00:00Good day, and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, September the 5th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09South Korea said an agreement with the U.S. to scrap a weight limit on its warheads would
00:14help it respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threat.
00:18On Monday, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, said North Korea leader Kim Jong-un
00:23was begging for war.
00:26She urged the U.N. Security Council to impose the strongest possible sanctions to deter
00:31him.
00:32Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under growing pressure to stop the violence against
00:37Rohingya after nearly 125,000 of them fled to Bangladesh.
00:43Indonesia's foreign minister met the Nobel Peace Prize laureate on Monday to call on
00:48Myanmar to halt the bloodshed.
00:50The ensuing clashes and a military counter-offensive have killed at least 400 people and triggered
00:56the exodus of villagers to Bangladesh.
01:00Cathay Pacific has announced that Dubai will become its regional hub for all passenger
01:05and cargo operations across the Middle East.
01:08The Hong Kong-based carrier said the move is in line with its strategy to become more
01:12competitive in the region.
01:15Roger Federer crushed Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4-6-2-7-5 to ease into the
01:22quarterfinals of the U.S. Open.
01:24The win sets Federer on a collision course for a semifinal showdown with Rafael Nadal.
01:30Michelle Obama, Serena Williams and other friends of Beyonce are sporting one of her
01:35fiercest looks to celebrate her birthday and raise Harvey disaster relief funds.
01:41A series of photos posted on Beyonce's website showed the former first lady, the tennis star
01:46and others styled in a look from her Formation video.
01:51Beyonce turned 36 on Monday.
01:55And finally the weather, today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius dropping
02:00to 30 degrees at night.
02:02That's all for now.
02:03Thanks for watching.
02:04And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
02:11And as always, thanks for watching.
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