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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, April the 17th.
00:05Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08Starting July 1st, new drivers of all ages in the UAE will get a two-year driving license,
00:13according to new traffic rules issued by Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy
00:18Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.
00:21Driving licenses will subsequently be issued for 10 years for Emiratis, while expatriates
00:25will be entitled to issue and renew their licenses for five years.
00:29The new rules will not affect existing driving licenses.
00:32However, once existing driving licenses expire, they will be renewed for five years in case
00:38of expatriates and 10 years for UAE nationals.
00:41US Vice President Mike Pence warned North Korea today not to test President Donald Trump's
00:47resolve.
00:48Pence said all options are on the table in curbing North Korea's missile and nuclear
00:53weapons programs.
00:54Defying international pressure, the North on Sunday test-fired another missile as fears
00:59grew that it may be preparing for its sixth atomic weapons test.
01:03After the success of Barcelona, A Love Untold, the Filipino team of Catherine Bernardo and
01:09Daniel Padilla returns to the silver screen in a romantic comedy, Can't Help Falling
01:14in Love.
01:15Directed by May Cruz Alvear, the light-hearted film is centered around Gab de la Cuesta,
01:20a high-strung Korea woman who is engaged to her longtime boyfriend.
01:24The film hits the UAE cinemas on Thursday.
01:27And finally, the weather.
01:28Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.