00:00Good day.
00:05Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, July the 28th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11The UAE celebrates Emirati Humanitarian Day today.
00:15It will become an annual event to promote charitable projects and will be observed on
00:19Ramadan the 19th.
00:21The date was selected by the cabinet to mark the death of the founding father, Sheikh Zayed
00:25bin Sultan al Nahyan, under the theme, Love and Loyalty to Zayed the Generous.
00:30Sheikh Zayed died nine years ago on this day of the Hijri calendar.
00:35Liberals and candidates from some of Kuwait's more marginalized tribes have won seats in
00:39a parliament, which may prove more cooperative with the ruling family members, after opposition
00:44Islamists and populists boycotted the election.
00:48Kuwait's parliaments have been repeatedly dissolved over procedural disputes or for
00:52challenging the government, in which members of the ruling al-Sabah family hold top posts.
00:59Egypt's leaders must pull their country back from the brink, US Secretary of State John
01:03Kerry has said.
01:05Egyptian security forces shot dead dozens of supporters of ousted Islamist president
01:09Mohamed Morsi, witnesses say, days after the army chief called for a popular mandate to
01:15wipe out violence and terrorism.
01:18Coalition partners of Tunisia's ruling Islamist party say they are in talks to reach a new
01:23power-sharing deal in a bid to stave off unrest as anti-government protests intensified late
01:29into the night.
01:31Australia's five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe may have to abandon his dream of
01:35swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics following a shoulder injury, a report has said.
01:41Thorpe, 30, who failed to qualify for last year's London Olympics, said the injury was
01:46restricting him in the training pool.
01:49Actor Michael J. Fox will star in a new comedy called The Michael J. Fox Show about a former
01:53newscaster with Parkinson's who returns to work after leaving the business.
01:58The premise of the show has similarities with the actor's real-life story.
02:03The show will premiere in the US in September.
02:06And finally, weather.
02:07The daytime temperature will be 39 degrees Celsius, falling to 32 at night.
02:12That's all for now.
02:13Thanks for watching.
02:14And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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