Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Sri Lanka knocked out of Asia Cup. Showdown between Kavanaugh, accuser scheduled for next week. Leaders of two Koreas parade through Pyongyang ahead of nuclear talks. 'Game of Thrones' takes top prize at Emmys.
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, September the 18th.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Republicans are forging ahead with plans for a Senate hearing they had hoped to avoid on
00:13a woman's claims that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when both were high schoolers.
00:19Republicans reversed course and agreed to the hearing in the face of growing demands
00:23by GOP senators to hear directly from Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford.
00:27Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said his panel would hold a hearing
00:32next Monday with both Kavanaugh and Ford to provide ample transparency.
00:37Tens of thousands of North Koreans chanted unification and waved flowers as their leader
00:42Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in paraded through Pyongyang.
00:47The parade today came ahead of a summit aimed at rekindling stalled nuclear diplomacy.
00:52Kim greeted Moon with hugs and smiles as the South Korean leader arrived in the North's
00:57capital to revive momentum in the faltering talks between U.S. and Pyongyang.
01:02In cricket, five-time champions Sri Lanka are going home early after being knocked out
01:07of the Unimoni Asia Cup following their second loss.
01:10Afghanistan beat them by 91 runs to cement their place in the Super Four stage along
01:15with Bangladesh.
01:16India take on Hong Kong in Group A today.
01:19HBO's record-breaking fantasy epic Game of Thrones stormed back onto the Emmy stage
01:24on Monday.
01:25It won the coveted Best Drama Series prize on a night full of surprises including an
01:29on-air marriage proposal that stunned the audience.
01:32The marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon's story of a 1950s housewife turned stand-up comic
01:38stormed the awards with eight Emmys overall for Best Comedy Series.
01:43And finally, the weather.
01:44Today's highs across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping to 32 degrees at night.
01:50That's all for now.
01:51Thanks for watching.
01:52And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.