00:00Good day, welcome to the gulf news update for Tuesday, January 9th. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:09Oprah Winfrey's call for a brighter morning, even in our darkest nights, at the Golden
00:14Globes has the Democratic Party buzzing about the media superstar and the 2020 presidential
00:19race.
00:20Winfrey's speech as she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunday
00:26touched on her humble upbringing and childhood wonder in civil rights heroes.
00:30US President Donald Trump would gladly face Winfrey as an opponent in the 2020 presidential
00:36race, the White House spokesman said on Monday.
00:39British Prime Minister Theresa May's attempt to give her government a 2018 reboot was marred
00:45by a chaotic cabinet reshuffle as senior ministers refused to follow her orders.
00:51It is a development that bodes ill for her ability to successfully navigate the next,
00:55even trickier, stage of Brexit talks.
00:58May's office flagged Monday's events as a refresh of her top team, though things went
01:04off script.
01:05Emirates Group Security and Etihad Aviation Group have signed a memorandum of understanding
01:11for cooperation in aviation security. It is the first such deal between the two aviation
01:16companies. Emirates said the agreement signals the importance of closer collaboration to
01:21utilise synergies and boost security for both airlines.
01:26India cricket captain Virat Kohli underlined the importance of having big partnerships
01:31after the visitors lost the opening test by 72 runs to South Africa in Cape Town. The
01:3729-year-old also credited the way South Africans bowled their heart out despite being reduced
01:42to three pesos.
01:44And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:49to 17 degrees at night.
01:50That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
01:54on girlfriends.com
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