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00:00Good day and welcome to the GULF NEWS UPDATE for Monday, October the 3rd.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Colombian voters rejected a peace deal with FARC rebels in a surprise outcome that risks
00:14prolonging a 52-year-old war and plunges the country into uncertainty.
00:20By a razor-thin margin of 50.21 to 49.78%, Colombians voted against the peace accord
00:28in a Brexit-style backlash that defied pollsters' predictions and left supporters of the deal
00:35in tears.
00:37President Juan Manuel Santos admitted defeat in the vote but vowed,
00:41I will not give in and I will continue to seek peace to the last day of my term.
00:48The Yemeni government has denounced the al-Houthi militia and Saleh Group for targeting the
00:53UAE civil ship Swift, owned by UAE Marine National Dredging Company, leased by the Arab coalition.
01:01The ship was on a routine trip to and from the city of Aden to deliver medical and relief
01:06aid and evacuate the wounded civilians to complete their treatment outside Yemen.
01:12The Yemen official news agency quoted the government as saying in a statement that this
01:16is a terrorist attack that violates international laws.
01:20It is also a clear violation of humanity and a flagrant aggression against life.
01:26A spokeswoman for Kim Kardashian West says she was held up at gunpoint inside her Paris
01:32hotel room on Sunday night by armed masked men dressed as police officers.
01:39The representative said the reality TV star is badly shaken but physically unharmed.
01:45She offered no other details.
01:47She said five armed men stole jewelry worth several millions of dollars in the attack
01:53that took place around 3 a.m.
01:56Kardashian West's spokesperson mentioned two armed men.
02:00Kanye West was performing at the Meadows Music and Arts Festival in New York at the time.
02:05He abruptly ended his set on Sunday night after telling his fans he had a family emergency.
02:12And finally, the weather.
02:13Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius dropping to 29 degrees at night.
02:19That's all for now.
02:20Thanks for watching.
02:21And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.