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Merkel braces for poll shock in Bavaria - GN Headlines

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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, October the 14th.

00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:09German Chancellor Angela Merkel's arch-conservative Bavarian allies are bracing for heavy electoral

00:14losses in the southern Alpine state today that could trigger shockwaves in Berlin.

00:21The Christian Social Union, who have almost single-handedly ruled the state since the

00:251960s, are expected to lose their absolute majority, polls say.

00:30For Merkel, it would further raise political pressure two weeks ahead of another dangerous

00:35regional vote in the central state of Hesse.

00:38A rescue team has begun retrieving the bodies of nine climbers killed in a violent storm

00:43on Nepal's Mount Gurja.

00:46The freak accident has left the mountaineering community reeling.

00:49A helicopter dropped four mountain guides at the camp where the South Korean climbing

00:54expedition was staying.

00:56Powerful winds and snow swept through the camp, killing the entire team and scattering

01:02their bodies as far as 500 metres away.

01:06Liverpool defender Virgil van Wick led the Netherlands to a crushing 3-0 win over Germany

01:11last night in the Nations League to ramp up pressure on German coach Joachim Loeb.

01:17A first-half header by Dutch keeper van Wick gave the host the lead in Amsterdam.

01:22German defence in disarray, late goals from Memphis' Dieppe and Liverpool's Jorginho

01:28Wijnaldum sealed the win.

01:31This is the first time the Dutch have beaten Germany for 16 years.

01:36The Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, led by superstar Mohanlal, has come under

01:41fire from the women's collective in cinema over the way the kidnapping case of an actress

01:46is being handled.

01:48The WCC was formed last year by women drawn from various sectors of the film industry

01:54to fight for their cause.

01:56Senior actor Dilip is an accused in a kidnapping case that took place last year.

02:02The actor was in jail for 85 days and is now out on bail.

02:06And finally the weather.

02:07Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius, dropping to 28 degrees at night.

02:14That's all for now, thanks for watching.

02:16And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com