00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, January the 27th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:11Tens of millions of people along the Philadelphia to Boston Corridor rushed to get home and
00:15settle in as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential for hurricane force winds and
00:21one to three feet of snow that could paralyze the Northeast for days. Forecasters said the
00:26storm would build into a blizzard. More than 7,700 flights in and out of the Northeast
00:32were cancelled and many of them may not take off again until Wednesday.
00:36US President Barack Obama gently nudged India Tuesday to fulfill its Constitution's pledge
00:42to uphold the dignity of the individual, drawing on his own experience as a minority in the
00:47United States as he closed out a three-day visit to New Delhi. Speaking to an audience
00:51of young people, Obama said that while he has had extraordinary opportunities, there
00:56were moments in my life where I have been treated differently because of the colour
00:59of my skin. Obama will fly a 30-member delegation including top officials and Republican foreign
01:05policy veterans to Riyadh today to meet new Saudi Arabian King Salman. Tunisian Prime
01:11Minister-designate Habib El-Sid began new negotiations over his cabinet after most political
01:16parties said they would oppose his initial choice of ministers in a parliamentary vote.
01:22Rejection by Parliament would mean newly installed President Beji Qaed al-Sebsi would have to
01:26appoint a new Premier to try to form another cabinet.
01:29Thomas Burdick stunned out-of-sorts third seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets to reach
01:35the semi-finals at the Australian Open this morning. He beat Nadal 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 and will
01:41face either Britain's Andy Murray or Australian Nick Raguios for a place in the finals.
01:47Emma Watson will play Belle in Disney's live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast. Walt Disney
01:52announced the casting of the Harry Potter star, setting the prettier half of the romance
01:56at the centre of the fairy tale. Who will play the Beast hasn't yet been announced.
02:01And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 26 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:05to 14 degrees at night.
02:07That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
02:10at gulfnews.com.
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