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Police break up Sabarimala protests - GN Headlines

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00:00Good day and welcome to the gulf news update for Wednesday, October the 17th.

00:06Here are the top stories at the south.

00:09Indian police today cleared protesters trying to stop women accessing one of Hinduism's

00:14most sacred sites.

00:16The hilltop temple in Sabarimala in the southern state of Kerala was forced by judges to open

00:22its doors to all female pilgrims for the first time.

00:26The Supreme Court in September overturned a ban on women aged between 10 and 50 from

00:32entering and praying at the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala.

00:36Police broke up the protests at Nilakkal to allow hundreds of devotees, male and female,

00:41to proceed in buses towards the temple.

00:44The final seven kilometres will then be made by pilgrims on foot.

00:49The European Union is ready to extend Brexit's post-divorce transition period by a year to

00:55allow more time to find a trade deal, diplomats said on Wednesday ahead of a difficult summit.

01:02British Prime Minister Theresa May is due in Brussels today to address the other 27

01:07EU leaders on the stalled negotiations towards a divorce deal to bring Britain out of the

01:13Union.

01:14Talks are at an impasse over the issue of a legal backstop to keep the border between

01:19Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic open after the UK leaves the bloc on March 29.

01:26Teen actor Neel Sethi has been at the Sharjah International Film Festival all week.

01:32He will meet and greet his fans at Altavaha Reception and Convention Centre at 4.30pm

01:38on Thursday.

01:39The 14-year-old breakout star, who played Mowgli in the 2016 Disney film The Jungle

01:46Book, said he's preparing to film a sequel once director Jon Favreau wraps another production.

01:53Plus, Sethi has his eye on a superhero film with hopes of becoming the next Tom Holland.

02:00And finally, the weather.

02:01Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.

02:07That's all for now.

02:08Thanks for watching.

02:09And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.

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