00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, October the 4th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11The Israeli regime took the rare and drastic step of barring Palestinians from occupied
00:16Jerusalem's Old City today as tensions mounted following violence in the West Bank between
00:22colonists and Palestinians.
00:25But al-Haram al-Sharif will be restricted to Jerusalem residents and Palestinians in
00:301948 areas and limited to men aged 50 and above, the Israelis said.
00:37President Barack Obama has pledged a full investigation into an apparent US airstrike
00:41on an Afghan hospital that killed 19 people in a bombing the UN said could amount to a
00:47war crime.
00:49Doctors Without Borders said patients burned to death in their beds during a bombing raid
00:54that continued for half an hour after US and Afghan authorities were informed the hospital
01:00had been hit.
01:02The air raid came days after Taliban fighters seized control of the strategic northern city
01:06of Kunduz in their most spectacular victory since being booted from power by a US-led
01:12coalition in 2001.
01:15UN Rights Chief Zayed Raad al-Hussein called for a full and transparent investigation into
01:22the bombing.
01:24In sport, Bernard Foley shattered England's World Cup dream last night as Australia triumphed
01:2933-13 to make England the first tournament host to drop out in the first round.
01:36Foley scored two brilliant tries and kicked 18 points on a historic night as Australia
01:42outclassed their rivals before a packed Twickenham crowd of more than 81,000.
01:48Australia and Wales are now guaranteed the top two places in Pool A and tickets to the
01:53quarter-finals.
01:55Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho admitted that he risked the sack after a 3-1 home defeat
02:00by Southampton last night left the Premier League champions 10 points off the pace.
02:05�It is a crucial moment in the history of this club because if the club sacks me, they
02:11sack the best manager this club had,� Mourinho said in an extraordinary post-match interview
02:17at Stamford Bridge.
02:19And finally, the weather.
02:20Today's high across the UAE will be 37 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
02:26That's all for now.
02:27Thanks for watching.
02:28And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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