00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, November the 6th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09The U.S. was in mourning today after a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire on
00:14a Texas church congregation, killing 26 people.
00:18President Donald Trump said the nation was living through dark times, but guns were not
00:23to blame for Sunday's carnage.
00:26The victims, who ranged in age from 5 to 72, were gunned down at First Baptist Church
00:31in Sutherland Springs, a rural community of some 400 people.
00:36The gunman, widely identified as Devin Kelly, 26, was described by authorities as a young,
00:43white male who was found dead in his vehicle.
00:46U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has business ties to a shipping firm linked to Vladimir
00:51Putin's inner circle.
00:53The findings came as part of a vast leak of financial documents that also revealed
00:58Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's major investments in tax havens.
01:04The disclosures have emerged as part of the Paradise Papers, released by the International
01:08Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which was also behind the 2015 Panama Papers.
01:16After a slow October, the premiere of Thor Ragnarok reignited the box office like a clap
01:21of thunder.
01:23Disney's big-budget action-fantasy brought in an estimated $121 million in the U.S. and
01:29Canada, according to figures from Comscore.
01:33The third installment in the stand-alone Thor franchise, Thor Ragnarok, had the biggest
01:38debut yet.
01:40The film marks the 17th consecutive Marvel Cinematic Universe film to debut at number
01:46one.
01:48And finally, the weather.
01:49Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 23 degrees at night.
01:54That's all for now.
01:56Thanks for watching.
01:57And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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