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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gold News Update for Thursday, August 10. Here are the top

00:06stories at this hour. An advisor to US President Donald Trump said Washington would use any

00:12appropriate measures to protect the United States from threats from North Korea, which

00:16has said it is developing a plan to fire rockets close to US territory, Guam. Donald Trump

00:22has been unequivocal. He will use any appropriate measures to protect the United States and

00:27her citizens, Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to Trump, told BBC Radio. Tensions have risen

00:32since North Korea carried out two nuclear bomb tests last year and two intercontinental

00:37ballistic missile tests in July. Trump has said he will not allow Pyongyang to develop

00:42a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi

00:48has ordered all government staff to take the day off work because of exceptionally high

00:52temperatures. Forecasters expect air temperatures in the capital, Baghdad, to reach 50 Celsius.

00:58Heatwave conditions are also expected in the cities of Basra and Mosul. Extreme heat can

01:03cause chronic power shortages, depriving homes and businesses of electricity and air conditioning

01:08for parts of the day. Taylor Swift's mother gave an emotional testimony when she took

01:13the witness stand, saying she and her daughter's managers had told the bosses of a disc jockey

01:17accused of groping the singer-songwriter that they hoped he would be fired but didn't ask

01:22them to do so. Andrea Swift stated at a civil trial in federal court in Denver that she

01:26had no doubt about what happened during a pre-concert photo-op based on a conversation

01:31with her daughter. Andrea Swift is a co-defendant in the lawsuit filed by David Mueller, who

01:36has sued Taylor Swift and others claiming he was falsely accused and then fired over

01:40the allegation. He is seeking at least $3 million. And finally, the weather today is

01:45high across the UAE with 45 degrees Celsius dropping to 31 degrees at night. That's all

01:50for now. Thank you for watching. A reminder, our next bulletin will be on Sunday. As always,

01:54you can get the latest news on golfnews.com.

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