00:00Good day.
00:03Welcome to the Gulf News update for Monday, May the 7th.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Vladimir Putin will today be inaugurated for his fourth Kremlin term under the shadow of
00:14strained ties with the West and a crackdown on the opposition.
00:18Putin, who has ruled Russia for 18 years, has promised to improve living standards at
00:23home during his next Kremlin stint.
00:26But he has remained silent on the issue of his succession, despite this being an inevitable
00:31concern as the constitution bars him from running again in 2024.
00:36Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos said Barcelona forward Lionel Messi put pressure on the referee
00:43in Sunday's El Clasico.
00:45The game ended 2-2 after a series of controversial decisions.
00:49Barca defender Sergi Roberto had been sent off at the end of the first half for clashing
00:55with Marcelo.
00:56That provoked fury from the home side as moments earlier Real forward Gareth Bale had
01:01gotten away with a challenge on Samuel Umtiti.
01:05Bollywood actor Salman Khan's petition for the suspension of his five-year jail term
01:10in the 1998 Black Buck poaching case will now be heard on July 17.
01:16The actor was handed a five-year jail term for killing two Black Bucks 19 years ago.
01:22He spent two nights in the Jodhpur Central Jail before he was granted bail by the Sessions
01:27Court on April 7.
01:29And finally, the weather.
01:30Today's highs across the UAE will be 37 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.
01:37That's all for now and thanks for watching.
01:39As always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com
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