Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Millions evacuated as US braces for hurricane Matthew. Syria scales back bombardment of rebels in Aleppo. FBI arrest former National Security Agency contractor. Maria Sharapova can return to tennis in April 2017. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, October 6.
00:05Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:07US President Barack Obama warned that Hurricane Matthew could have a devastating effect as
00:12the residents of the southeastern coastline braced themselves for one of the most powerful
00:16storms to hit the region in almost a decade.
00:18According to the US National Hurricane Center, the deadly Category 3 hurricane was roughly
00:23169 kilometers south of Long Island in the Bahamas.
00:27More than 2 million residents have been evacuated.
00:30Syria's military announced that it was scaling back its bombardment of rebels in the devastated
00:35Aleppo in a surprise move nearly two weeks after declaring an all-out assault to capture
00:40the city.
00:41It said the bombardment would be reduced after the success of armed forces in Aleppo and
00:45cutting off all terrorist supply routes into the eastern districts.
00:50The FBI secretly arrested a former National Security Agency contractor in August.
00:55It is investigating whether he stole and disclosed a highly classified computer code
00:59developed by the agency to hack into the networks of foreign governments.
01:04The arrest raises the embarrassing prospect that, for the second time in three years,
01:08a contractor for the consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton managed to steal highly damaging
01:13secret information while working for the NSA.
01:16In 2013, Edward J. Snowden, who was also a Booz Allen contractor, took a vast trove of
01:21documents from the agency that were later passed to journalists, exposing surveillance
01:25programs in the United States and abroad.
01:28French Open organisers have not ruled out handing Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova
01:32a wild card to participate in the Grand Slam event next year.
01:36Sharapova has been serving a two-year suspension for the violation of anti-doping regulations
01:40since January 26.
01:42The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled to reduce Sharapova's suspension term from 24
01:47to 15 months.
01:48The Russian player is now eligible to officially return to tennis courts starting April 26
01:52next year.
01:53And finally, the weather.
01:54Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.
01:59That's all for now.
02:00Thanks for watching.
02:01Our next bulletin will be on Sunday.
02:03As always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com