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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, September the 3rd. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:12The Abu Dhabi government says it's ready to offer exemptions for its employees facing
00:15problems with the rule to move their residences to Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi Executive Council
00:20gave local government staff a one-year grace period to comply with the rule, which ended
00:25last month.
00:26Gulf News has learned that exemptions will be considered on the merit of each case.
00:30More than two million refugees have fled Syria's violence, the UN Refugee Agency has said.
00:35The update came as US officials said President Barack Obama will send his diplomatic and
00:40defense chiefs to Congress, intensifying a fervent effort to win crucial votes on supporting
00:45military strikes in Syria.
00:47Sixty-four-year-old American swimmer Diana Nayyad has become the first person to swim
00:51across the Florida Straits from Cuba without a shark cage. Nayyad reached the beach at
00:56Key West 53 hours after starting the 177-kilometer journey from Havana.
01:02In business, Microsoft has agreed to buy Nokia's handset operations and license its patents
01:07for $7.2 billion. Shares in the Finnish telecom giant soared by 45% after the announcement.
01:14Roger Federer crashed out of the US Open in the fourth round last night, while Rafael
01:18Nadal captured his 19th hard-fought win in a row to reach the quarterfinals without having
01:23allowed a service break. Spanish 19th seed Tommy Robredo stunned a former world number
01:28one Swiss in straight sets to set up a quarterfinal with Nadal.
01:32Christian Grey now has a face. The character from cultural phenomenon, Fifty Shades of
01:37Grey, will be played by English actor Charlie Hunnam in a film adaptation. American actress
01:42Dakota Johnson will play Grey's lover Anastasia Steele in the film due for release in 2014.
01:48And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:52to 31 at night.
01:54That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at
01:57gulfnews.com