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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, August 5. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas meant to last at least three days went into effect
00:16on the Gaza Strip this morning. The truce came ahead of indirect talks between Israel
00:20and Hamas in Cairo. The fighting has claimed nearly 1,900 Palestinian lives, most of them
00:26civilians. Israel claimed all its ground troops had been pulled out of Gaza. Meanwhile,
00:31Australia made its strongest criticism yet of its staunch ally Israel over the month-long
00:36war in Gaza, with the foreign minister calling the shelling of UN schools indefensible.
00:41A new visa fee structure that took effect on August 1 in the UAE has left the 5,000
00:46dirham annual housemaid sponsorship fee unchanged, official confirmed. Fees for employing a housemaid
00:52will continue to include 250 dirhams each for the entry permit and a one-year residence
00:58visa, the annual sponsorship fee and a 2,000 dirham refundable security deposit.
01:03The Obama administration sought Monday to strengthen ties with Africa at an unprecedented
01:08summit with dozens of African leaders grappling with issues such as investment, poverty, terrorism,
01:14corruption and deadly diseases. Nearly 50 African heads of state attended the gathering,
01:19focused on how to build democracy and raise investment in the continent.
01:25In sport, Clermont's Corinne Diacre, the first female coach of a men's professional club
01:30in a major European country, got off to a losing start last night as a new team were
01:35beaten 2-1 by breath in France's Ligue 2. The former French international defender made
01:41her bow in Brittany on her 40th birthday and was greeted with a bouquet of flowers and
01:46a standing ovation.
01:48Oscar-winning movie star Sandra Bullock was the best-paid actress in Hollywood over the
01:52past year, Forbes magazine reported Monday. It put Bullock's estimated earnings at $51
01:58million. Bullock, 50, won an Academy Award in 2010 for her turn in the football drama
02:04The Blind Side. Her big payday over the past 12 months is largely thanks to her work in
02:08the film Gravity, for which she received a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
02:13And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:17to 32 degrees at night.
02:19That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
02:22at gulfnews.com.