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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, October the 1st.

00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:10Spanish National Police moved to shut down a banned independence referendum in Catalonia

00:15on Sunday, confronting crowds of angry voters at some polling stations in a showdown that

00:20has raised fears of unrest across the wealthy north-eastern region.

00:26Faced with riot shields, jostled with hundreds of voters outside one station at a school

00:31in Barcelona, the Catalan capital, as the crowd chanted, We are people of peace, armoured

00:38vans and an ambulance were parked nearby.

00:41The referendum, declared illegal by Spain's central government, has thrown the country

00:46into its worst constitutional crisis in decades and raised fears of street violence as a test

00:51of will between Madrid and Barcelona plays out.

00:55A Nevada prison official says O.J. Simpson, the former football legend and Hollywood star,

01:00has been released from a Nevada prison in Lovelock after serving nine years for armed

01:05robbery.

01:06Unlike when he walked free after his murder trial in 1995, Simpson faces parole supervision

01:13for another five years.

01:15The 70-year-old Simpson was sent to prison in Nevada for a botched hotel room heist of

01:20sports memorabilia 12 years after he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown

01:26Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.

01:30Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who is returning as the host of upcoming Big Boss 11, says

01:36the controversial reality show will be a full entertainment package.

01:41The theme of the upcoming season will revolve around neighbours.

01:45The show, which was India's highest-rated TV show during its last season, will begin

01:50airing today on Colors TV.

01:52And finally, the weather.

01:53Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.

01:59That's all for now.

02:00Thanks for watching.

02:01And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

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