00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, February 21. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:10The British government defended its decision to invite US President Donald Trump. Prime
00:15Minister Theresa May's government wants to reaffirm the special relationship with
00:19the United States and secure a trade deal as Britain prepares to leave the European
00:24Union.
00:25The visit has spurred 1.8 million people in Britain to sign a petition saying Trump should
00:31not be given a state visit because it could embarrass Queen Elizabeth. Around 7,000 protesters
00:37gathered outside the parliament with placards bearing slogans such as Dump Trump, Fight
00:43Bigotry.
00:44Donald Trump tapped respected Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster as his national security
00:49advisor, hoping to course-correct after his first pick resigned and a second turned down
00:55the vital post.
00:57Trump announced the counter-insurgency strategic appointment at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago,
01:03ending a one-week search to replace Michael Flynn, who lasted less than a month on the
01:08job.
01:09Former World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki was joined by Rio Olympics gold medalist Monica
01:14Pooj along with a wildcard and a qualifier into the second round of the Dubai Duty Free
01:20Women's Open at the Dubai Tennis Stadium last night.
01:24Wozniacki, a winner here in 2011, eased her way past Daria Kasatkina of Russia 6275.
01:32Angelina Jolie says that she and her family have been going through a difficult time since
01:38the breakup of her marriage to Brad Pitt, but added that hopefully they would come out
01:42stronger for it.
01:43The actress and filmmaker has been promoting her new movie, First They Killed My Father.
01:48It's set in Cambodia and based on the life of author and human rights activist Luang
01:53Ung, who was a child during the brutal Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s.
01:59And finally, the weather.
02:00Today's high across the UAE will be 21 degrees Celsius, dropping to 15 degrees at night.
02:07That's all for now.
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