Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. New measures in place to restrict sale of drones. G7 were joined by Middle East allies in a push to isolate Al Assad. North Korea denounced the US deployment of a naval strike group to the region. Kylie Jenner is getting an E! reality series of her own. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, April 11. Here are the top stories
00:08at this hour.
00:10The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority is rolling out strict new measures that will restrict
00:14the sale and access of retail aerial drones only to those who have registered with the
00:19new tracking program, Mohammed Abdullah Ahly, Director General of the DCAA, said.
00:24The new tracking system requires registered drone operators to effectively file flight
00:29plans to be approved by the DCAA, which are then monitored live. The new measures are
00:35in response to several drone intrusions in 2016 into Dubai International Airport airspace,
00:41which caused brief closures and delays.
00:44The group of seven major global powers were joined by Middle East allies today in a push
00:49to isolate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hours before the US Secretary of State flies
00:54to Moscow.
00:55G7 foreign ministers sat down early today with their counterparts from Turkey, Saudi
01:00Arabia, UAE, Jordan and Qatar, all of whom oppose Assad's rule, to discuss the six-year-old
01:06war in Syria.
01:08Pressure is building on Russian President Vladimir Putin to break ties with Assad, who
01:11stands accused of launching a nerve gas attack on a rebelled town last week.
01:17North Korea denounced the US deployment of a naval strike group to the region today,
01:22warning it is ready for war as Washington tightens the screws on the nuclear-armed state.
01:28The strike group, which includes Nimitz-class aircraft supercarrier USS Carl Vinson, cancelled
01:34a planned trip to Australia this weekend to head to the Korean peninsula in a show of
01:38force.
01:40President Donald Trump has asked his advisers for a range of options to rein in Pyongyang,
01:44a top US official said Sunday.
01:47Kylie Jenner is getting an E! reality series of her own.
01:51The cable network has announced plans for a Keeping Up With The Kardashians spin-off
01:55titled Life of Kylie.
01:57E! says the eight-episode series will document the life of the 19-year-old makeup entrepreneur
02:02as she juggles being a celebrity, a businesswoman and a teen.
02:07The show is set to premiere this summer.
02:09It will include other members of the Kardashian clan and some of Jenner's friends.
02:14And finally, the weather.
02:15Today's high across the UAE will be 37 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
02:22That's all for now.
02:23Thanks for watching.
02:24And as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com.