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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, June the 1st. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11The U.S. National Security Agency lost its authority at midnight to collect Americans'
00:15phone records in bulk, after Republican Senator Rand Paul stood in the way of extending the
00:20fiercely contested program in an extraordinary Senate session.
00:24Although the lapse in the program may be brief, intelligence officials have warned it could
00:28jeopardize American safety and amount to a win for extremists.
00:33Joe Wilfrid Tsonga beat fourth seed Thomas Burdick at a weather-hit Roland Garros last
00:37night, winning their fourth-round tie 6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 5-7, 6-3 on a day of mixed fortunes
00:44for French hopes.
00:45The 14th seed's empathic win was followed by a loss for Giles Simon to eighth seed Swiss
00:50Stan Wawrinka. The Gail Monfils vs. Roger Federer match was suspended due to poor light.
00:56Kim Kardashian says she's pregnant with her second child with Kanye West. She revealed
01:00the news in a clip that appeared after Sunday's episode of the reality show Keeping Up With
01:04the Kardashians. The show documented her fertility struggles and she confided that an earlier
01:09attempt to conceive through IVF had failed.
01:12Kardashian and West have a daughter, North West, who was born in 2013.
01:17And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:21to 31 degrees at night.
01:23That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
01:26on gulfnews.com.