Bolsonaro storms to power in Brazil. Plane crashes off Indonesia with 189 on board. Leicester's Thai boss killed in helicopter crash. George Ezra set to perform in Dubai. 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 Monday, October the 29th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Former Army Captain Jair Bolsonaro was elected President of Brazil on Sunday night.
00:16The 63-year-old firebrand leader promised a fundamental change in direction for the
00:21giant Latin American country, the latest to take a turn to the right.
00:26He has repulsed many with his open support of the torture used by Brazil's former military
00:32regime, as well as remarks deemed racist and homophobic.
00:37But Bolsonaro managed to tap voters' deep anger with corruption, crime and economic
00:42malaise.
00:43Official results gave the controversial President-elect 55.13% of the vote to 44.87% for leftist opponent
00:53Fernando Haddad.
00:56An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea and sank this
01:01morning soon after taking off from Jakarta.
01:04Lion Air flight JT610, an almost new Boeing 737 MAX 8, lost contact with ground officials
01:1213 minutes after take-off and crashed about 15 km off the coast.
01:18Search and Rescue Agency head Mohamed Sayogi told a news conference that it was not immediately
01:24known if there were any survivors.
01:27No distress signal had been received from the aircraft's emergency transmitter, he said.
01:34Leicester City's Thai billionaire boss was among five people killed when his helicopter
01:39crashed and burst into flames in the stadium car park, the club has confirmed.
01:44A stream of fans already fearing the worst had laid out flowers, football scarves and
01:49Buddhist prayers outside the club's King Power Stadium after Saturday's accident.
01:56Vijay Srivadhanaprabha was credited for an against-all-odds Premier League victory for
02:01the club in 2016.
02:05English singer-songwriter sensation George Ezra is set to perform in Dubai for the first
02:10time on January 22 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
02:15Best known for the global hit Budapest, Ezra recently earned the accolade of the UK's biggest
02:21song of the summer from the official charts company.
02:25His Dubai stop is part of his current international tour and tickets go on sale tomorrow.
02:31And finally, the weather, today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius dropping
02:35to 26 degrees at night.
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