00:00Good day and welcome to the Golf News Update for Thursday, January 15th. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour. Misuse of dedicated bus lanes in Dubai will be dealt with seriously
00:15from the end of March, the Roads and Transport Authority has said. The RTA has begun to send
00:20SMS notifications to violators, warning them of impending fines, a senior official told
00:25Golf News. He said seven cameras have been installed on Naif Road to monitor the dedicated
00:31bus lanes on the road. The United States has transferred five inmates from its naval base
00:37prison at Guantanamo Bay, sending four to Oman and one to Estonia, the Pentagon said.
00:42All the men were unanimously approved for transfer following a review by several US
00:46agencies. The Pentagon said 122 prisoners remain at Guantanamo following the transfer.
00:53Pope Francis departed Sri Lanka today for the Philippines, where ecstatic crowds awaited
00:58the first papal visit in 20 years. The government has declared national holidays during the
01:03Pope's visit, which runs from Monday. He will be in the bustling capital of Manila and fly
01:08over the weekend to eastern Leyte province, where he plans to meet survivors of Typhoon
01:12Haiyan that devastated entire villages in 2013.
01:17A US man has been arrested for allegedly plotting an attack on Congress inspired by Daesh. The
01:23Justice Department and the FBI said Christopher Cornell, 20, was taken into custody after
01:28he purchased two semi-automatic weapons and 600 rounds of ammunition in Ohio.
01:34Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been honored with the Social Media Person of the
01:39Year award by Internet and Mobile Association of India. The 72-year-old actor, who is an
01:45active social media user and online blogger, took the opportunity to thank his online fans,
01:50whom he affectionately calls extended family, for their support.
01:55Also from Bollywood, singers Ajrit Singh and Sonu Nigam will perform sold-out shows this
02:00weekend in Dubai. Nigam is coinciding his 20 years of singing with Dubai Shopping Festival's
02:0520th anniversary. Singh is the new Bollywood sensation, who swept all awards with his sensational
02:11singing last year.
02:13And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE, with 25 degrees Celsius dropping
02:17to 14 degrees at night.
02:20That's all for now, thank you for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
02:24but you can always get the latest news on golfnews.com
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