00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, October the 26th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour. Traffic remained smooth on Dubai's Sheikh Zayed
00:14Road after the first day of a major diversion near Safa Park. Making way for the construction
00:20of a 16-lane flyover as part of the Dubai Canal Project, the detour stretches for just
00:25under a kilometre from Business Bay Metro Station to Interchange 2, diverting the traffic
00:30in the direction of Abu Dhabi. The 800-metre-long flyover will be built in two phases to ensure
00:37minimum disruption to traffic. The Jumeirah Corniche opened for public today
00:42as work on Phase 2 of the 14-kilometre-long beachfront ended. The project gives a facelift
00:48to the stretch from Dubai Marine Beach Resort up to Burj Al Arab Hotel, making it a hub
00:53of healthy lifestyle in the Emirate. Phase 1 of the project opened in July.
00:59Tunisians began voting today in parliamentary elections four years after they cast out Zine
01:05al-Abidine Ben Ali. Tunisia has fared better than neighbours, largely avoiding their polarisation
01:11and chaos even though it faced similar tensions over Islamist versus more secular rule.
01:18The nurse who was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital because she had contact with Ebola
01:23patients in West Africa has criticised the way her case has been handled. Casey Hickox's
01:29outburst raised concerns from human rights groups over unclear policies for the newly
01:35launched quarantine programme. In sport, Cristiano Ronaldo scored to spark
01:40Real Madrid's 3-1 comeback win over Barcelona in a thrilling El Clásico on Saturday. The
01:46result spoiled a strong Barcelona debut by Luis Suárez, who played for the first time
01:52since a four-month biting ban. He set up Neymar to fire in a long strike for a fourth-minute
01:59lead at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. British musician Jack Bruce, best known as
02:05the bass player and vocalist of the power blues trio Cream, died on Saturday at his
02:10home. He was 71. Bruce was one of the top musicians of the late 1960s when Cream played
02:17its unique psychedelic blues tunes to packed houses in England and the US. The band, widely
02:24cited as the original supergroup, were known for hits such as I Feel Free and Sunshine
02:30of Your Love. And finally, the weather. Today's high across
02:33the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.
02:39That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
02:42at gulfnews.com
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