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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, September the 18th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Militants attacked an Indian Army Brigade headquarters near the de facto border with
00:14Pakistan, killing 17 soldiers in one of the most deadly attacks in the northern region
00:19of Kashmir.
00:20Four militants were confirmed killed after penetrating the base in Uri near the line
00:24of control with Pakistan.
00:26The attackers set fire to one building before the four were killed in a gunfight that lasted
00:31several hours.
00:32The United States has acknowledged that its warplanes had carried out an airstrike in
00:36Syria that resulted in the deaths of Syrian government troops.
00:39U.S. military officials said the pilots in the attack in the eastern province of Deir
00:44al-Zour believed they were targeting Daesh.
00:46Russia's defense ministry said the U.S. attack had killed 62 Syrian troops, wounded
00:52100 more and opened the way for a Daesh offensive.
00:55An explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood on Saturday night left 29 people injured and
01:01authorities removed a suspicious device that was discovered just blocks away.
01:05Mayor Bill de Blasio called the blast an intentional act but said there was no terrorist connection.
01:11The report of the blast came hours after a pipe bomb exploded in Seaside Park, New Jersey
01:17shortly before thousands of runners were to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit
01:22Marines and sailors.
01:24The race was cancelled and no injuries were reported.
01:27Blood & Guts fantasy epic Game of Thrones is tipped to triumph as the most successful
01:33show ever at the coveted Emmy Awards, television's equivalent of the Oscars.
01:38The HBO series already has nine statuettes from last weekend's Creative Arts Emmys,
01:43which mainly reward behind-the-scenes personnel, giving it a total haul over the years of 35,
01:49more than any other drama series.
01:51The all-time Emmy list of winners is topped by NBC comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live
01:57with 44 awards.
01:59And finally the weather, today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:04to 26 degrees at night.
02:06That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news
02:11at gulfnews.com