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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, October 25. Here are the top

00:07stories at this hour.

00:10An hours-long attack by a group of militants who stormed a Pakistani police academy in

00:15Quetta left at least 61 dead, mostly police trainees.

00:21No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which the authorities blamed

00:25on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked groups. Pakistani troops responding to the assault

00:31said they killed one of the suicide bombers, while two others detonated their explosive

00:36vests, blowing themselves up. Health officials said at least 120 people have been critically

00:42wounded and that the death toll could rise further.

00:47Water has been released into the Dubai Canal for the first time during its three-year period

00:51of construction as part of a testing process. According to an official, the water level

00:57will be gradually increased through the next couple of weeks. Construction work is moving

01:02at a steady pace, with pedestrian bridges being built simultaneously, including a suspension

01:07bridge on the canal.

01:10Iraqi forces backed by US-led coalition airstrikes are battling Daesh terrorists for a third

01:16day in a remote western town hundreds of kilometres south of Mosul. Colonel John Durian

01:23of the US Army said the coalition strikes are supporting the Iraqi forces in Rutbah,

01:28including one against a Daesh convoy.

01:33India's Tata Suns dumped Cyrus Mistry as its chairman in a surprise announcement on Monday.

01:39Former chairman Ratan Tata was named the interim chief of India's biggest conglomerate till

01:44the board appoints a new chairman within four months. Shares in Tata Suns fell in early

01:50trade today, dragging down other Sensex stocks.

01:54The police chief of Paris had never heard of Kim Kardashian West when she was robbed

01:59and has now criticised the reality TV star for flaunting her wealth on social media.

02:04Christian Saint was first alerted to the high-profile crime shortly after 3am on October 3 when

02:11the telephone rang at his home.

02:13The police chief told Vanity Fair that Kardashian West had been posting information on social

02:18media all the time and that the burglary was the work of a professional team.

02:24And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping

02:29to 25 degrees at night.

02:31That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com

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