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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, October the 8th. Here are the

00:09top stories at this hour.

00:11The Al-Houthi militia in Yemen has agreed to stop fighting, the United Nations said,

00:15and now a UN envoy is coming to the region to see how Yemen's government will respond.

00:21A UN spokesman said, Al-Houthis accepted a UN Security Council resolution that calls

00:26for an end to violence, withdrawal of their forces from all areas they have seized, and

00:31a halt to undermining the political transition in the country.

00:36An independent lawmaker from Indian Kashmir was beaten up by Sambhartiya Janata Party

00:40legislators in the northern Indian state for throwing a beef party, triggering an uproar

00:46from the opposition, which staged a walkout.

00:49The manhandling of Sheikh Abdul Rashid came on a day the assembly is scheduled to take

00:53up a bill on the banning of meat.

00:56Seth Blatter was on the brink of finally being ousted as FIFA president after its Ethics

01:01Committee moved to suspend him.

01:03Michel Platini was also facing a provisional 90-day ban over a £1.3 million payment he

01:09received from Blatter, who is under criminal investigation over the alleged illegal transaction.

01:15A suspension of the two most powerful men in football was formally sought by FIFA's

01:20Ethics Committee, which could effectively end Blatter's 17-year reign and ruin Platini's

01:26challenge to replace him.

01:27A final decision rests with head judge Hans Joachim Eckert.

01:33After five years away from movie screens, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan returns

01:37today in Jaspa, a thriller in which she plays a lawyer fighting to rescue her kidnapped

01:42daughter.

01:43Speaking to Gulf News, Aishwarya, who took a break from films to raise her daughter,

01:47said she's been as present as ever on the entertainment scene, and her film was

01:52anything but a comeback.

01:54And finally, the weather.

01:55Today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at

02:00night.

02:01That's all for now.

02:02Thanks for watching.

02:03We'll be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news on

02:07gulfnews.com

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Indian lawmaker beaten up for beef - GN Headlines

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