00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, August the 28th.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Extremists have staged a daring jailbreak in the southern Philippines, freeing 28 detainees
00:14in the latest in a series of mass escapes.
00:17About 50 heavily armed members of the Maute group, which has pledged allegiance to Daesh,
00:23raided the local jail in the southern city of Marawi on Saturday.
00:27They freed eight comrades who were arrested barely a week ago.
00:32Turkey said the military suffered its first fatality in a four-day campaign inside Syria
00:37blaming Kurdish militia in an increasingly combustible contest for control in the border
00:42region.
00:43One Turkish soldier was killed and three more wounded in a rocket attack by Kurdish militia
00:48on two tanks taking part in the offensive.
00:51India has successfully tested its own scramjet or air-breathing engine with the launch of
00:56a rocket by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
01:00The scramjet engine, used only during the atmospheric phase of the rocket's flight,
01:05will help in substantially bringing down the launch cost of a rocket.
01:10Telecom operator Etisalat has announced the launch of its mobile phone-based commerce
01:15service Etisalat Wallet in the UAE.
01:19The app, available on Google and Apple App Stores, allows customers to make purchases,
01:25pay utility bills, transportation fees, top up Etisalat's mobile credit and much more.
01:32In sport, Chelsea maintained their fine start with a 3-0 win over Burnley last night.
01:38A last gasp goal by Marcus Rashford, meanwhile, helped Jose Mourinho keep pace with his old
01:44club as Manchester United beat Hull City 1-0.
01:48Elsewhere, Arsenal and champions Leicester City picked up their first Premier League
01:53wins of the season by beating Watford and Swansea City, respectively.
01:59In cricket, West Indies beat India by one run in a 20-20 thriller featuring a record
02:04haul of 489 runs in Florida on Saturday.
02:08In the first game, featuring two full-strength international cricket teams on American soil,
02:14West Indies amassed 245-6.
02:18India finished at 244-6, thanks to Lokesh Rahul, who blasted 110 in 51 balls.
02:26And finally, the weather.
02:27Today's high across the UAE will be 44°C, dropping to 32°C at night.
02:33That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news
02:37at gulfnews.com
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