Salman Khan is being human - GN Midday

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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, July 30. Here are the top stories

00:09at this hour.

00:10More than 100 Palestinians in Gaza were killed on Tuesday after intense and relentless Israeli

00:15airstrikes, bringing the death toll to over 1,100.

00:19Palestinian factions are expected to meet in Cairo today to discuss a possible humanitarian

00:23ceasefire. Egyptian mediators are reportedly revising an earlier truce proposal that was

00:29accepted by Israel but not by Hamas.

00:32At least 24 people were killed in a stampede at a beachside concert celebrating the end

00:36of Ramadan in Guinea's capital, with Guinea's presidency declaring a week of mourning after

00:41what it described as a tragic drama. A statement from the presidency said the incident occurred

00:47at a beach in the Rotoma neighborhood of the capital, Conakry.

00:51A clash in China's far western region of Xinjiang, home to the country's mostly Muslim Uighur

00:56minority, left nearly 100 people dead and wounded, according to an exile group. Chinese

01:02state media reported that dozens of civilians and assailants were killed and injured in

01:07what it described as a terrorist attack in the region.

01:10The United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization said it plans to form a task

01:15force to address the lapses in security that contributed to this month's downing of a Malaysian

01:20air jet over Ukraine. Industry and regulatory leaders are meeting today in Montreal in an

01:25effort to resolve confusion about the safety of operations above combat zones.

01:30Football and Manchester United won their third straight friendly match under new boss Louis

01:34van Gaal, but only after a 5-3 penalty shootout victory in Washington over Inter Milan.

01:40And Bollywood star Salman Khan has announced his Being Human charitable organization will

01:44provide free treatment to 100 genuine patients suffering from heart condition. In the wake

01:50of the success of his Eid release kick, Khan took to Twitter to make the announcement,

01:55An initiative by Khan, Being Human aims to improve the lives of the underprivileged.

01:59And finally, the weather. The daytime temperature across the UAE will be 41 degrees Celsius,

02:04falling to 21 tonight.

02:06That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news on

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