00:00Good day.
00:05Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, October the 12th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended his country's military operations in Syria.
00:16He says the aim is to stabilize the legitimate authority of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
00:21Putin told Russian state TV that Moscow also wanted to create conditions for political
00:25compromise in Syria.
00:26He denied that Russian airstrikes were hitting moderate opposition groups rather than Daesh
00:31militants.
00:32Apple has outranked Samsung as the brand with the strongest connection with consumers in
00:36the UAE.
00:37The first UAE MBLM Brand Intimacy 2015 report ranked Apple as the most intimate brand in
00:43the UAE, followed by Lexus and Samsung placing second and third.
00:47The top ten is rounded out by Mercedes, Dove, Starbucks, Sony, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank,
00:52Google and Ikea.
00:54In sport, Ireland faced an injury emergency surrounding captain Paul O'Connell and star
00:59fly half Johnny Sexton as they look forward to a Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against
01:04Argentina.
01:05Joe Smith's team have a week to lick their wounds from Sunday's ferocious 24-9 win over
01:10France that ensured they topped Group D.
01:12World champions Germany secured their place at Euro 2016 despite laboring to a 2-1 win
01:18at home to Georgia last night, while Poland also qualified for next summer's finals after
01:23beating the Republic of Ireland 2-1.
01:26Earlier, Albania qualified for their first major international tournament as they beat
01:30Armenia 3-0, while Romania also booked their place at the finals after a 3-0 win in the
01:36Faroe Islands.
01:37Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is asking Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
01:42to stop using the power ballad, Dream On, at campaign events.
01:46Attorneys for Tyler sent a second cease and desist letter to Trump's campaign committee
01:50last week.
01:52Attorney Dina Lepol said in a statement that the letter is not a political or personal
01:56issue with Trump, but it's one of permission and copyright.
01:59And finally, weather.
02:00Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
02:06That's all for now.
02:07Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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