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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, August 19. Here are the top stories
00:09at this hour. Police fired tear gas overnight in another night of unrest in a Missouri town
00:15where a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. The unrest came
00:19just hours after President Barack Obama called for calm and said he was sending Attorney
00:24General Eric Holder to Ferguson on Wednesday. Washington is also pursuing a civil rights
00:30investigation into the case and Obama said there was no excuse for local police to employ
00:34excessive force. The chief Palestinian delegate to truce talks with Israel has warned that Gaza
00:40violence could erupt anew unless progress is made toward a lasting deal. After a last-minute
00:45agreement was struck to extend by 24 hours a deadline to reach a truce, Azam al-Ahmed said
00:51there had been no progress on any point in talks aimed at resolving the Gaza conflict.
00:56Pakistan's Imran Khan is poised to lead a protest march today into Islamabad's Red Zone,
01:01which houses the Supreme Court, Parliament, Prime Ministerial and Presidential offices,
01:06to demand Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's resignation. The world will witness the
01:10power of the Pakistani nation Tuesday, the chief of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Nasir said at a
01:14protest rally Monday night. Apple has confirmed that it will open a store in the region after
01:19posting a job listing for a store in Dubai on its website. The post, dated August 18,
01:25sought a retail manager for the UAE. The new store would be the first in the region. In 2011,
01:30the company opened the Apple online store for UAE. Apple products are already sold by
01:35authorised dealers in the country. Taylor Swift is saying goodbye to country music for now. The
01:40singer says she is releasing her first full-length pop album on October 27. The 24-year-old revealed
01:47in a live stream on Monday that 1989, named for her birth year, is her first documented
01:52official pop album. And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees
01:57Celsius, dropping to 33 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
02:01And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com