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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, May the 16th.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10North Korea threatened to walk away from its summit with President Donald Trump next month
00:15if the U.S. made a one-sided demand for the regime to surrender its nuclear weapons.
00:21Kim Kai-Kwan, a top North Korea disarmament negotiator, said the regime was disappointed
00:28by recent comments from the U.S. on their goals for the summit.
00:32Kim said North Korea rejected a Libya model in which the regime quickly gives away its
00:37nuclear weapons.
00:39India's rupee rebounded by 27 paise to 67.80 per U.S. dollar in early trade today.
00:47On Tuesday, the rupee had the second-biggest single-day fall of 2018 to end at a new 16-month
00:54low of 68.07 as panic dollar demand rattled the currency market.
01:01Traders said the dollar's strength against other currencies overseas capped the rupee's
01:05gains.
01:06Kolkata Knight Riders sharpened their chances of an Indian Premier League playoff berth
01:11with a convincing six-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in a crucial Indian Premier League
01:17clash.
01:18Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav starred for KKR as the Royals were bowled out for 142 in 19 overs.
01:26Chasing a modest target, KKR rode Chris Lin's 45 and Captain Dinesh Kartik's unbeaten 41
01:33to ease past the line.
01:35The Washington State Court of Appeals has ruled that photographs from the scene of Nirvana
01:40frontman Kurt Cobain's death will not be released publicly.
01:44The court ruled that releasing the photos would violate the Cobain family's due process
01:49rights under the 14th Amendment.
01:52Cobain's widow Courtney Love and his daughter Frances Bean Cobain filed testimonies to keep
01:57the photos from being made public.
02:00And finally, the weather.
02:01Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
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