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00:00Good day, and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, September the 3rd.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12North Korea said it successfully tested an advanced hydrogen bomb, marking a dramatic
00:17escalation in the isolated state's standoff with the United States over its nuclear weapons
00:22program.
00:23Japanese and South Korean officials said an earthquake detected near the North's test
00:27site was around 10 times more powerful than previous detonations, and concluded the North
00:34had conducted its sixth nuclear test.
00:37Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi elevated four junior ministers to Cabinet rank and
00:42inducted an additional nine to his Council of Ministers as part of efforts to accelerate
00:47policy implementation before national polls in 2019.
00:52Junior Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman and Mukhtar Abbas
00:57Naqvi were promoted to become Cabinet Ministers.
01:01Nirmala Sitharaman is the new Defence Minister, becoming the first woman to independently
01:06hold charge of the ministry.
01:09Rafael Nadal overcame a first-set loss to defeat Argentine Leonardo Maier in the US
01:14Open third round.
01:17Roger Federer produced an improved performance to easily defeat Feliciano Lopez 6-3-6-3-7-5.
01:24The No. 3-seeded Swiss, who had struggled to see off lower-ranked opponents in the opening
01:29two rounds, made light work of the first two sets against the Spaniard, seeded 31st.
01:36Veteran singer Tom Jones announced that he was reluctantly postponing a concert tour
01:41scheduled to kick off next week because of health issues.
01:45The 77-year-old Welsh crooner said on Twitter that his fall tour would be delayed following
01:51medical advice.
01:53He did not reveal the state of his health or provide further details.
01:57Jones sent his sincere apologies to US fans planning to attend the shows.
02:02And finally, the weather.
02:03Today's high across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
02:08That's all for now.
02:09Thanks for watching.
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