00:00Good day.
00:06Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, July the 21st.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Cairo early today for crisis talks on Gaza
00:18following President Barack Obama's call for an immediate ceasefire between Israelis and
00:22Palestinians.
00:23Kerry will seek an immediate cessation of hostilities based on a return to the November
00:282012 ceasefire agreement.
00:30More than 500 Palestinians have been killed so far, including 70 children.
00:35Airlines will start moving operations back to Dubai International Airport from today
00:40after temporarily shifting operations to Sharjah International and Al Maktoum International
00:45during the 80-day runway repair period.
00:48Fly Dubai, Air India, Jet Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Royal Brunei, PAL Express, and East
00:54Horizon are all confirmed to return flights to Dubai International this week.
00:59The U.N. Security Council is expected to adopt a resolution demanding that pro-Russian separatists
01:05grant unrestricted access to the site of the downed passenger jet in East Ukraine.
01:10Australia is taking the lead on the measure that calls on all countries in the region
01:14to cooperate with an international investigation, an appeal that implicitly targets Russia.
01:20Iran has turned all of its enriched uranium closest to the level needed to make nuclear
01:25arms into more harmless forms, the U.N. nuclear agency says.
01:29The U.S. said last week it would unblock $2.8 billion in frozen Iranian funds in return
01:34for Iran's compliance.
01:37Rory McIlroy wants to dominate the golfing world after winning his third major championship
01:41at the British Open yesterday.
01:43The 25-year-old won by two shots at Hoy Lake and is now three-quarters of the way to a
01:48career Grand Slam.
01:50The summer box office continued to lack mojo as Dawn of the Planet of the Apes maintained
01:54its rule.
01:55The science fiction sequel, which releases in the UAE in time for Eid, outmuscled a trio
02:00of new films to top the North American box office for the second straight week with $36
02:05million.
02:06And finally, weather.
02:08Today's daytime temperature will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping to 30 at night.
02:13That's all for now.
02:14Thanks for watching.
02:15And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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