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George Clooney to wed in Venice - GN Midday

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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, September the 8th. Here are the

00:09top stories at this hour.

00:11Desperate residents were huddled on rooftops as they tried to survive Indian Kashmir's

00:15worst flooding in half a century, which has already claimed more than 150 lives and left

00:20thousands homeless. Across the border in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, flash flooding and house collapses

00:26from days of heavy rain have left another 205 people dead and damaged hundreds of villages

00:31and houses. Iraqi government forces say they've cleared Islamist militants from a wide area

00:37around the strategic Haditha Dam, helped by U.S. airstrikes. On Wednesday, U.S. President

00:41Barack Obama will unveil a game plan for U.S. engagement in Iraq. Analysts predict that

00:47the U.S. will need at least three years of sustained engagement to push back territorial

00:51gains made by the Islamist militants.

00:54George Clooney says his wedding to Britain, Amal Alamuddin, will take place in Venice

00:59in a few weeks. Clooney, 53, publicly professed his love for Alamuddin, 36, on Sunday. The

01:06couple were taking part in a celebrity fight night, a dinner to benefit Andrea Bocelli

01:10Foundation and the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center.

01:13Lady Gaga is on her way to Dubai. The pop star posted a bare-faced photo of herself

01:17to Instagram early today.

01:20On my way to Dubai, she wrote. She is slated to perform on Wednesday night at Maidan Racecourse.

01:26Howard Stern delivered the eulogy, Broadway singer-actress Audra McDonald sang Smile,

01:30and Bagpipers played New York, New York at Joan Rivers' funeral on Sunday, a star-studded

01:35send-off that, like the late comedian herself, brought together the worlds of Hollywood,

01:39theater, fashion and media.

01:42Serena Williams claimed her sixth U.S. Open women's single title yesterday, the win taking

01:47her at par with Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova with 18 majors. The world No. 1 swept past

01:53close friend Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3 in the final. Kai Nishikori and Maureen Sillick

02:00play in the men's final tonight.

02:02And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 44 degrees Celsius, falling to 29

02:07at night.

02:08That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news

02:12at gulfnews.com.