00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, October the 20th. Here are the
00:10top stories at this hour. Canadian voters emphatically reclaim their country's liberal
00:15identity, putting Justin Trudeau, the youthful son of one of the country's most dynamic
00:20politicians, in the Prime Minister's office, and ending 10 years of leadership by Stephen
00:26Harper, whose dream was to recast Canada as a more conservative country. The victory
00:32in Monday's election by Trudeau's Liberal Party was stunning. The Liberals were on a
00:36path to win at least 184 seats out of 338, a parliamentary majority that will allow Trudeau
00:44to govern without relying on other parties. Thousands of people trying to reach the heart
00:50of Europe surged across Serbia's border into Croatia after authorities eased restrictions
00:56that had left them stranded for days in ankle-deep mud and rain. The miserable wave of humanity
01:02left behind a field scattered with soaked blankets, mud-caked clothing and waterlogged
01:08tents as they headed for Slovenia, the next obstacle to their quest to reach richer European
01:14nations via the Balkans. Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee Olympic runner who fatally
01:21shot his girlfriend in 2013, was released from prison and placed under house arrest
01:26on Monday night, a South African official said. Oscar Pistorius was placed under correctional
01:32supervision tonight, Manelisi Wolela, a spokesman for South Africa's Correctional Services Department,
01:39said in a cell phone text message sent to journalists. Country singer Blake Shelton
01:45has sued the tabloid magazine In Touch Weekly over a cover story claiming his heavy drinking
01:51contributed to his divorce from Miranda Lambert and that he was headed to rehab. Shelton's
01:57defamation lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court seeks more than $1 million
02:03in damages over the story that his lawyers say is false.
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