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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, September the 27th.

00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:12President Donald Trump has praised Saudi Arabia for allowing women the right to drive.

00:17The president embraced the decision as a step forward for women's rights in the kingdom.

00:22The White House said, this is a positive step towards promoting the rights and opportunities

00:28of women in Saudi Arabia, a White House spokeswoman said.

00:32The landmark announcement was made as a decree issued by Saudi King Salman late on Tuesday

00:38night.

00:39The Saudi ambassador to the US also announced later that all women holding licenses from

00:44GCC states would be allowed to drive in the country.

00:48Reality star Khloe Kardashian is pregnant, multiple publications reported.

00:53A representative for Kardashian did not respond to requests for comment.

00:58The news comes just days after 20-year-old social media star Kylie Jenner was reported

01:04to be expecting a baby with her boyfriend of six months, rapper Travis Scott.

01:09Khloe's sister Kim Kardashian and her husband, rapper Kanye West, are also reported to be

01:14expecting their third child via a surrogate.

01:18And finally, the weather.

01:19Today's high across the UAE will be 37 degrees Celsius, dropping to 28 degrees at night.

Women can now drive in Saudi Arabia - GN Headlines

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