Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Mais wins DIFF Award. Pakistan hits back at militants. India tests new rocket. League Cup. Sony pulls The Interview. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, December the 18th. Here are
00:23the top stories at this hour.
00:25Pakistani forces have intensified their offensive against militants, killing 57 rebels in fresh
00:30airstrikes, the military said today. Fighter jets bombed 20 militant hideouts in Khyber
00:36Tribal District, which borders Peshawar, where Taliban fighters on Tuesday massacred 132
00:41children. Ground troops also moved deeper into Tirar Valley, a mountainous stretch near
00:46the Afghan border.
00:48India moved forward in rocket technology with successful flight testing of its heaviest
00:53next-generation rocket and the crew module. The 630-tonne GSLV Mark III is 43.43 metres
01:01tall. According to an Indian Space Research Organisation official, the new rocket is of
01:06the size of a small bedroom.
01:09Liverpool set up a meeting with Chelsea in the League Cup semi-finals when they carved
01:13out a much-needed 3-1 win against Championship side Bournemouth last night. League One side
01:18Sheffield United will face Tottenham in the other semi-final. The two-legged ties will
01:23be played in January next year.
01:25Maize al-Amouri won the Young Journalist Award at the Dubai International Film Festival held
01:30in partnership with Golf News. The award, presented by Golf News Managing Editor Mohammed
01:34al-Mezal last night, saw eight aspiring journalists participating in the programme this year.
01:39It's really a memorable moment, said ecstatic Maize. After winning the award, the work of
01:44the aspiring journalists during the festival was overseen by Golf News and DIFF representatives,
01:49with the best report each day published in tabloid. The winner also gets an internship
01:54with tabloid.
01:55Hollywood filmmakers and actors voiced outrage after Sony Pictures pulled the release of
01:59the North Korea parody The Interview following threats from hackers who waged a massive cyber
02:04attack on the movie's studio. Actors Ben Stiller, Steve Carroll, Rob Lowe and late-night
02:09talk show host Jimmy Kimmel criticised the decision made by movie theatres and Sony.
02:15And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE, with 26 degrees Celsius dropping
02:19to 17 degrees at night.
02:21That's all for now. Thank you for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
02:25but you can always get the latest news on golfnews.com