00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, August 11. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11U.S. police made numerous arrests during a tense nighttime standoff in Ferguson after
00:16St. Louis County declared a state of emergency and a teenager was charged with shooting at
00:21police officers.
00:23The protests came after unrest and a shootout in Ferguson on Sunday night that led county
00:28officials to declare a state of emergency on Monday. St. Louis County Executive Steve
00:33Stenger said police would immediately take charge of emergency management in Ferguson
00:38and surrounding districts.
00:40A power plant operator in southern Japan's Sendai restarted a nuclear reactor today,
00:45the first to begin operating under new safety requirements following the Fukushima disaster.
00:51The restart marks Japan's return to nuclear energy four and a half years after the 2011
00:57meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in the northeast following an earthquake
01:02and tsunami.
01:03In sport, Jaya Tours scored twice in the first half last night as Manchester City began their
01:09English Premier League campaign with an impressive 3-0 win over West Bromwich, Algiers. The fluid
01:15team performance signalled that Manuel Pellegrini's side will again be serious contenders for
01:20the league title.
01:22Howard Stern has revealed details about the secret wedding between Jennifer Aniston and
01:26Justin Theroux, including that Jimmy Kimmel officiated. Stern was a guest at the Los Angeles
01:32ceremony last week that Aniston and Theroux disguised as a birthday bash for Theroux.
01:37Stern said the affair was extremely secretive and that guests had to hand over their phones.
01:43He said Kimmel did a beautiful job officiating and that Sia performed.
01:47And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 46 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:53to 33 degrees at night.
01:55That's all for now. Thanks for watching. As always, you can get the latest news on
01:58Gulfnews.com.
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