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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

Bollywood caught in #MeToo firestorm - GN Headlines

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