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Obama slams approval of 9/11 bill as ‘mistake’ - GN Headlines

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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, September 29. Here are the top

00:06stories at this hour.

00:08President Barack Obama has said the U.S. Congress made a mistake by overriding his veto and

00:13pushing through a bill that allows legal action against Saudi Arabia over the 9-11 attacks.

00:18He said the bill would set a dangerous precedent for individuals around the world to sue the

00:22U.S. government. Wednesday's vote was the first time that Obama's veto power was overruled.

00:27India's military has carried out surgical strikes along the de facto border with Pakistan

00:32in Kashmir to thwart a series of attacks being planned against major cities, the army has

00:36said today. Pakistan's military, however, accused India of killing two of its soldiers

00:41in unprovoked firing along the line of control. India's Director General of Military Operations,

00:46Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, said the strikes targeted terrorists along the frontier.

00:50Earlier today, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee

00:55on Security to discuss the situation at the line of control.

00:58Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan believes cultural exchange should be encouraged and artists

01:03may talk about love and peace, but ultimately the onus lies on the government. Saif's comments

01:08come in the wake of the Indian political party Maharashtra Navneer Man Sena demanding that

01:13Pakistani artists must work in India.

01:16On Tuesday, MNS workers protested outside filmmaker Karan Johar's office over Pakistani

01:22actor Farhad Khan's presence in the upcoming film, Ideal Hai Mushkil.

01:27And finally, the weather today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping

01:31to 31 degrees at night.

01:32That's all for now. Thank you for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Monday,

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