Lawsuit against Aamir Khan - GN Midday

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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Sunday, August 3. Here are the top stories

00:09at this hour. The first Ebola victim to be brought to the U.S. from Africa was escorted

00:15into a specialized isolation unit on Saturday at one of the nation's best hospitals. Fear

00:21that the outbreak, which has already killed more than 700 people in Africa, could also

00:25spread in the U.S. has generated anxiety. But infectious disease experts said that

00:30public faces zero risk as Emory University Hospital treats a critically ill missionary

00:34doctor and a charity worker who were infected in Liberia. The Israeli regime has announced

00:40the death of Hadar Goldin, a soldier that it had earlier claimed was captured by Hamas.

00:45Earlier Sunday, an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip killed 12 people, taking the death

00:50toll beyond 1,700. Meanwhile, a Palestinian delegation with representatives from Hamas

00:56and Islamic Jihad is due to hold talks in Cairo for a durable Gaza truce, but Israel

01:01has said it will not attend. Eight Lebanese soldiers were killed in clashes with militants

01:06that began on Saturday near the Syrian border. Lebanese security officials said that at least

01:1111 militants and three civilians had been killed in the fighting and that around 16

01:16members of the security forces had been taken hostage. The militants included fighters from

01:21al-Qaeda's Syrian branch and from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Indian Prime

01:27Minister Narendra Modi began a visit to Nepal on Sunday to help speed up negotiations on

01:32a power trade pact that is the center of a new effort to improve ties with a neighbor

01:37that serves as a buffer with China. The trip is the first bilateral visit to Nepal by an

01:42Indian Prime Minister in 17 years. A split has emerged between global airlines about

01:47whether it is safe to fly over war-torn Iraq after Malaysia Airlines' flight MH17 was downed

01:53in Ukraine. British Airways and Etihad Airways are among those continuing to fly passenger

01:58jets over Iraq, while Air France and Virgin Atlantic have stopped doing so. Emirates Airline

02:03also plans to halt the practice, while Qantas, which has been passing over on Saturday, announced

02:08it was suspending flying over Iraq. Sprint superstar Usain Bolt anchored the Jamaican

02:13team to victory in the Commonwealth Games men's 4x100m relay Saturday night. The win

02:19came as England topped the medals table for the first time in 28 years. India, fifth in

02:24the table with 14 goals and 61 in total, will be hoping to sign off in style as their men's

02:29hockey team contest the final against favourites Australia. The poster for Emir Khan's latest

02:34film PK has brought its first lawsuit. Khan, along with the producer and director PK, have

02:39been accused of promoting nudity and vulgarity in the poster. Khan is reportedly playing

02:44an alien in the film, which is scheduled to release in December. And finally, the weather

02:49today is high across the UAE, 39 degrees Celsius, dropping to 33 at night. That's all for now.

02:55Thank you for watching and as always you can get the latest news on golfnews.com

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