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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, October the 9th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Roads in the UAE are not getting safer, even as the infrastructure improves and authorities
00:14continue to create awareness, a new survey has revealed.
00:19According to the Seventh Cycle of Road Safety Monitor, 40% of the motorists surveyed felt
00:24that roads have become more dangerous.
00:28And 60% said that they see an increase in lane swerving, one of the major causes of
00:33accidents.
00:34U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sought to put a bruising confirmation battle
00:39behind him on Monday at a White House ceremony.
00:43During the ceremony, President Donald Trump declared Kavanaugh innocent of sexual misconduct
00:48and apologized for the heated process.
00:52Kavanaugh said he would enter his new job without bitterness, despite a political fight
00:56that he told lawmakers had destroyed his family and his name.
01:01Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been named among 30 nominees for the men's Ballon
01:07d'Or trophy for the best player in the world.
01:11Ronaldo's nomination comes after the 33-year-old last week denied rape allegations leveled
01:16against him by a woman who sued him in court in the U.S.
01:20European champions Real Madrid dominated the nominees with eight players, including Croatia
01:25midfielder Luka Modric and Wales forward Gareth Bale.
01:30The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image has dropped two films from the lineup of the upcoming
01:3520th edition of the Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival in the wake of the hashtag MeToo tide.
01:42The films that have been dropped are AIB's Chintu Ka Birthday and Rajat Kapoor's Kadak.
01:49Actor-director Kapoor has been called out by two women for inappropriate behavior.
01:56The multi-collective AIB landed in a controversy after a woman accused Utsav Chakraborty, once
02:01associated with the group of sexual harassment.
02:05And finally, the weather.
02:06Today's highs across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
02:12That's all for now.
02:13Thanks for watching.
02:14And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com