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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, September 4th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:11Vladimir Putin has urged the West to present convincing evidence of the alleged chemical
00:16weapons attack in Syria to the UN Security Council. The Russian President said Moscow
00:21would react decisively if it was proven who was behind the crime. His comments came as
00:26the Obama administration faces a tough examination of its military intervention plans when it
00:31squares off against conservative Republicans and other skeptical House members. The face-off
00:36comes a day after gaining the critical endorsement of the top House Republican and finding significant
00:41support in the Senate.
00:43Ariel Castro, the man who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade before
00:48one escaped, has been found dead in his prison cell. A prison official said the 53-year-old
00:53was found hanging in his cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient.
00:57British MPs, peers and their staff accessed pornographic websites 300,000 times over the
01:03past year, official records reveal. The number was released by Palace of Westminster IT bosses
01:09in response to a Freedom of Information request.
01:12In sport, defending champion Andy Murray ground his way past Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin with
01:17a decisive victory to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open. Murray now faces Switzerland's
01:23tennis last war, Rinca.
01:24American Idol is betting that a judges remix with Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr and
01:29Keith Urban will fare better with viewers than bickering divas Mariah Carey and Nicki
01:34Minaj did last season. Lopez and Connick were confirmed as judges for season 13 and will
01:39join Urban to make up the talent show's first panel consisting solely of singers.
01:43And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:48to 31 at night.