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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, August the 20th. Here are the
00:07top stories at this hour.
00:09Receding floodwaters left Indian troops and rescuers the grim task of hunting for bodies
00:15left by the worst monsoon in a century in Kerala's state as the death toll rose above
00:20400.
00:21With nearly three-quarters of a million people packed into relief camps in the southern state
00:27Known for its tourist beaches and hill resorts, authorities also fear outbreaks of disease.
00:33Greece has successfully exited its final three-year bailout program, agreed in August 2015, to
00:40help it cope with the continued fallout from a debt crisis, the Eurozone European Stability
00:46Mechanism Rescue Fund said.
00:48The ESM has disbursed €61.9 billion over three years in support of macroeconomic adjustment
00:55and bank recapitalization.
00:57India's Hardik Pandya routed England with his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket
01:02and then urged pundits such as Michael Holding to assess him on his own merits after the
01:08West Indies great said he was nowhere near becoming the next Kapil Dev.
01:13Pace bowling all-rounder Pandya made the most of the swing-friendly conditions on offer
01:19to take 5-for-28 as England collapsed to 161 all out at Trent Bridge on Sunday.
01:25Italian actress Asia Argento, who became a leading figure in the MeToo movement after
01:30accusing powerhouse producer Harvey Weinstein of rape, paid hush money to a man who claimed
01:36she sexually assaulted him when he was 17, the New York Times reported.
01:41The $380,000 payment was made to Jimmy Bennett, an actor and rock musician who claimed Argento
01:47assaulted him in a California hotel room in 2013, according to the Times.
01:53Bennett was two months past his 17th birthday at the time of the alleged encounter, while
01:58Argento was 37.
02:00The legal age of consent in California is 18.
02:03And finally, the weather.
02:05Today's highs across the UAE will be 41 degrees Celsius, dropping to 31 degrees at night.
02:10That's all for now.
02:11Thanks for watching.
02:13A reminder that our next Bulletin will be on Sunday, August 26, but as always, you can
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02:19Eid Mubarak!