00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, October the 7th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11The party of Yemen's former president has said that it accepts a peace plan brokered
00:14by the United Nations in talks in Oman following weeks of a successful military campaign in
00:19Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition.
00:22An official source at the General People's Congress of Ali Abdullah Saleh reiterated
00:26the party's position on ending hostilities and raising the blockade and on a peaceful
00:30solution to the Yemeni's crisis.
00:33Al-Houthi militia has also agreed in writing to the terms of a UN resolution calling for
00:37it to withdraw from Yemeni cities, the BBC reported.
00:41The Yemeni developments came as four Emirati soldiers were among 15 members of the Saudi-led
00:46coalition and Yemeni troops killed on Tuesday when a hotel and other buildings in Aden were
00:51targeted in multiple terrorist attacks.
00:53Speaking on Abu Dhabi TV, Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign
00:58Affairs said preliminary investigations indicated the attacks involved four car bombs that targeted
01:04sites of the Yemeni government and the coalition's military installations in al-Bureika district.
01:10A military operation to catch refugee traffickers has started today with European warships patrolling
01:15international waters in the Mediterranean to arrest smugglers dubbed the Mafia of the
01:20Sea.
01:21The European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini announced last month that
01:26the operation was to enter its second phase.
01:29Six ships are already in place in international waters off the coast of Libya, the departure
01:33point for many of the refugee boats.
01:36Actor and artist Will Smith has revealed that he is currently plotting his official rap
01:40comeback.
01:41Speaking on a radio show, Smith announced that he has more than 30 newly recorded songs
01:45and is terrified about the prospect of returning to music.
01:48He was pretty certain, however, that he will embark on a world tour in the summer of 2016
01:53alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff.
01:56And finally, the weather today is high across.
01:58The UAE will be 37 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
02:02That's all for now.
02:04As always, you can get the latest news on GoldNews.com
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