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00:00Good day.

00:05Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, October the 12th.

00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:11Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended his country's military operations in Syria.

00:16He says the aim is to stabilize the legitimate authority of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

00:21Putin told Russian state TV that Moscow also wanted to create conditions for political

00:25compromise in Syria.

00:26He denied that Russian airstrikes were hitting moderate opposition groups rather than Daesh

00:31militants.

00:32Apple has outranked Samsung as the brand with the strongest connection with consumers in

00:36the UAE.

00:37The first UAE MBLM Brand Intimacy 2015 report ranked Apple as the most intimate brand in

00:43the UAE, followed by Lexus and Samsung placing second and third.

00:47The top ten is rounded out by Mercedes, Dove, Starbucks, Sony, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank,

00:52Google and Ikea.

00:54In sport, Ireland faced an injury emergency surrounding captain Paul O'Connell and star

00:59fly half Johnny Sexton as they look forward to a Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against

01:04Argentina.

01:05Joe Smith's team have a week to lick their wounds from Sunday's ferocious 24-9 win over

01:10France that ensured they topped Group D.

01:12World champions Germany secured their place at Euro 2016 despite laboring to a 2-1 win

01:18at home to Georgia last night, while Poland also qualified for next summer's finals after

01:23beating the Republic of Ireland 2-1.

01:26Earlier, Albania qualified for their first major international tournament as they beat

01:30Armenia 3-0, while Romania also booked their place at the finals after a 3-0 win in the

01:36Faroe Islands.

01:37Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is asking Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

01:42to stop using the power ballad, Dream On, at campaign events.

01:46Attorneys for Tyler sent a second cease and desist letter to Trump's campaign committee

01:50last week.

01:52Attorney Dina Lepol said in a statement that the letter is not a political or personal

01:56issue with Trump, but it's one of permission and copyright.

01:59And finally, weather.

02:00Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.

02:06That's all for now.

02:07Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.

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