00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, September 4.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Rat fever and other diseases have killed 14 people in the southern Indian state of Kerala
00:15after the worst floods in almost a century.
00:18The separate death toll from the monsoon floods that forced more than a million people
00:23from their homes in Kerala last month has meanwhile risen to 486, the government said.
00:29Cases of malaria, dengue fever and chickenpox have also been reported.
00:35The floodwaters have now receded and fewer than 10,000 people remain in temporary camps.
00:41The founder of Afghanistan's much-feared Haqqani Network, a former U.S. ally turned fierce enemy,
00:48has died after years of ill health.
00:52The 72-year-old Jalaluddin Haqqani died Monday in Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman said.
00:59The founder of the outlawed organization, once hailed as a freedom fighter by U.S. President Ronald Reagan,
01:05has been paralyzed for the last 10 years.
01:09Five-time champion Roger Federer crashed out of the U.S. Open fourth round,
01:14beaten in four sets by 55th-rank Australian John Millman.
01:19Millman's 3-6-7-5-7-6-9-7-7-6-7-3 victory in his first Grand Slam fourth-round match
01:28scuppered a blockbuster quarterfinal between Federer and Novak Djokovic.
01:33It marked Federer's earliest U.S. Open exit since he fell in straight sets to Tommy Roberto
01:39in the fourth round in 2013.
01:42Ripley's Believe It or Not has entertained families with its Stranger Than Fiction exhibit since 1918,
01:49celebrating 100 years of the weird and wonderful this year.
01:53For the first time, the popular American franchise is on a visit to Dubai.
01:59Featuring more than 75 exhibits, Ripley's traveling show is scattered all across Wafi Mall.
02:06The exhibition will be open until November and is free for visitors.
02:11Visitors will be able to experience dinosaur skeletons, a five-legged cow,
02:16art made out of food, and a selection of Mohamed Ali's signed memorabilia.
02:21And finally, the weather.
02:23Today's highs across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping to 32 degrees at night.
02:29That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
02:31And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.
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