Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Apple Pay launches in the UAE today. Kurdistan region accused Iraq of launching an attack in the direction of the Turkish border. Xi Jinping has been consecrated as China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. Salman Khan books Eid 2019 for 'Bharat'. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day, welcome to the gulf news update for Tuesday, October the 24th, here are the
00:07top stories at this hour.
00:09Apple Pay, the company's digital wallet, launches in the UAE today. Anyone using credit
00:13cards from six UAE banks, Mashriq, Emirates NBD, Emirates Islamic, RAK Bank, HSBC or Standard
00:20Chartered, and having an iPhone 6 or later, will be able to use Apple Pay.
00:25Apple Pay can be used anywhere that uses a contactless payment terminal, such as the
00:29wireless credit card readers available in most retailers around the UAE.
00:34Iraq's Kurdistan region accused Iraqi forces of launching an attack in the direction of
00:39the Turkish border, where a section of the Kurdish oil export pipeline is located.
00:44An Iraqi military spokesman denied clashes happened in the region of Rabia, located south
00:49of the Feshkhabur border area, held by Kurdish Peshmerga forces.
00:55Xi Jinping has been consecrated as China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, after
01:00a new body of political thought carrying his name was added to the Communist Party's constitution.
01:06The symbolic move came on the final day of a week-long political summit in Beijing, the
01:1019th Party Congress. At a closing ceremony in the Mao-era Great Hall of the People, it
01:16was announced that Xi's thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era
01:22had been written into the party charter.
01:25Continuing the tradition of releasing his films on the festive occasion of Eid, Bollywood
01:29superstar Salman Khan has booked the auspicious date for his 2019 release titled Bharat. The
01:35film, an official adaptation of 2014 South Korean film Ojj to My Father, will be shot
01:41partly in Abu Dhabi.
01:43And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:48to 24 degrees at night.
01:49That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
01:54on Kulknews.com