Obama slams approval of 9/11 bill as ‘mistake’ - GN Headlines
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, September 29. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:08President Barack Obama has said the U.S. Congress made a mistake by overriding his veto and
00:13pushing through a bill that allows legal action against Saudi Arabia over the 9-11 attacks.
00:18He said the bill would set a dangerous precedent for individuals around the world to sue the
00:22U.S. government. Wednesday's vote was the first time that Obama's veto power was overruled.
00:27India's military has carried out surgical strikes along the de facto border with Pakistan
00:32in Kashmir to thwart a series of attacks being planned against major cities, the army has
00:36said today. Pakistan's military, however, accused India of killing two of its soldiers
00:41in unprovoked firing along the line of control. India's Director General of Military Operations,
00:46Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, said the strikes targeted terrorists along the frontier.
00:50Earlier today, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee
00:55on Security to discuss the situation at the line of control.
00:58Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan believes cultural exchange should be encouraged and artists
01:03may talk about love and peace, but ultimately the onus lies on the government. Saif's comments
01:08come in the wake of the Indian political party Maharashtra Navneer Man Sena demanding that
01:13Pakistani artists must work in India.
01:16On Tuesday, MNS workers protested outside filmmaker Karan Johar's office over Pakistani
01:22actor Farhad Khan's presence in the upcoming film, Ideal Hai Mushkil.
01:27And finally, the weather today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:31to 31 degrees at night.
01:32That's all for now. Thank you for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Monday,
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