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00:00Good day, and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, October the 15th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Britain's Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt said today that a Brexit deal with the European
00:13Union was possible with goodwill, but he warned that there were several issues still outstanding.
00:20Negotiators from both sides failed to bridge the gap in intense weekend talks before a
00:24high-stakes EU summit on Wednesday.
00:27I think everyone in the UK should have confidence that Theresa May will never sign a deal that
00:32is not compatible with the letter and the spirit of the referendum result, Hunt told
00:37reporters.
00:39It has been a fortnight since India's Supreme Court granted permission for women to go on
00:44pilgrimage to the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala.
00:48But there is no clarity on the likely scenario on Wednesday when the temple opens for prayers.
00:53Tens of thousands of devotees of Ayyappa have held demonstrations in various places in the
00:58state demanding that women's entry be banned.
01:01The Communist Party-led government in Kerala has said that it has to abide by the top court's
01:07ruling.
01:08If women do turn up for pilgrimage, they would be accorded protection as well as the facilities
01:13required for the pilgrimage, the state government said.
01:17Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are expecting their first child due in the spring
01:22of 2019, Kensington Palace announced today.
01:26The baby will be the seventh in line to the British throne.
01:29British media said Meghan was believed to be about 12 weeks pregnant.
01:33The news emerged shortly after the royal couple landed in Australia for their first overseas
01:38tour, a busy trip which will also take in New Zealand and Fiji.
01:43And finally, the weather.
01:45Today's highs across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 28 degrees at night.
01:51That's all for now.
01:52Thanks for watching.
01:53And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.