UAE launches food aid programme - GN MIdday - video Dailymotion

UAE launches food aid programme - GN MIdday

Transcript

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