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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Monday, September the 17th.

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

00:09The UAE will grant five-year resident visas to expatriates after retirement.

00:15Expatriates who retire at the age of 55 will be eligible for the new long-term visa from

00:20next year, which will be renewable on meeting certain conditions.

00:24To be eligible for the visa, an expat should invest in a property worth at least two million

00:29dirhams or have savings of one million dirhams or have an active monthly income of at least

00:3520,000 dirhams.

00:37An Australian state has offered a large reward for information after sewing needles were

00:41found in strawberries sold in supermarkets.

00:44The Federal Health Minister of Australia described the bizarre incidents as a vicious crime.

00:50The issue came to light last week when a man was taken to hospital with stomach pains after

00:55eating the fresh produce brought at a supermarket in Queensland.

00:59Since then, people have posted on social media photos of other strawberries with small metal

01:04pins stuck into them.

01:06Hong Kong found Pakistan's formidable bowling attack too hot to handle and crashed out for

01:11a paltry 116 runs.

01:14Displaying their batting might, Pakistan recorded an easy eight-wicket win in 23.4 overs in

01:21the second match of the Unimani Asia Cup at Dubai International Stadium.

01:26Afghanistan take on Sri Lanka today in a Group B match.

01:30Peter Farrelly's crowd-pleasing Deep South road trip movie, Green Book, won the Toronto

01:35International Film Festival's Audience Award on Sunday.

01:38The first runner-up for Toronto's top prize was Barry Jenkins' James Baldwin adaptation

01:44If Beale Street Could Talk.

01:46The second runner-up was Alfonso Cuarón's black-and-white neuralistic drama Roma.

01:52Failing to place in the top three, to the surprise of many, was Bradley Cooper's A Star

01:56Is Born, a remake of the Hollywood classic starring Lady Gaga.

02:01And finally, the weather.

02:02Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping to 31 degrees at night.

02:08That's all for now.

02:09Thanks for watching.

02:10As always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.

02:16And as always, thanks for watching.

02:17We'll see you next time.

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