00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, November the 8th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Grand Alliance scored a stunning win in the Assembly
00:17elections, dealing a major blow to the BJP and sparking opposition attacks on Prime Minister
00:23Narendra Modi, who led his party's challenge in the bitterly contested battle.
00:28A sombre Modi telephoned Janata Dal United leader Nitish Kumar and congratulated him
00:34as the Grand Alliance, which also includes the RJD of Lalu Prasad and the Congress, was
00:40poised to win 161 of the 243 seats, leaving the BJP-led four-party combined with just
00:4974 seats.
00:51A second tropical storm is likely to hit Yemen less than a week after a rare cyclone dumped
00:56several years' worth of rain on the war-torn country.
01:00The new storm, named Megh, is expected to hit the island of Socotra.
01:05Its 50,000 residents have already been battered by Chapala last week.
01:11Millions of citizens voted in Myanmar's historic general elections that will test whether the
01:16military's long-standing grip on power can be loosened, with opposition leader Aung San
01:22Suu Kyi's party expected to secure an easy victory.
01:26In a country that was under military rule for almost a half-century, many of the eligible
01:3230 million voters were voting for the first time.
01:35It was the first time even for Suu Kyi.
01:39Amid high anticipation, sharp criticism and calls to be dumped, the Republican presidential
01:45candidate Donald Trump hosted Saturday's SNL as scheduled.
01:50Despite a 40-year history of lampooning politicians while inviting some to mock themselves as
01:56on-air guests, booking a presidential candidate to host the NBC sketch comedy show was almost
02:03unprecedented.
02:04The highlight in the UAE is the week-long Dubai air show.
02:09His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister
02:13of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown
02:19Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, opened the show today.
02:25More than 65,000 trade visitors are expected to attend the region's premier aviation event.
02:33And finally, the weather.
02:34Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 24 degrees at night.
02:40That's all for now.
02:41Thanks for watching.
02:42And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
02:49Thanks for watching.
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