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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, November 3. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:10Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi expressed confidence in victory in his first message
00:15after US-backed Iraqi forces started an offensive to take back Mosul, the last major city under
00:22control of his group in Iraq.
00:25He also called on Daesh fighters to invade Turkey. The authenticity of the 31-minute
00:31long recording could not be verified.
00:35Hillary Clinton painted a grim picture of life under a Donald Trump presidency, warning
00:40undecided voters as the ever-tighter White House race entered its final five-day stretch.
00:47Clinton made an optimistic choice in staging a huge rally in Arizona, a swing state she
00:53hopes to poach from the Republicans. But the Democrat's tone was grim as she invited
00:58voters to envisage her defeat.
01:02Chris Bryant started to smile even before he fielded the ball. And with his throw to
01:07first for the final out, the agonising wait till next year was over at last. No more Billy
01:13Goat, no more Bartman, no more Black Cat curses, Chicago Cubs are World Series champions. Ending
01:20more than a century of flops, futility and frustration, the Cubs won their first title
01:25since 1908, outlasting the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings of a Game 7 thriller.
01:33Dubai's Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing announced a collaboration with Shahrukh
01:37Khan on his birthday on Wednesday for a series of short films that will be shot here. The
01:43project will see the actor unravel the secrets of Dubai, offering his fans a chance to see
01:48the exquisite city through the megastar's eyes.
01:53And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:58to 23 degrees at night.
02:00That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A reminder that our next news bulletin will
02:04be on Sunday. But as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com.