Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Trump refuses to say he would respect a Clinton victory. Ceasefire takes effect in Yemen. Iraqi special forces advance on Daesh held Mosul. Increased job cuts in Abu Dhabi’s property market. Tough Mudder to make Middle East debut in Dubai. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, October 20.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08Turning his final presidential debate appearance into an assault on US political convention,
00:13Donald Trump refused to say that he would respect a Hillary Clinton victory in November.
00:18As the last encounter of the toxic 2016 campaign descended into mudslinging on Wednesday, the
00:23Republican mogul doubled down on claims that Clinton supporters planned to rig the vote.
00:27The Democratic contender declared herself appalled by what she said was an attack on
00:32240 years of US democracy.
00:35A fragile ceasefire took effect in war-ravaged Yemen just before midnight last night under
00:39a United Nations plan.
00:41This is the sixth attempt to end a bloodshed since a Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened
00:45in March 2015 to support the government of President Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
00:50Shortly after the truce began, the coalition issued a statement saying it will abide by
00:54the ceasefire but will continue an air and maritime embargo.
00:58Iraqi special forces charged into the Mosul battle today with a pre-dawn advance on a
01:03nearby town held by Daesh, a key part of the multi-pronged assault on the besieged city.
01:07The addition of the elite troops marked a significant intensification of the fight for
01:12Iraq's second-largest city, as the advanced attack helicopters fired on the militants
01:16and heavy gunfire echoed across the plains.
01:19Increased job cuts in private and public sectors have taken a toll on Abu Dhabi's property
01:23market which continued to tumble in both rents and sale prices in the third quarter
01:28of this year.
01:29According to the latest report by JLL, average prime rents for two-bedroom apartments fell
01:336% compared to 2015, to around dirhams 157,000 per annum.
01:40If you think making the trek from your couch to the bathroom in the middle of a Netflix
01:43binge is tiring, try wading through pools of ice, narrowly avoiding live electrical
01:48wires and running across mud pits of doom all spread across a 10 or 20 kilometre course.
01:53Welcome to the world of obstacle course trading, now one of the fastest growing sports in the
01:57world.
01:58Tough Mudder, one of the biggest global events in endurance racing, makes its Middle East
02:01debut in Dubai later this year, joining a growing list of similar events in the UAE.
02:07And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE, with 32 degrees Celsius dropping
02:11to 25 at night.
02:12That's all for now, thank you for watching.
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