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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, June the 21st.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09For the first time in the UAE's history, an Emirati astronaut will blast into space
00:14in April 2019 to visit the International Space Station.
00:19The astronaut will fly into space aboard a spacecraft piloted by Russian Federal Space
00:24Agency.
00:25His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister
00:29of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, said the historic first trip is now possible after the UAE
00:35and Russia signed a cooperation agreement.
00:38Melania Trump urged her husband to stop the policy of separating children from their parents
00:43on the border, according to White House officials.
00:46On Wednesday, under pressure from around the world and even his wife, President Donald
00:51Trump signed an executive order to keep migrant families in detention together.
00:56Trump acknowledged that Melania and his daughter Ivanka urged him to make the change.
01:01Many people had publicly criticized not only the President but those around him for not
01:07more forcefully and publicly rebuking the policy.
01:10Janet Jackson has revealed that she suffered an intense battle with depression.
01:15She linked the condition to a childhood inferiority complex and societal racism and sexism.
01:21The 52-year-old pop superstar said she has found joy after giving birth to her first
01:26child last year, but the singer said that her thirties were difficult years where the
01:31struggle was intense.
01:32And finally, the weather.
01:33Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping to 31 degrees at night.
01:39That's all for now.
01:40Thanks for watching.
01:41We will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest updates
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01:51Have a great day.
01:52Bye now.