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00:00Zimbabwe's military appeared to be in control of the country today, as generals denied staging
00:16a coup but used state TV to vow to target criminals close to President Robert Mugabe.
00:23Mugabe's grip on power was dramatically weakened as military vehicles blocked roads outside
00:28the parliament in Harare.
00:30The general's actions posed as a major challenge to the ageing Mugabe 93, who has ruled Zimbabwe
00:37since independence from Britain in 1980.
00:40Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he would act soon over border areas under
00:45Kurdish control but predicted his government would regain them without violence.
00:51Baghdad has cracked down hard on the Kurds since the government of the Kurdish Autonomous
00:56Region staged an independence referendum on September 25.
01:01Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero was rushed to hospital in Krasnodar after he
01:06fainted in Argentina's dressing room during halftime of a friendly with Nigeria.
01:12The Argentina Football Association said that since Aguero was operated on when he was 15,
01:18they wanted to be sure the medical scare was nothing critical.
01:21Godolphin's Harry Angel, one of the stars of the 2017 British flat racing season, was
01:27named Cartier Sprinter of the Year at the 27th annual Cartier Racing Awards.
01:32The awards is the European horse racing equivalent of the Oscars.
01:37Hip-hop artist J. Cole will replace rapper Kendrick Lamar as the Yaas Alam After Race
01:42concert headliner in Abu Dhabi on November 24 at the Dew Arena.
01:47Organisers said Lamar will be unable to perform at the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix for personal
01:54reasons.
01:55J. Cole will join DJ Calvin Harris playing November 23, UK-based rockers Mumford and
02:01Sons playing November 25 and Pink closing out the weekend on November 26.
02:07And finally, the weather.
02:08Today's high across the UAE will be 31 degrees Celsius, dropping to 20 degrees at night.
02:12That's all for now.
02:13Thanks for watching.
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