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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, August 24th, here are the top

00:06stories at this hour.

00:07India's Supreme Court ruled that citizens have a constitutional right to privacy, a

00:11landmark verdict that could have wide-reaching implications for the government's biometric

00:15program which holds data on over 1 billion people.

00:19Privacy is not explicitly mentioned in the Indian Constitution and the government has

00:23argued that the country's 1.25 billion citizens cannot expect an absolute right to it.

00:28But in a brief statement, Chief Justice J. S. Kher said privacy was protected as an intrinsic

00:34part of Article 21 that protects life and liberty.

00:37The judges were unanimous, he said.

00:38The Supreme Court set up a special bench to rule on the issue after a legal challenge

00:43to the government's Aadhaar biometric program, which has recorded the fingerprints and iris

00:47scans of more than 1 billion Indians.

00:50The most powerful typhoon to hit the southern Chinese region in more than half a century

00:54left at least 12 dead as a sudden deluge swamped the gambling hub of Macau, submerging

00:59streets and stranding residents.

01:00Eight people were killed in the former Portuguese colony, including two men found overnight

01:05in a parking garage.

01:06Another 153 were injured amid extensive flooding, power outages and the smashing of doors and

01:11windows by the high winds and driving rain.

01:13Yes, Taylor Swift fans, Wednesday was a lucky one for you.

01:16The pop star who whipped her army of Swifties into a frenzy with video snippets of slithery

01:21snake parts on social media posted the title of her new album, Reputation, and announced

01:26online it will be out November 10.

01:27The first single she said in a series of posts will drop tonight.

01:31And finally, the weather.

01:32Today's high across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping to 31 degrees at night.

01:37That's all for now.

01:38Thanks for watching.

01:39A reminder that our next bulletin will be on Sunday, but as always, you can get the

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