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00:00Good day.

00:06Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, October the 19th.

00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:12Police in Dubai are currently testing the use of Google Glass for traffic officers to

00:16use on the scene of an accident to send live feed to the operations room.

00:21A top official said Dubai police were the first government entity in the UAE to use

00:25Google Glass.

00:26Dubai police have also made it possible for people who own Google Glasses to use it to

00:31report traffic violations through an app.

00:35Dubai is all set to become a major healthcare provider in the region with the launch of

00:39its ambitious medical tourism project this week.

00:42As the Dubai Health Authority introduces its medical tourism packages on October 22, Dubai

00:47eyes at attracting more than 500,000 medical tourists by 2020, with estimated revenues

00:53exceeding 2.6 billion dirhams.

00:55Dr. Laila al-Marzouki, acting director of DHA's Health Regulation Department, said

01:00both private and public healthcare sectors are part of the initiative.

01:05Iraqi lawmakers have approved new defense and interior ministers, completing a unity

01:09government that is battling the spread of Daesh militants.

01:13Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban al-Shi'a was appointed interior minister, while Khaled al-Obaidi

01:18al-Sunni was confirmed as defense minister.

01:21Daesh controls large parts of Iraq and has been making gains despite repeated US-led

01:26coalition airstrikes.

01:28Sport and Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 14th and 15th goals to set a record-scoring start

01:34in a Spanish league season as Real Madrid eased to a 5-0 win last night.

01:39Lionel Messi, meanwhile, scored to move one goal from the competition's all-time score.

01:44Messi guided league leaders Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Eibar, setting up Xavi Hernandez

01:50to break through in the second half and scoring after Neymar had doubled the lead.

01:55And finally, weather.

01:56Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 28 degrees at night.

02:02That's all for now.

02:03Thanks for watching.

02:04And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.

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