwhile, closed their disappointing tournament as the first main host to go out
01:11at the pool stage with a 10-try, 63-win over Uruguay.
01:16In football, Wales' 57-year wait to qualify for a major tournament is finally over after
01:22they booked their place at Euro 2016 despite a 2-0 defeat against Bosnia-Herzegovina on
01:29Saturday.
01:30Chris Coleman's side had required just one point from their final two Group B fixtures
01:36to guarantee their berth at an elite event for the first time since the 1958 World Cup.
01:43Tamil comedian and actress Manorama died in Chennai on Saturday.
01:47She was 78 and is survived by her son and singer-actor Bhupati.
01:52After suffering a cardiac arrest at her residence, she was rushed to the hospital where she died.
01:58Popularly known as Archie, Manorama acted in more than 1,000 films across five languages
02:05and sang more than 100 songs.
02:08And finally, the weather.
02:09Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.
02:15That's all for now.
02:16Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com