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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, September the 12th. Here are
00:07the top stories at this hour.
00:09Hurricane Florence on track to become the first Category 4 storm to make a direct hit
00:15on North Carolina in six decades, howled closer to shore, threatening to unleash deadly pounding
00:21surf, days of torrential rain and severe flooding. More than 1 million residents have been ordered
00:28to evacuate from the coastline of the three states while university campuses, schools
00:33and factories were being shuttered. Counterfeit auto parts will face further roadblocks in
00:39the UAE as Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology partially implements a new country-wide
00:47vehicle safety system from next month. The system will ensure that no auto parts without
00:53the ESMA quality mark will enter the UAE market from the beginning of October.
00:58Australia-grade Glenn McGrath says he has great respect for James Anderson after the
01:04Englishman replaced him as the most prolific pace bowler in Test cricket last night. Anderson
01:10bowled Mohammad Shami to seal victory over India in the fifth Test at the Oval and claimed
01:17his 564th Test wicket in his 143rd match to move ahead of McGrath. Prosecutors declined
01:25to file charges against Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys after Singer reported last
01:30year that she had been raped in 2003. The woman, Melissa Shuman, of the group Dream,
01:36was 18 at the time, meaning the statute of limitations for prosecution had expired in
01:422013, Los Angeles County Prosecutors said. They said they did not otherwise evaluate
01:49the merits of Shuman's story.