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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, November the 5th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Saudi authorities have arrested 10 princes and dozens of former ministers on corruption
00:16charges, Al Arabiya TV has reported.
00:19The arrests came hours after King Salman bin Abdul Aziz established an anti-corruption
00:24committee headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
00:28Earlier, the King issued a royal decree forming a Supreme Committee headed by the Crown Prince
00:33to fight corruption in public finance.
00:36Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli turned 29 today and fans and fellow cricketers took
00:41to Twitter to wish the Indian skipper on his birthday.
00:44There was a team celebration after the second T20 between India and New Zealand in Rajkot.
00:50But for his millions of fans across the globe, social media was the way out.
00:55Former skipper Saurav Ganguly led the wishes for the Indian cricket team skipper on social
01:00media, wishing Kohli with a simple message on the microblogging site.
01:05Pop star Katy Perry will ring in the new year with her Abu Dhabi debut performance on December
01:1031 at the Dew Arena, Yass Island.
01:13The singer recently hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 with her fourth studio album, Witness.
01:19The lead single, Chained to the Rhythm, set the record for the biggest first-day Spotify
01:23streams by a female artist.
01:26It is now certified platinum, with more than 1 billion streams worldwide.
01:31Tickets starting at 350 dirhams go on sale on Wednesday.
01:35And finally, the weather.
01:36Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 22 degrees at night.
01:41That's all for now.
01:42Thanks for watching.
01:44And as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com