00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, November the 5th. Here are
00:08the top stories at this hour.
00:11A window cleaner was rescued on Tuesday using a security drone after being stuck at the
00:1510th floor of a building in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi police said officials guided the man
00:19to safety through audio-visual monitoring and assistance, informing him on how to deal
00:24with the fault and helping to calm his nerves.
00:27Saudi Arabia has shut the radical Al-Wasal television station five years after it was
00:32launched. The channel, which was accused of sectarian incitement, was shut down just two
00:36days after a gunman shot dead five Saudis in a Shiite gathering place on the eve of
00:42Ashura.
00:44Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing war crimes during this summer's
00:47war in Gaza. It says Israel displayed callous indifference in attacks on family homes in
00:53the densely populated coastal strip that in some cases amounted to war crimes.
00:59Republicans won control of the US Senate and bolstered their majority in the House of Representatives
01:04as Americans delivered a stinging rebuke to President Barack Obama in elections on Tuesday.
01:08Obama now faces the final two years of his presidency contending with the Congress, fully
01:13controlled by a party that firmly opposes his policies.
01:17Sports and Indian all-rounder Bhuvaneshwar Kumar has won the International Cricket Council
01:22LG People's Choice Award. Kumar beat a number of strong contenders such as Mitchell Johnson,
01:27Angelo Matthews and Dale Steyn.
01:30Football and Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 on Karim Benzema's 27th-minute goal last
01:35night to advance to the knockout phase of the Champions League. Arsenal, meanwhile,
01:39wasted a three-goal lead at home in a three-all tie against Anderlecht.
01:44Fiancee announced an expanded box set of her multi-million-selling self-titled album on
01:48November 4th. The announcement came as a new study ranked her as the past year's top
01:53earning woman in music.
01:55And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:59to 26 tonight.
02:00That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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