00:00Good day, welcome to the Golfies update for Thursday, September 7th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08At least eight people were killed, another 21 wounded
00:11as Hurricane Irma swept across the Caribbean island of Saint Martin today.
00:15The island is divided between the Netherlands and France.
00:18Juan Martin del Potro soaked up the adulation of his supporters
00:22and said he deserved to beat Roger Federer in a US Open quarter-final.
00:25Del Potro's comments came after he booked a Friday semi-final showdown
00:29with top-ranked Rafael Nadal.
00:31The Argentine 28th seed defeated Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 10-8, 6-4.
00:37World No. 1 Nadal scored a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 rout of Russian teenager Andrey Rublev.
00:43Reality television star Kim Kardashian is expecting a third child
00:46with rapper Kanye West via a surrogate.
00:49Kardashian 36 and West 40 were married in 2014
00:52and have had a son who is 21 months old and a four-year-old daughter.
00:55Celebrity gossip portal TMZ said their third child was due at the end of January.
00:59And finally, the weather today's high across the UAE
01:02will be 40 degrees Celsius dropping to 30 degrees at night.
01:05That's all for now, thank you for watching.
01:07We'll be back with the newscast on Sunday
01:09but you can always get the latest news on golfnews.com
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