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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, October the 25th, here are the
00:07top stories at this hour.
00:09US authorities pressed ahead today with an all-out probe into who was behind pipe bombs
00:15sent to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats along with CNN.
00:20All of them are hate figures for supporters of US President Donald Trump.
00:24Some critics accused him of encouraging violence just days before a bitterly divided America
00:30votes November 6 in midterm elections.
00:34Trump reacted to the rapid-fire spate of bomb alerts by first calling for unity, but then
00:39reverting to attacking the media and its endless hostility.
00:42At least seven suspicious packages were sent to New York, Washington and Florida, including
00:48to Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder and a California lawmaker.
00:52Rafinha replaced Lionel Messi and helped Barcelona win without him as the Brazilians
00:58scored the opener in a 2-0 Champions League victory over Inter Milan.
01:03With Messi out for three weeks and Real Madrid next up at the Camp Nou on Sunday, the question
01:08was whether Barca could cope without their star player and captain.
01:12This controlled performance will certainly send them into the Clásico with a spring
01:17in their step.
01:18PSG all but secures Barcelona's passage to the Champions League last 16 too.
01:23They have nine points from three games and now sit top of Group B.
01:27Elsewhere, Liverpool thrashed Red Star Belgrade 4-0 and PSG rescued a 2-2 draw with Napoli.
01:34Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and filmmaker Martin Scorsese are reuniting for the film
01:40Killers of the Flower Moon.
01:41Eric Roth is penning the script for the film, which is the adaptation of David Graham's
01:46book of the same name.
01:47Scorsese said he was very excited to work with Eric Roth and reuniting with Leonardo
01:53DiCaprio to bring this truly unsettling American story to the screen.
01:58The story is set in 1920s Oklahoma and revolves around the Osage Nation.
02:03They were the richest people per capita in the world after oil was discovered under their
02:08land and then they were murdered one by one.
02:10And finally, the weather.
02:12Today's high across the U.E. will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 28 degrees at night.
02:17That's all for now.
02:18Thanks for watching.
02:19We will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest updates
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