00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, October 30. Here are your top
00:09stories at this hour. A diversion on Al-Wasl Road for the Dubai
00:13Water Canal project will open on Friday, October 31, with no traffic disruptions expected.
00:19The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority said the 500-meter diversion will maintain the
00:24same number of lanes and make way for construction works for Phase 2 of the Dubai Canal project.
00:29Traffic will be able to move freely in both directions, the RTA said.
00:34A Sri Lankan official said today there was no hope of finding survivors after a mudslide
00:38tore through a tea plantation. According to reports, more than 200 people have been buried
00:43alive under the rubble and the mud, while soldiers stepped up their desperate search
00:47for the victims. The UAE climbed three spots to rank 22nd in
00:51the World Bank Group's Doing Business 2015 rankings. The country was ranked first in
00:57almost all regional categories and was up to 10th place to rank 89th for Getting Credit,
01:02jumped to 59 spots to reach 43 for Protecting Minority Investors.
01:07Sport and San Francisco captured a third World Series title in five seasons last night with
01:11a 3-2 victory over Kansas City. The Giants captured a dramatic winner-takes-all showdown
01:17to get Major League Baseball's best-of-seven Final Four games to three over the Royals.
01:23Newcastle United visited fresh misery upon faltering Manchester City with an impressive
01:272-0 win at the Etihad Stadium last night. The win dumped the holders out of the League
01:32Cup. And finally, the weather. Today's high across
01:35the UAE with 35 degrees Celsius dropping to 25 degrees at night.
01:40That's all for now. Thank you for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
01:44but you can always get the latest news on golfnews.com
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