00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, October the 16th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Dubai Police's Search and Rescue Department responded to 86 cases of children stuck in
00:14vehicles in the first nine months of this year.
00:17The numbers represent a decrease of four cases during the same time period in 2015, a top
00:22official said.
00:23Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Burkiba, Deputy Director of the Department, said the percentage of
00:28decline was minor and the issue still persists.
00:31Multiple missiles were fired Saturday at three U.S. warships in the Red Sea, though none
00:36was hit and there were no casualties, the U.S. military said.
00:39On Thursday, the U.S. Navy launched five Tomahawk cruise missiles at three mobile radar sites
00:45in Al Houthi-controlled territory on Yemen's Red Sea coast.
00:49The move came after the Iran-backed rebels blasted rockets at the USS Mason twice in
00:55four days.
00:56The island has sought to dispel any concern about a royal succession after Crown Prince
01:01Maha Vajiralongkorn said he would delay his ascension to the throne while he mourns his
01:07father.
01:08The Thai government, meanwhile, stressed today it was working as normal.
01:11King Bhumibol Adulyadej died on Thursday after seven decades on the throne at the age of
01:1788.
01:18The government has not set a date for the royal cremation, but a deputy prime minister
01:23said the prince had asked that it be held after a year of mourning.
01:27Donald Trump's latest salvo against rival Hillary Clinton says that she might have been
01:32on drugs during their last debate.
01:34The Republican is challenging her to join him in undergoing a pre-debate drug test ahead
01:39of their third and final clash.
01:41The claim took attention away from whether voters would believe the women who claim that
01:46Trump sexually assaulted them.
01:48And finally, the weather.
01:50Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.
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