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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, October the 22nd.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12In keeping with efforts to help Dubai residents enjoy a higher quality of life,
00:17Dubai police said they are taking the Happy City initiative further
00:21by exploring some of the reasons respondents in a new happiness survey said they were unhappy.
00:27Major General Qamish Mataral Mazena, Dubai police chief, said that soon after JITEC's technology week is over,
00:34police will call unhappy respondents in a sample random follow-up effort
00:39and ask them not only what is upsetting them, but work toward solutions if respondents don't mind sharing.
00:46US Vice President Joe Biden has said he won't be a candidate in the 2016 White House campaign
00:52solidifying Hillary Clinton's status as the Democratic front-runner
00:56and the party's likely heir to President Barack Obama's legacy.
01:01Standing in the White House Rose Garden, Biden spoke movingly about mourning the recent death of his son,
01:07a process he said does not match the political calendar.
01:12The Abu Dhabi global market, the international financial centre in the UAE capital,
01:17announced that its financial services regulatory authority began operations
01:21with the approval of financial services licence applications from October 21.
01:27This follows the publication of the financial services and markets regulations
01:32and the FSRA rules for the global market.
01:36And finally the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius,
01:40dropping to 29 degrees at night.
01:43That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
01:45We will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news at gulfnews.com.