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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, September the 19th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Pakistan cricket captain Sarfraz Ahmed is taking nothing for granted as one of the most
00:14famous rivalries in world cricket resumes today.
00:18Pakistan plays India in an Asia Cup group match starting at 3.30 p.m.
00:24The UAE has been the host venue for Pakistan in international cricket since a 2009 attack
00:30on the Sri Lankan team bus.
00:32Pakistan won the last encounter between the two rivals, a massive 180-run victory over
00:38India in the final of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.
00:43North Korea said it would permanently abolish its key missile facilities in the presence
00:49of foreign experts.
00:50The latest gesture by leader Kim Jong-un aims to revive faltering talks with Washington
00:56over his country's nuclear program.
00:59Speaking at a joint news conference in Pyongyang today, Kim and South Korean President Moon
01:05Jae-in said they agreed to turn the Korean peninsula into a land of peace.
01:11Christine Ford wants the FBI to investigate her allegation that she was sexually assaulted
01:17by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
01:21The request was raised before Ford testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing next
01:26week.
01:27Lawyers wrote that Ford, who is now a college professor in California, wants to cooperate
01:33with the committee.
01:34But in the days since she publicly accused Kavanaugh of the assault, she has been the
01:40target of vicious harassment and even death threats.
01:45Washington's biggest night wasn't that big.
01:48A record low of audience of just under 10.2 million people watched the Emmy Awards show
01:54that kicked off a new television season on Monday night.
01:58The dip in viewership follows a recent trend that also affected the Academy Awards and
02:04Grammys earlier this year.
02:07And finally, the weather.
02:08Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping to 32 degrees at night.
02:14That's all for now.
02:15Thanks for watching.
02:16And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.