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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, January 2.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khan Abbasi will chair Cabinet and National Security Committee
00:14meetings to discuss Pakistan's response to US President Donald Trump's accusation that
00:20Islamabad deceived America by sheltering terrorists in return for $33 billion in aid.
00:27Trump tore into Pakistan accusing it of giving nothing to the US but lies and deceit and
00:32providing a safe haven to terrorists in return for aid over the past 15 years, thinking of
00:37American leaders as fools.
00:40Manchester United snapped a run of three straight draws by winning 2-0 at Everton with second-half
00:46goals by Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard, which saw them climb to second in the Premier
00:51League.
00:52Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp insisted Philippe Coutinho was genuinely injured for their 2-1
00:57win at Burnley, as he laughed off talk of the Brazil forward joining Barcelona.
01:02Coutinho missed the fixture at Turf Moor with a thigh injury amid a backdrop of speculation
01:08over a move to the Nou Camp in the January transfer window.
01:12Reese Witherspoon, Shonda Rhimes and Jennifer Aniston are among hundreds of Hollywood women
01:18who have formed an anti-harassment coalition called Time's Up.
01:22The initiative was launched with an open letter vowing support for women in the entertainment
01:26business and beyond, from janitors to health care workers.
01:30Time's Up will include a legal defence fund and will advocate for legislation combating
01:35workplace harassment.
01:37Time's Up also is backing the movement for women to wear black in solidarity with those
01:41who have been sexually harassed at Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony.
01:46Donators to Time's Up defence fund range from Meryl Streep and Taylor Swift to JJ Abrams
01:51and Viola Davis.
01:54And finally, the weather.
01:55Today's high across the UAE will be 25 degrees Celsius, dropping to 13 degrees Celsius at
02:00night.
02:01That's all for now.
02:02Thanks for watching.
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