00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, October 18. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:09The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire, which is to take effect
00:15shortly before midnight on Wednesday, the UN Special Envoy to Yemen has announced.
00:21A UN statement said Special Envoy Esmail-Uld-Sheikh Ahmed welcomes the restoration of the cessation
00:27of hostilities. Uld-Sheikh Ahmed said he had received assurances from all Yemeni parties
00:34to cease hostilities at 11.59pm Yemen time on October 19 for an initial period of 72
00:41hours subject to renewal.
00:44Iraqi forces are ahead of schedule in an offensive aimed at retaking Mosul and dealing a death
00:50blow to Daesh. The start of the long-awaited assault raised deep concerns for hundreds
00:55of thousands of civilians trapped in Iraq's second-largest city, with aid groups warning
01:01of a massive humanitarian crisis. Some 30,000 federal forces are leading the offensive,
01:07backed by air and ground support from a 60-nation US-led coalition.
01:13At least 22 persons were killed and several injured after a major fire broke out at a
01:18hospital in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar on Monday. More than 50 patients were rescued
01:25from the dialysis ward and the adjoining intensive care unit, officials have said.
01:31Melania Trump emerged Monday to forcefully defend her husband and question the honesty
01:36of the women making accusations of sexual abuse. Trump, in an extensive interview with
01:41CNN, said the women who had accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of groping
01:47and kissing them were lying. She likened her husband to a teenage boy who engages in macho
01:53boasting.
01:55The nearly classic line-up of Guns N' Roses with Axl Rose and Slash together on stage
02:00will play in Dubai on March 3 at the Autism Rocks Arena. Tickets will go on sale within
02:06the next two weeks, but fans can pre-register at 117 Live to be the first in line.
02:12This is not going to be a 75-minute encore show. This is going to be a two-hour hard
02:17rock show full of all the hits, said Thomas Ovison, CEO of the event organisers.
02:23And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:28to 26 degrees at night.
02:30That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
02:32And as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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