00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulp News update for Sunday, October the 8th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08A huge crowd is expected to rally in Barcelona against plans by Catalonia's separatist
00:13leaders to declare independence following a banned secession referendum.
00:17The demonstration comes as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned that he won't rule
00:22out suspending Catalonia's regional autonomy to stop them from declaring independence.
00:27Qatar's government announced measures to help private sector businesses after its economy
00:32was hurt by a boycott imposed by other Arab states.
00:35Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani decided to cut rents
00:40paid by companies in Qatar's logistic zones in half during 2018 and 2019.
00:45New investors in the zones will be completely exempt from paying rents for a year if they
00:50obtain building permits by certain deadlines.
00:53Championship leader Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix, taking a major step
00:57toward winning his third Formula One title.
01:00The Mercedes driver crossed the finish line 1.2 seconds ahead of Malaysia GP winner Max
01:05Verstappen to claim his eighth F1 victory of the season and third at the Suzuka circuit.
01:11Verstappen's Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo was third.
01:15Rapper Nelly was released from jail on Saturday while the police investigate an accusation
01:19by a woman who says he raped her on his tour bus.
01:22Auburn police said they received a 911 call from the woman and they arrested Nelly,
01:27whose real name is Cornell Irel Haynes Jr. early Saturday morning.
01:31Nelly's attorney Scott Rosenblum said the singer was released from jail pending the investigation
01:36and refuted the allegations.
01:38And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius,
01:43dropping to 26 degrees at night.
01:46That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
01:47And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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