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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, September the 25th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09German Chancellor Angela Merkel woke up to a fourth term, but now faces the double headache
00:14of an emboldened hard-right opposition party and thorny coalition talks ahead.
00:20If the campaign was widely decried as boring, its outcome was a bombshell.
00:25A populist surge weakened Merkel's Conservatives as well as the centre-left Social Democrats,
00:31handing both their worst results in decades.
00:35Iraqi Kurds were casting ballots in Iraq's Kurdish region and disputed territories on
00:39whether to support independence from Baghdad in a historic but non-binding vote that has
00:45raised regional tensions and fears of instability.
00:48Millions are expected to vote across the three provinces that make up the Kurdish Autonomous
00:53Region as well as residents in disputed territories, areas claimed by both Baghdad and the Kurds,
00:59including the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.
01:02Iman Abdul-Ati, once known as the world's heaviest woman, passed away today at 4.35am
01:09due to complications from heart disease and kidney dysfunction, according to medical experts
01:15at Barjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi.
01:17A statement from Barjeel, where the Egyptian national was being treated, said Abdul-Ati
01:23passed away due to complications from the underlying comorbid conditions, including
01:28heart disease and kidney dysfunction.
01:31Singer Justin Bieber has vowed to shine a light on racism and says he will do his part
01:36to stand up and make sure everyone is equal.
01:40Bieber, 23, took to his Instagram account to share his support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
01:47He says though he doesn't know what it's like to face the same struggles people of
01:50colour face, he will do his part to stand up and make sure everyone is equal.
01:57And finally, the weather.
01:58Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
02:04That's all for now.
02:05Thanks for watching.
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