00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, February 22. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:09The UAE awarded military contracts worth 4 billion dirhams to local and global companies
00:14on the third day of the International Defense Exhibition on Tuesday.
00:19US-based companies Raytheon and Boeing, Germany's Rheinmetall, South Africa's Paramount Group
00:25and Europe's BAE Systems bagged some of the biggest deals announced.
00:30Among the local companies that sealed major deals were the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems
00:35Investments Company, International Golden Group, Al Jaber and Alma Saud.
00:40Raytheon won a 828 million dirham contract to supply air defense spare parts to the UAE
00:47armed forces, while Othersy won a 377 million dirham contract for aircraft logistics support.
00:55The Trump administration has issued tough new orders for a sweeping crackdown on illegal
01:00immigrants, putting nearly all of the 11 million undocumented foreigners in its crosshairs.
01:07John Kelly, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said the new orders
01:12were necessary to address a problem that has overwhelmed government resources.
01:17Senator Ben Cardin, the top Democrat of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, warned
01:23the new guidelines will harm national security and public safety.
01:28Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said the experience of Tuesday's 5-3 Champions
01:33League victory over Monaco would stand his side in good stead in the competition.
01:39Manchester City are in control of the last-16 tie ahead of the return leg on March 15.
01:45But at several moments during the first leg, their European destiny appeared to be hanging
01:50by a thread.
01:51Guardiola's side went ahead, fell 2-1 and then 3-2 down, but finally rallied with three
01:58goals in the last 19 minutes from Sergio Aguero, John Stones and Leroy Sane.
02:05You wake up and it's the apocalypse.
02:07Clean water is running out, but there's no shortage of evil around you.
02:11So do you protect your clan at all costs or do you kill anyone who stands in your way?
02:16You don't need answers.
02:18Emirati director Ali Mustafa's thriller, The Worthy, has them prepared for you.
02:23The region's gorious survival flick will hit cinemas across the UAE on Thursday.
02:29And finally, the weather.
02:30Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.
02:35That's all for now.
02:36Thanks for watching.
02:37As always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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