00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, September the 17th. Here are
00:09the top stories at this hour. A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile
00:15on Wednesday night, killing at least five people and slamming powerful waves into coastal
00:19towns. More than a million people were forced from their homes as the government ordered
00:24the evacuation of coastal areas. The quake and heavy waves caused flooding in coastal
00:28towns, damaged buildings and knocked out power in the worst-hit areas of central Chile
00:33and shook buildings in the capital city of Santiago. Yemen's exiled prime minister
00:38says he has permanently returned to the war-torn country, with several members of cabinet seeking
00:43to re-establish the government in the southern port city of Aden after nearly six months
00:47in Saudi Arabia. The return of Khalid Baha, who also serves as vice-president, came after
00:54pro-government forces drove Al-Houthi militants and their allies from Aden in July and started
01:00pushing north toward the capital Sanaa. Now may be as good a time as any to renew the
01:05interest in Dubai reality for foreign investors. After suffering declines for the better part
01:10of two years, yields that can be generated from freehold property assets here are showing
01:16signs of picking up. In the 12 months to July, yields have shot up to an average 7.42% on
01:22mainstream residential properties in the city, according to Knight Frank Estimates.
01:27In sport, an Alessandro Florenzi wonder goal earned Roma a share of the spoils, as Barcelona's
01:33Lionel Messi failed to score on his 100th Champions League appearance in a 1-1 draw Wednesday
01:39night. Elsewhere, Chelsea put the domestic woes behind them to record a 4-0 thrashing
01:45of Maccabi Tel Aviv, while Arsenal's group stage campaign began with a disappointing
01:502-1 defeat away to Dinamo Zagreb. Reality television star and former Olympic champion
01:56Kathleen Jenner has applied to a Los Angeles county court to make official her name and
02:01gender change, a court spokeswoman said. Jenner is a 1976 Olympic decathlon gold medalist
02:07who had been known as Bruce before she became the highest-profile American to transition
02:12publicly from male to female this year. A judge must rule on the request and has decided
02:18certain parts of Jenner's application, such as medical history, can remain under seal.
02:23And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 37 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:28to 30 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back with
02:33the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news on gulfnews.com.
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