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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, October the 23rd.

00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:09The Dubai Fitness Challenge has taken off with much enthusiasm from residents and government

00:14officials alike.

00:16The latest public official to participate in the challenge is Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed

00:20Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

00:25In the one-minute video clip uploaded on YouTube, Sheikh Abdullah can be seen working

00:29up a sweat as he tackles a spinning bike.

00:33He also thanked Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai,

00:38for launching the initiative.

00:40Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged today to work with the US, China and Russia

00:45to contain North Korea's nuclear threat with strong, resolute diplomacy.

00:51Fresh from clinching a two-thirds supermajority, Abe vowed to forge a national consensus on

00:57revising Japan's pacifist constitution.

01:00Abe said he would confirm close cooperation on North Korea with Donald Trump when the

01:05US President visits Japan next month.

01:08Writer and director James Toback, who got an Oscar nomination for writing Bugsy, has

01:13been accused of sexual harassment by 38 women.

01:17In a report published in the Los Angeles Times, many of the women alleged that Toback

01:22approached them on the streets of New York City and promised stardom.

01:26His meetings would often end with sexual questions and Toback performing a sexual act in front

01:32of them, according to the accounts.

01:34Toback has denied the allegations.

01:37And finally, the weather.

01:39Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 25 degrees at night.

01:44That's all for now.

01:45Thanks for watching.

01:46And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.

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