00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, September the 9th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Thousands of North Korean troops paraded through Pyongyang today as the nuclear-armed country
00:13celebrated its 70th birthday.
00:16But it refrained from displaying the intercontinental ballistic missiles that have seen it hit with
00:22sanctions.
00:23Instead, leader Kim Jong-un showed off his friendship with China, raising the hand of
00:28President Xi Jinping's envoy as they saluted the crowd together.
00:32Swedes go to the polls in legislative elections today, with the far-right expected to post
00:37a record score.
00:39Voters unhappy about immigration are widely expected to punish one of the few remaining
00:43left-wing governments in Europe.
00:46Polling institutes have suggested support for the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats,
00:50which could get up to 25% votes.
00:53That gives it significant influence and makes it impossible to predict the makeup of the
00:58next government.
00:59Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam title as her idol Serena
01:05Williams imploded in the face of a code violation from the chair umpire on Saturday.
01:11Osaka 20 triumphed 6-2, 6-4 in the match marred by Williams' second set outburst.
01:18The American was enraged by umpire Carlos Ramos' warning for receiving coaching from
01:24her box.
01:25She tearfully accused him of being a thief and demanded an apology from the official.
01:31Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron has won the Golden Lion top prize at the Venice Film Festival
01:37for Roma, which critics called not merely a movie but a vision.
01:42The highly emotional story is centered on an indigenous maid working for a middle-class
01:47family in Mexico City in 1971.
01:51It has been hailed as Cuaron's most personal film and also his best.
01:56And finally, the weather, today's high across the UAE will be 41 degrees Celsius dropping
02:01to 33 degrees at night.
02:03That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest updates on
02:07gulfnews.com
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