00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News Update for Thursday, May 29.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Egypt's former defence minister, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, has made a clean sweep of the country's
00:15presidential elections with a total of 96.03% of the valid votes, according to unofficial
00:22results carried by semi-official newspaper Al Aram.
00:26His sole challenger, leftist opposition leader Hamdeen Sabahi, garnered 3.96% in the three-day
00:32balloting that ended on Wednesday evening.
00:35Staggering start times for different government departments across the Emirates could ease
00:39traffic congestion by removing bottleneck travel times.
00:43The timings would be set at 30 minutes apart.
00:46Major General Mohamed Saif al-Zaifain, head of the Federal Traffic Council and assistant
00:50to Dubai Police Chief for Operational Affairs, said the council will weigh the proposal at
00:54the next council's meeting.
00:56If the council agrees, it will be proposed to the Ministry of Interior.
01:00President Barack Obama mounted a defiant defence of his global leadership, rebuking critics
01:05who see him as weak but warning that not every global threat justifies a US military response.
01:10In a major speech at the West Point Military Academy, Obama denied US power had ebbed under
01:15his watch after he withdrew troops from Iraq and as he does the same in Afghanistan.
01:20Malcolm Glazer, the controversial American owner of the English Premier League giants
01:24Manchester United, died last night.
01:26He was 85.
01:27Glazer, the son of a Lithuanian immigrant who built a business empire, was deeply unpopular
01:32with hardcore United fans after loaning the club with hundreds of millions of dollars
01:36of debt following a 2005 buyout.
01:39A man struck actor Brad Pitt in the face while he was signing autographs at the Hollywood
01:43premiere of a film starring partner Angelina Jolie.
01:46Pitt was at the premiere of Maleficent at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California
01:50when the man leaped over a fence and hit him.
01:53Pitt was not seriously hurt and authorities quickly subdued the man.
01:57And finally the weather.
01:58The daytime temperature will be 43 degrees Celsius falling to 28 at night.
02:02That's all for now.
02:03Thanks for watching.
02:04A reminder that the next Bulletin will be on Sunday but as always you can get the latest
02:07news at gulfnews.com
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