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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, November the 7th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:11The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with radioactive polonium,
00:16says a Swiss forensic report obtained by Al Jazeera. Arafat's official medical records
00:20say he died in 2004 from a stroke resulting from a blood disorder, but his body was exhumed
00:26last year amid continuing claims he was murdered.
00:30World powers and Iran are due to hold a second round of talks on Tehran's controversial nuclear
00:35programme. The two-day meetings in Geneva come after the two sides described last month's
00:39discussions on the issue as substantive and forward-looking.
00:44New Zealand has ordered an inquiry into allegations police botched an investigation into an online
00:49rape trap that preyed on underage girls. Police Minister Anne Tolley said the case had been
00:54poorly handled.
00:56Survivors of a deadly earthquake fled their tent shelters as mass evacuations got underway
01:01in the Philippines ahead of a super typhoon that was strengthening in the Pacific Ocean.
01:06Authorities warned Typhoon Haiyan could cause major damage in central and southern Philippines
01:11when it makes landfall tomorrow.
01:13Lionel Messi edged closer to another goal-scoring landmark after he scored twice in Barcelona's
01:193-1 win over AC Milan in the Champions League. Messi has 65 goals in the competition, six
01:26behind the record set by Real Madrid's Raul.
01:29Rafael Nadal will finish the year as world number one for the third time with a 7-6-7-6
01:34win over Stanislas Wawrinka in the ATP2 finals in London. Nadal's win also booked him a place
01:40in the semi-finals of the tournament.
01:42Cinemas get a hammering from Asgardian superhero Thor back in the second instalment of the
01:47Marvel franchise today. Meanwhile, in what's been described as a bucket list meets the
01:52hangover, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline play ageing
01:57friends on a trip to SimCity in Las Vegas.
02:00And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 31 degrees Celsius, falling to 21
02:05at night.
02:06That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A reminder that our next news bulletin will
02:10be on Sunday. But as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com