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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, January 25. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:08Disgraced former US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 175 years in prison
00:14on Wednesday. The sentence comes after a week of raw emotional testimony by scores of women
00:20he sexually abused for years under the guise of medical treatment.
00:23I have just signed your death warrant, Judge Rosemary Aquilina said as she handed down
00:28the sentence to the 54-year-old Nassar in a tense Michigan courtroom.
00:33Thousands of police in riot gear are guarding cinemas across India today amid threats of
00:38violence by Hindu hardliners over a Bollywood epic about a mythical Hindu queen. Some schools
00:44near Delhi closed after an attack on a school bus while top distributors have said they
00:48will not show Padmavat because of fears of violence.
00:52The Bollywood epic still opened in nearly 5,000 cinemas across the country today under
00:57heightened security. Read Gulf News Tabloid's review of the film on gulfnews.com.
01:03Simona Halep saved two match points to defeat Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-3, 4-6, 9-7 to
01:09make the Australian Open final. The Romanian will face Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki in
01:15the final.
01:16And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:21to 15 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back with
01:25the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.