Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. UAE awards Dh4b orders at the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX). Donald Trump cracks down on illegal immigrants. Manchester City in good stead after Champions League victory over Monaco. Emirati director Ali Mustafa’s thriller The Worthy will hit UAE cinemas on Thursday.
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, February 22. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:09The UAE awarded military contracts worth 4 billion dirhams to local and global companies
00:14on the third day of the International Defense Exhibition on Tuesday.
00:19US-based companies Raytheon and Boeing, Germany's Rheinmetall, South Africa's Paramount Group
00:25and Europe's BAE Systems bagged some of the biggest deals announced.
00:30Among the local companies that sealed major deals were the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems
00:35Investments Company, International Golden Group, Al Jaber and Alma Saud.
00:40Raytheon won a 828 million dirham contract to supply air defense spare parts to the UAE
00:47armed forces, while Othersy won a 377 million dirham contract for aircraft logistics support.
00:55The Trump administration has issued tough new orders for a sweeping crackdown on illegal
01:00immigrants, putting nearly all of the 11 million undocumented foreigners in its crosshairs.
01:07John Kelly, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said the new orders
01:12were necessary to address a problem that has overwhelmed government resources.
01:17Senator Ben Cardin, the top Democrat of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, warned
01:23the new guidelines will harm national security and public safety.
01:28Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said the experience of Tuesday's 5-3 Champions
01:33League victory over Monaco would stand his side in good stead in the competition.
01:39Manchester City are in control of the last-16 tie ahead of the return leg on March 15.
01:45But at several moments during the first leg, their European destiny appeared to be hanging
01:50by a thread.
01:51Guardiola's side went ahead, fell 2-1 and then 3-2 down, but finally rallied with three
01:58goals in the last 19 minutes from Sergio Aguero, John Stones and Leroy Sane.
02:05You wake up and it's the apocalypse.
02:07Clean water is running out, but there's no shortage of evil around you.
02:11So do you protect your clan at all costs or do you kill anyone who stands in your way?
02:16You don't need answers.
02:18Emirati director Ali Mustafa's thriller, The Worthy, has them prepared for you.
02:23The region's gorious survival flick will hit cinemas across the UAE on Thursday.
02:29And finally, the weather.
02:30Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.
02:35That's all for now.
02:36Thanks for watching.
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