Merkel braces for poll shock in Bavaria - GN Headlines
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, October the 14th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09German Chancellor Angela Merkel's arch-conservative Bavarian allies are bracing for heavy electoral
00:14losses in the southern Alpine state today that could trigger shockwaves in Berlin.
00:21The Christian Social Union, who have almost single-handedly ruled the state since the
00:251960s, are expected to lose their absolute majority, polls say.
00:30For Merkel, it would further raise political pressure two weeks ahead of another dangerous
00:35regional vote in the central state of Hesse.
00:38A rescue team has begun retrieving the bodies of nine climbers killed in a violent storm
00:43on Nepal's Mount Gurja.
00:46The freak accident has left the mountaineering community reeling.
00:49A helicopter dropped four mountain guides at the camp where the South Korean climbing
00:54expedition was staying.
00:56Powerful winds and snow swept through the camp, killing the entire team and scattering
01:02their bodies as far as 500 metres away.
01:06Liverpool defender Virgil van Wick led the Netherlands to a crushing 3-0 win over Germany
01:11last night in the Nations League to ramp up pressure on German coach Joachim Loeb.
01:17A first-half header by Dutch keeper van Wick gave the host the lead in Amsterdam.
01:22German defence in disarray, late goals from Memphis' Dieppe and Liverpool's Jorginho
01:28Wijnaldum sealed the win.
01:31This is the first time the Dutch have beaten Germany for 16 years.
01:36The Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, led by superstar Mohanlal, has come under
01:41fire from the women's collective in cinema over the way the kidnapping case of an actress
01:46is being handled.
01:48The WCC was formed last year by women drawn from various sectors of the film industry
01:54to fight for their cause.
01:56Senior actor Dilip is an accused in a kidnapping case that took place last year.
02:02The actor was in jail for 85 days and is now out on bail.
02:06And finally the weather.
02:07Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius, dropping to 28 degrees at night.
02:14That's all for now, thanks for watching.
02:16And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com