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Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Sterilisation toll rises to 13. Eight missing in Egypt attack. Heightened tensions as Israel builds 200 homes. Emirates' profits increases to 8.2 per cent. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, November the 13th. Here are

00:09the top stories at this hour. Indian police have detained the doctor behind botched mass

00:14sterilization surgeries that left 13 women dead as campaigners called for urgent reforms

00:19of the government's family planning program. The doctor, R.K. Gupta, carried out 83 operations

00:24in just five hours. The state government has banned the sale of six drugs used during the

00:29operations over concerns they were substandard. The Egyptian military said one of its navy

00:34vessels came under terrorist attack in the Mediterranean, leaving five servicemen injured

00:39and eight others missing at sea. This type of attack on Egyptian forces is unprecedented.

00:45Four boats used by the assailants were destroyed and 32 of the suspected militants were arrested.

00:50In a separate incident, a car bomb exploded near the Egyptian embassy in the Libyan capital

00:54Tripoli this morning, although there were no immediate reports of casualties. The Israeli

00:59regime has given preliminary approval to build an additional 200 Jews-only colony homes in

01:05occupied East Jerusalem, a step likely to heighten tensions in the city. The Israeli

01:10move came shortly before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was to arrive in neighboring

01:15Jordan. He is expected to hold talks aimed at easing friction over repeated Israeli raids

01:19of al-Haram al-Sharif, of which Jordan is the formal custodian. Palestinian President

01:25Mahmoud Abbas is expected in Amman today to join the talks.

01:29Emirates airline has increased profits and carried more passengers in the six months

01:33leading to September 30 amid growing global political instability and fluctuating oil

01:38prices. Dubai's flagship carrier reported an 8.2 percent increase in net profits to

01:441.9 billion dirhams. Emirates said it suspended the highest number of routes in a year in

01:49response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and safety fears in Iraq and Ukraine. The

01:55parent company, Emirates Group, recorded a 1.1 percent increase in half-year profits

01:59to 2.2 billion dirhams for the six months ending September 30 compared to a year earlier.

02:05And finally, the weather. The daytime temperature will be 28 degrees Celsius falling to 17 at

02:10night. That's all for now. Thank you for watching. A reminder that our next bulletin will be

02:14on Sunday. But as always, you can get the latest news at golfnews.com

Sterilisation toll rises to 13 - GN Midday

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