00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, September the 9th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:11The UAE has been ranked the 14th happiest country in the world, according to a United
00:15Nations World Happiness Report. It ranks first among Arab countries. His Highness Sheikh
00:21Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of
00:26Dubai, congratulated the nation and said the happiness of citizens has always been
00:31a priority in the framework of the founding fathers of the UAE.
00:35The U.S. Congress, returning from summer recess, is due to meet to debate President Barack
00:40Obama's request for a green light to launch military strikes on Syria after a chemical
00:45attack in a Damascus suburb. The U.S. blames the regime for the attack. Syrian President
00:50Bashar al-Assad is expected to deny being behind the chemical attack in a CBS interview
00:55set to air on the network's morning and evening news shows today.
01:00In Egypt, a panel of politicians tasked with drafting a revised constitution meets as the
01:04army battles Islamist militants in the restive Sinai Peninsula.
01:09Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has stepped down after a record five years in power. His
01:15successor, Mamnoon Hussain, will be sworn in today.
01:18Serena Williams won the U.S. Open for the fifth time after beating Victoria Azarinka
01:23in three sets. The win earned her a 17th Grand Slam crown, putting her just one behind Chris
01:29Evert and Martina Navratilova on the all-time list.
01:33Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will go head-to-head in the men's final tonight.
01:38Hollywood star John Travolta has landed in Dubai to promote Qantas. While Travolta's
01:42week-long schedule in the UAE will only be revealed after we meet him later today, tabloid
01:48readers can win a chance to meet him on Thursday. To find out how, go to facebook.com slash
01:53gulfnewstabloid.
01:55And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 42 degrees Celsius falling to 31 at
01:59night.
02:00That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
02:02at gulfnews.com.
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