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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday August 16th. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11US President Donald Trump defended far-right protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, insisting
00:16not all of those people were neo-Nazis, not all of those people were white supremacists.
00:21He also condemned left-wing counter-protesters who came to the Virginia University town to
00:26challenge the far-right marchers. The remarks during a rowdy press conference in the lobby
00:31of Trump Tower were the latest twist in three days of controversy since Trump first responded
00:37to Saturday's events, in which Heather Heyer died after the white nationalist James Alex
00:42Fields Jr. allegedly drove his car into a crowd.
00:46Six buildings in the Al-Balad Jeddah's Old Town went up in flames on Tuesday night, according
00:51to Saudi media. Three of the six buildings collapsed completely, but there were no casualties.
00:56Authorities reported six people, including five firefighters and a Saudi man, were injured
01:01and given medical treatment. Twitter users shared videos of flames engulfing the heritage
01:06buildings in Jeddah's historic town by the Red Sea. Though the buildings were old, they
01:11were all inhabited. The fire broke out in a four-storey building and spread out to other
01:15buildings. Elvis Presley fans are making the slow, solemn walk up the driveway of Graceland
01:20to pay their respects to the late singer on the 40th anniversary of his death. Thousands
01:25of devotees of the rock and roll icon lined up for hours to save their places in the procession
01:30on Tuesday night. They held candles and walked along the graves of Presley and his relatives
01:35at the Meditation Garden at Graceland, his former home-turned-museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
01:40Priscilla Presley, the performer's former wife, and Lisa Marie Presley, their daughter,
01:45thanked the crowd for their love and dedication.
01:47And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 44 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:51to 34 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thank you for watching. As always, you can
01:56get the latest news on golfnews.com.