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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, June the 20th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Officials in a Saudi-led coalition battling Al-Qouti rebels for control of a crucial port
00:17in Yemen on Tuesday displayed weapons captured on the battlefield.
00:22The weapons show that Iran is arming the insurgents, the officials said.
00:26The weapons shown to reporters in Abu Dhabi included drones, a sniper rifle, roadside
00:32bombs disguised as rocks and even a drone boat filled with explosives.
00:38The U.S. is leaving the U.N. Human Rights Council, which Ambassador Nikki Haley called
00:43an organization that is not worthy of its name.
00:47It's the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution.
00:52Haley said the U.S. had given the human rights body opportunity after opportunity to make
00:58changes.
00:59She lambasted the council for its chronic bias against Israel.
01:04Host nation Russia have won foot in the last 16 of the World Cup after a resounding 3-1
01:10win over Egypt on Tuesday.
01:13After a tight first half in St. Petersburg, Egypt captain Ahmed Fathi scored an own goal
01:19before goals from Denis Cheryshev and Artem Zuba sealed the Russian win.
01:25Mohamed Salah did score Egypt's first goal at a World Cup since 1990 with a penalty,
01:31but it was too late to regain the momentum.
01:34A 19-year-old college student from Tamil Nadu has been crowned Miss India 2018.
01:40Anukriti Vass, the daughter of a single mother, beat 29 other hopefuls to the crown at a gala
01:47in Mumbai on Tuesday night.
01:49Meenakshi Chaudhary from Haryana was first runner-up and Shreya Rao from Andhra Pradesh
01:55was the second runner-up.
01:57And finally, the weather.
01:58Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping to 28 degrees at night.
02:04That's all for now.
02:05Thanks for watching.
02:06And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.