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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, July 20th. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to join Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and
00:16Hamas political leader Khaled Machiel in Doha today to discuss the situation in Gaza. Overnight
00:22Israeli airstrikes unleashed a rain of terror on Gaza, killing dozens and causing over 50,000
00:27people to flee. It was the heaviest bombardment yet on Gaza, bringing the death toll to over
00:32350 people, mostly civilians.
00:35Commuters are increasingly opting to use public transport, with ridership surpassing 260 million
00:41during the first half of the year, more than 130 times Dubai's current population. Dubai's
00:46public transport ridership increased by 97 million from January to June this year, at
00:52262.56 million from just under 165.52 million users from the first half of last year, according
01:00to statistics released by the Roads and Transport Authority.
01:04A top Ukrainian rebel leader said pro-Russian fighters will guarantee the safety of international
01:09monitors at the Malaysian jet's crash site if Kiev agrees to a truce as the West increased
01:14pressure on Moscow. A prominent AIDS researcher and five others headed to a medical meeting
01:19in Australia were confirmed killed in the crash.
01:23Rory McIlroy goes in today's final round of the British Open Championship at Holly Lake
01:27with a six-shot lead thanks to a spectacular end to his third round yesterday. The Ulster
01:32man, who is chasing his third major victory and first Open title, hit eagles on the 16th
01:37and 18th holes to go to 16 under par for the tournament and open up a big advantage over
01:42American Ricky Fowler.
01:45Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks is currently in Egypt filming portions of his new film
01:49called A Hologram for the King. State news agency MENA said the Hollywood star is in
01:54the country's Red Sea resort of Haggadah. The movie is set to be released in 2015.
02:00And finally, the weather. The daytime temperature will be 42 degrees Celsius, falling to 30
02:04at night. That's all for now. Thank you for watching. And as always, you can get the latest
02:08news at golfnews.com
02:19.