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UAE launches food aid programme - GN MIdday
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, July 27. Here are the top stories
00:09at this hour. The UAE has launched a food aid program to deliver halal and wholesome
00:14meals to one million people in the crisis areas around the world. His Highness Sheikh
00:19Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of
00:23Dubai, has named the new aid program SALMA after the first Emirati nurse who treated
00:28patients and saved lives during her 50-year service in the UAE. The Israeli military
00:33says it is resuming its air, ground and naval assaults on Gaza despite efforts to reach
00:38a ceasefire. More than 1,000 Gazans have been killed, 80% of them civilians. Twenty people
00:45were arrested as curfew and shoot-at-sight orders remained in force in Sarampur, located
00:50in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, hit by clashes between two communities over
00:54a land dispute. Three persons were killed on Saturday and 19 others, including policemen,
00:59injured in the clashes as mobs indulged in arson, after which curfew was clamped and
01:04shoot-at-sight ordered. Vincenzo Nibali confirmed he will win the Tour de France today and two
01:09Frenchmen will join him on the podium after a dramatic penultimate stage yesterday. After
01:14his remarkable form in the mountains, Nibali finished the individual time trial in an impressive
01:19fourth place behind winner and German speedster Tony Martin and padded his overall lead by
01:24more than 40 seconds to nearly eight minutes. Laughter and death did battle on Friday at
01:30HBO's Game of Thrones panel at Comic-Con, one of the highlights of the annual gathering
01:34of entertainment enthusiasts with the introduction of new characters to supplant the deceased
01:38for season five. The event for the television hit kicked off with a humorous blooper reel
01:43of cast members messing up their lines. And finally, the weather. The daytime temperature
01:48will be 44 degrees Celsius, falling to 32 at night. That's all for now. Thank you for
01:54watching. As always, you can get the latest news at golfnews.com