00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Monday October 9th. Here are the top stories
00:07at this hour.
00:08Dubai airports will soon have smart tunnels to speed up movement of passengers, officials
00:13have revealed at the Ditex Technology Show. Calling it the future of passport control
00:17in Dubai, Major Khalid Al-Falasi of GDRFA Dubai said the biometric system will require
00:24passengers to simply walk through the tunnel.
00:27Based on face recognition technology, a passenger will be able to complete entry procedure within
00:3215 seconds.
00:34Egypt qualified for next year's World Cup finals after beating Congo 2-1 on Sunday,
00:40marking the first time in 28 years that the pharaohs have entered the World Cup. With
00:45the victory, Egypt moved into an unassailable position at the top of their group with one
00:49match still to be played.
00:51The US and Turkey each suspended visa services for citizens looking to visit each other's
00:56country. The sharp escalation of a diplomatic spat sent the Turkish lira down more than
01:016% against the US dollar. The move follows the October 4 arrest of a Turkish national
01:06who works at the US consulate in Istanbul for alleged role in the 2016 coup against
01:12President Erdogan.
01:14At least 12 Rohingya refugees, most of them children, drowned and schools more were missing
01:20today after their boat capsized in the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in
01:25Myanmar. Authorities in Bangladesh said the overloaded boat was carrying up to 100 people
01:31when it overturned and sank late Sunday in rough seas.
01:35Harvey Weinstein, the movie producer whose competitive reign in Hollywood made him an
01:40Academy Awards regular, has been fired from the Weinstein Company. The movie follows an
01:45expose that detailed decades of sexual harassment allegations made against Weinstein by actresses
01:50and employees. The sacking capped the swift downfall of one of Hollywood's most powerful
01:55producers and expelled him from the company he co-created.
02:00And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE with 36 degrees Celsius dropping to
02:0427 degrees at night. That's all for now, thank you for watching. As always, you can get the
02:09latest news on gothnews.com
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