00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, January 11.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has mourned with deep sorrow
00:14the death of a number of UAE's diplomats, who were killed on Tuesday evening after terrorists
00:20bombed the headquarters of the Kandahar governor in Afghanistan.
00:25The UAE martyrs have been named as Mohammed Ali Zainal al-Bastaki, Abdullah Mohammed
00:31Isa Obeid al-Kabi, Ahmed Rashid Salim Ali al-Mazrui, Ahmed Abdul Rehman Ahmed al-Tunayji
00:39and Abdul Hamid Sultan Abdullah Ibrahim al-Hamadi, who had been on a mission to carry out humanitarian,
00:47educational and development projects in Afghanistan.
00:52The UAE has announced that it has approved a three-decade energy strategy that aims to
00:57invest 600 billion dirhams to meet demands for energy and ensure the sustainability of
01:04growth in the nation's economy.
01:07The strategy is also expected to result in savings of 700 billion dirhams.
01:13The UAE energy strategy for 2050 was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
01:19al-Maktoum, vice-president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai.
01:25Saudi Arabia and Lebanon have agreed to hold talks on restoring a $3 billion military aid
01:31package, opening a new page in relations, a Lebanese official said.
01:36The blockage is lifted, said the official in the delegation of Lebanese President Michel
01:42Aoun, who held talks over lunch with King Salman in the Saudi capital.
01:48Barack Obama addressed America and the world for the last time as US President, in a speech
01:54that was both a tearful goodbye and a call to arms.
01:58Capping eight years in the White House, Obama returned to his adopted hometown of Chicago
02:04to recast his Yes, We Can campaign credo as Yes, We Did.
02:10La La Land quick-stepped into an awards season lead, gaining 11 nominations for the British
02:16Academy Film Awards.
02:18The UK equivalent of the Oscars.
02:21The film is up for Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress at the British Awards.
02:27And finally, the weather.
02:29Today's high across the UAE will be 26 degrees Celsius, dropping to 18 degrees at night.
02:34That's all for now.
02:35Thanks for watching.
02:36But as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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