00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, August 31st.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08Dubai Opera opens its doors tonight with a sold-out performance by Spanish tenor Placido
00:14Domingo.
00:15The first opera house in the UAE, the dhow-shaped building in downtown Dubai seats nearly 2,000
00:20people and will host 200 performances a year.
00:23It has already announced 75 shows for its first season, including a mix of ballets,
00:30musical theatre and classical concerts, apart from operas.
00:34Donald Trump will be taking his first foreign trip as the Republican presidential nominee
00:39tonight.
00:40He will make a quick visit to Mexico, a nation he derided as the home of rapists and criminals
00:45as he launched his campaign.
00:47The meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto comes hours before Trump is set
00:52to deliver a highly anticipated immigration speech.
00:56Heavy rains today caused waterlogging in many areas and massive traffic gridlocks in the
01:00Indian capital of New Delhi, stranding people on the roads.
01:04Traffic helpline officials said they were flooded with calls of snarls and waterlogging
01:09across the city.
01:10Though the heavy rains made the weather pleasant, with the minimum temperature settling at 26
01:15degrees Celsius, it derailed traffic movement across several stretches.
01:20The European Union has asked US tech giant Apple to repay a record €13 billion in back
01:26taxes after ruling that a series of Irish sweetheart tax deals were illegal.
01:31EU Competition Commissioner Margaret Vestager said Apple's selective treatment in Ireland
01:37meant it paid an effective tax rate of just 1% on its European profits in 2003.
01:43Apple and Ireland are both expected to appeal.
01:46It seems Chris Brown can't avoid trouble.
01:49Following an hours-long standoff with police, the singer was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion
01:54of assault with a deadly weapon after a woman called for help from a gathering at his home.
01:59A Los Angeles police spokesman said officers first responded to Brown's property in the
02:04Tarzana neighborhood around 3 a.m.
02:07Model Bailey Curran told the Los Angeles Times that Brown pointed a gun at her face.
02:13And finally, the weather.
02:14Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping to 32 degrees at night.
02:19That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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