00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, December the 18th. Here are
00:23the top stories at this hour.
00:25Pakistani forces have intensified their offensive against militants, killing 57 rebels in fresh
00:30airstrikes, the military said today. Fighter jets bombed 20 militant hideouts in Khyber
00:36Tribal District, which borders Peshawar, where Taliban fighters on Tuesday massacred 132
00:41children. Ground troops also moved deeper into Tirar Valley, a mountainous stretch near
00:46the Afghan border.
00:48India moved forward in rocket technology with successful flight testing of its heaviest
00:53next-generation rocket and the crew module. The 630-tonne GSLV Mark III is 43.43 metres
01:01tall. According to an Indian Space Research Organisation official, the new rocket is of
01:06the size of a small bedroom.
01:09Liverpool set up a meeting with Chelsea in the League Cup semi-finals when they carved
01:13out a much-needed 3-1 win against Championship side Bournemouth last night. League One side
01:18Sheffield United will face Tottenham in the other semi-final. The two-legged ties will
01:23be played in January next year.
01:25Maize al-Amouri won the Young Journalist Award at the Dubai International Film Festival held
01:30in partnership with Golf News. The award, presented by Golf News Managing Editor Mohammed
01:34al-Mezal last night, saw eight aspiring journalists participating in the programme this year.
01:39It's really a memorable moment, said ecstatic Maize. After winning the award, the work of
01:44the aspiring journalists during the festival was overseen by Golf News and DIFF representatives,
01:49with the best report each day published in tabloid. The winner also gets an internship
01:54with tabloid.
01:55Hollywood filmmakers and actors voiced outrage after Sony Pictures pulled the release of
01:59the North Korea parody The Interview following threats from hackers who waged a massive cyber
02:04attack on the movie's studio. Actors Ben Stiller, Steve Carroll, Rob Lowe and late-night
02:09talk show host Jimmy Kimmel criticised the decision made by movie theatres and Sony.
02:15And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE, with 26 degrees Celsius dropping
02:19to 17 degrees at night.
02:21That's all for now. Thank you for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
02:25but you can always get the latest news on golfnews.com
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