Top news in pictures: Morning update

It's the first day of the week and if you are planning your week ahead - partly cloudy skies are in store for UAE residents. According to the National Center of Meteorology, UAE skies will be looking generally clear to partly cloudy, especially eastwards.

Dozens of families looking for any information about their loved ones following the discovery earlier this week of 39 bodies in the back of a sealed truck in southeastern England. The investigation into the gruesome case is still in the early stages, but British officials have deemed it one of the deadliest cases of people smuggling ever reported in the country.

Belgian Budget Minister Sophie Wilmes has been chosen as the country's new caretaker prime minister - a first for a woman, the current premier Charles Michel said on Saturday.

A 16-year-old girl plunged to her death from the 17th floor of a building off Sheikh Zayed Road while she was trying to take a selfie, Dubai Police said.

The US military conducted an operation against elusive Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi on Saturday, a US official said, as US President Donald Trump prepared to make a "major statement" at the White House on Sunday morning

Happy Diwali! Here's what you should tell your friends who celebrate the festival of lights today.