00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, May 11. Here are the top stories
00:07at this hour.
00:08US President Donald Trump has called on Russia to rein in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
00:13and his key ally, Iran, as Washington and Moscow sought to boost their fragile ties
00:18with high-profile White House talks.
00:21Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the highest-ranking Russian official to visit
00:25Washington since Trump came to power in January, earned a rare invitation to the Oval Office
00:30for a head-to-head with the Republican president.
00:33The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has issued a subpoena to force former National
00:37Security Adviser Michael Flynn to turn over documents related to the panel's probe into
00:42alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The subpoena is the first the committee
00:48has announced in the course of its Russian investigation, The Washington Post reported.
00:54Secretary Chairman Republican Richard Burr had previously warned he would issue subpoenas
00:58for those who did not cooperate with the investigation.
01:02The latest celebrity considering a foray into politics is Dwayne The Rock Johnson. In an
01:07interview with GQ magazine, the wrestler-turned-actor says a presidential run is a real possibility.
01:13Johnson isn't revealing much about his political leanings but says he's not in favour of the
01:17proposed U.S. travel ban because he believes in inclusion. Johnson would have at least
01:22one high-profile backer in NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Ron Mayer, who tells GQ he'd vote
01:28for Johnson without a question.
01:30And finally, the weather today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:34to 25 degrees at night. That's all for now, thank you for watching. A reminder, our next
01:39bulletin will be on Sunday, but as always you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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