Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. California wildfires toll rises to 13. Catalonia's leader Carles Puigdemont to address regional lawmakers. Hamas and Fatah will meet in Cairo today. Star Wars: The Last Jedi debuted in dramatic fashion during Monday Night Football halftime. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, October 10. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:10Wildfires fanned by strong winds swept through Northern California's wine country, killing
00:14at least 10 people, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses, and forcing some 20,000
00:20people to flee.
00:22The deaths brought the official wildfire-related toll in California this year to 13, the greatest
00:26loss of civilian life from a single cluster of blazes in the state in a decade.
00:33Spain's separatism crisis faces a decisive moment today with Catalonia's leader, Carl
00:38Spuigemont, to address regional lawmakers in a speech his supporters hope will be a
00:43unilateral declaration of independence.
00:46Whether the 54-year-old Catalan president will actually go ahead with it in defiance
00:51of the central government and national codes, play for time or simply back down is still
00:56a mystery.
00:57Senior figures from rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah will meet in Cairo today as
01:04they seek to end a division that has crippled Palestinian politics. Hamas, which runs the
01:09Gaza Strip, and the West Bank-based Fatah of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have
01:14been at odds since 2007.
01:17The trailer for Star Wars The Last Jedi debuted in dramatic fashion during Monday night football
01:22halftime. Fireworks splashed and stormtroopers marched onto Chicago's Soldier Field as a
01:28preview played on screen.
01:31It featured new and familiar characters from the Star Wars universe. The Last Jedi is the
01:36latest installment in the Star Wars franchise since the Disney reboot that began with 2015's
01:42The Force Awakens. It's set to hit theatres on December 15.
01:47And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:52to 27 degrees at night.
01:54That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
01:57on healthnews.com.