00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, April 3rd. Here are the top stories
00:07at this hour.
00:08India's government has withdrawn a sweeping new order allowing reporters' press credentials
00:13to be suspended simply for an accusation of spreading fake news. The Ministry of Information
00:19and Broadcasting said in a statement that the accreditation of any journalist who created
00:24and or propagated the fake news would be suspended until an inquiry is completed. The statement
00:29which doesn't define fake news or say who can make a complaint, says anyone found to
00:34be peddling fake news would lose their government accreditation for six months in the first case,
00:39one year in the second case and permanently if it happens again. The inquiries will be
00:43conducted by the groups that include journalists, media owners and sometimes politicians.
00:48Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a statement asking for this order to be retracted.
00:53Leave the issue of fake news to the press council, he said.
00:56Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said he was amazed by the ability of Real Madrid
01:01superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to change his style of play in his 30s. I have to congratulate
01:07Ronaldo as a player at 33 years he is changing his playing style. It is something extraordinary,
01:12Allegri said ahead of tonight's Champions League quarterfinal first leg clash. The match
01:17kicks off at 10.45pm UAE time.
01:20Is love dead? That's the question being asked by many Twitter fans of Channing Tatum and
01:24his wife Jenna Dewan Tatum, who have decided to lovingly separate as a couple after nearly
01:29nine years of marriage. The couple broke the news in a joint Twitter post saying there
01:34are no salacious details behind the split. They say they are best friends who have decided
01:38the relationship has run its course. The two met on the set of the 2006 dance movie Step
01:44Up and married in 2009. They have a four-year-old daughter together.
01:49And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:53to 24 degrees at night.
01:55That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
01:58on gulfnews.com.
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