00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, October 11. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:08With Election Day less than a month off, Republicans faced an extraordinary breach in party ranks
00:13as House Speaker Paul D. Ryan declared he would no longer defend presidential nominee
00:17Donald Trump and instead focus on preserving the GOP's majority in Congress. Without
00:22formally withdrawing his endorsement, Ryan nonetheless delivered a stinging blow to Trump,
00:27urging Republican lawmakers in a conference call to do whatever they needed to win November
00:328, even if it meant cutting loose from the party's national standard-bearer.
00:37Dubai police have confirmed that a Scottish woman reported missing by her friends since
00:41late Sunday morning has been found safe and sound. Friends had issued an appeal calling
00:45for any information about Kirsty McLaughlin. A Facebook post seeking help was shared by
00:49thousands of users on Monday.
00:52Hundreds of fans gathered at the Dubai Mall to see top model Gigi Hadid on Monday evening.
00:56Hadid landed in Dubai early in the day as part of her multi-city Together tour to promote
01:01her collaboration with fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger called Tommy x Gigi. The 21-year-old
01:06arrived two hours after schedule at the mall to screaming fans and took selfies. She was
01:10then led to the VIP lounge where she met 30 pre-selected fans for a one-on-one.
01:15Drake earned a record-breaking 13 American Music Awards nominations, shattering Michael
01:20Jackson's mark of 11 nominations in a single year from 1984. Rihanna got seven nominations
01:27and Adele and Justin Bieber tied with five each. Nominees for Artists of the Year are
01:31Adele, Beyonce, Bieber, Drake, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Twenty One Pilots,
01:38Carrie Underwood and The Weeknd. The awards show will air live on November 20 from Los
01:43Angeles on ABC.
01:45And finally the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 37 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:49to 25 degrees at night.
01:51That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
01:55on Gogglenews.com.
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