Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Russia sends S-300 missiles to the Syrian port of Tartus, Mike Pence condemn Russian President's actions in Syria, Google launches its own new line of smartphones called Pixel, Stiller diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, October 5. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:08Russia has sent an advanced S-300 missile system to the Syrian port of Tartus as tensions
00:13escalate between Moscow and Washington over the five-year conflict.
00:18The announcement on Tuesday came after the US said it was suspending talks with Moscow
00:23aimed at reviving a ceasefire deal on Syria.
00:26On the ground, Syrian forces advanced on rebels during intense street fighting in
00:30the opposition-held east of Aleppo city. The UN rights chief, meanwhile, called for action
00:35to halt the ghastly avalanche of violence unfolding in Aleppo.
00:40US Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence called Russian President Vladimir Putin
00:45a small and bullying leader and condemned his actions in Syria. Pence took a harder
00:50line than Donald Trump at a contentious debate with Democratic rival Tim Kaine on Tuesday.
00:56But for more than 90 minutes at Longwood University in Virginia, neither Pence nor
01:00Kaine appeared to deliver a knockout punch.
01:03Google launched an aggressive challenge to Apple and Samsung on Tuesday, introducing
01:07its own line of smartphones called Pixel. The new phones represent a big new push by
01:12Google to sell its own consumer devices instead of largely just supplying software for other
01:17manufacturers. Google executives touted features such as a powerful camera and long-lasting
01:22battery during a product event on Tuesday.
01:25Actor and director Ben Stiller said he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer two years
01:29ago and said a controversial early screening test had saved his life. The Zoolander star,
01:3450, said he was diagnosed in June 2014 and that after surgery he was declared cancer-free
01:40three months later. He described the three months between his diagnosis and treatment
01:45as a crazy rollercoaster ride with which about 180,000 men a year in America can identify.
01:52And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:56to 28 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thank you for watching. As always, you can
02:00get the latest news on golfnews.com.