India beat Pakistan in first Asia Cup encounter. Air pressure mix-up causes mass bleeding on Indian flight. Japan's Abe wins party leadership election, to stay as PM. Egyptian actor Gamil Ratib dies, aged 91. Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, September the 20th.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09It was India's day at the Dubai International Stadium in their match against arch-rivals
00:15Pakistan at the Unimani Asia Cup.
00:18The mighty Pakistan batting line-up was skittled out for 162 runs, cracking before the spirited
00:24Indian combination of Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Kedar Jadhav.
00:31India then raced to victory through elegant batting from their skipper Rohit Sharma and
00:35Shikhar Dhawan.
00:36A cockpit mix-up left more than 30 passengers on an Indian plane bleeding from their ears
00:42and noses today, after the crew forgot to flick a switch regulating cabin air pressure.
00:48The jet airways flight from Mumbai to Jaipur had to turn back as the alarming symptoms
00:53became apparent.
00:55The plane carrying 166 passengers landed back in Mumbai and those affected were given medical
01:02attention while alternative flights were arranged.
01:05The flight captain and crew have been taken off scheduled duties pending investigation,
01:11the airline said.
01:13Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won comfortable re-election as leader of his ruling party
01:18today.
01:19The victory sets him on course to become Japan's longest-serving premier and realise his dream
01:25of reforming the constitution.
01:27The 63-year-old conservative secured 553 votes against 254 won by former Defence Minister
01:36Shigeru Ishiba.
01:38Gamil Ratib, an award-winning Franco-Egyptian actor and star of the 1962 classic Lawrence
01:44of Arabia, has died at 92.
01:47Ratib's acting career of more than 100 films in French and Arabic began as early as the
01:531940s in Cairo.
01:55Ratib, who died of unspecified illness in a Cairo hospital, later travelled to study
02:00law and economics in Paris.
02:03And finally, the weather.
02:04Today's high across the UAE will be 41 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
02:10That's all for now.
02:11Thanks for watching.
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