00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Monday, August the 14th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Politicians from all sides have grounded on Donald Trump for failing explicitly to condemn
00:15white supremacy groups or use the term domestic terrorism after a woman was killed when a
00:21car smashed into anti-racism protesters at the weekend.
00:26The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the death.
00:32The president condemned hatred and violence on many sides in his remarks, but did not
00:38directly single out the white supremacists.
00:41Their attempt to hold a major rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, resulted in the governor, Terry
00:46McAuliffe, a Democrat, calling a state of emergency.
00:51Disorder including clashes with counter-protesters left more than 30 injured.
00:56The woman, who was killed by the car that plowed into counter-protesters, was named
01:01as 32-year-old Heather Heyer, a legal assistant who had repeatedly championed civil rights
01:07issues on social media.
01:11Pakistanis in the UAE expressed hope on the 70th Pakistan Independence Day that their
01:16country will become an economic powerhouse in the international arena while crushing
01:21terrorism at home.
01:23Hundreds of Pakistanis from all walks of life gathered at the Pakistan Embassy in Abu Dhabi
01:29and Pakistan Consulate in Dubai to celebrate the occasion.
01:34Hackers continue to pester HBO, but didn't release any material related to the network's
01:39hit show, Game of Thrones, in their latest leak.
01:43The hackers, who broke into HBO's computer network and have been doling out stolen information
01:49for the past several weeks, released more unaired episodes, including several of the
01:55highly anticipated return of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which debuts in October.
02:01The latest dump includes Sunday night's episode of Insecure, another popular show, and what
02:07appear to be episodes of other lower-profile shows, including Ballers, the unaired shows
02:13Barry and The Deuce, a comedy special.
02:17And finally, the weather.
02:18Today's high across the UAE will be 44 degrees Celsius, dropping to 33 degrees at night.
02:23That's all for now.
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