Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. US bid to rescue Foley made in summer. 6 Palestinians killed in Rafa as Israel continues Gaza raids. Police officer suspended in Ferguson. Thailand elects General Prayuth as new PM. Nakheel debt paid ahead of time. First draft in Mumbai for Indian Super League. Aamir Khan says never encountered bribery problem. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, August 21. Here are the top
00:10stories at this hour. US special forces staged an unsuccessful operation
00:15this summer to rescue photojournalist James Foley and other Americans being held in Syria
00:20by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants. Senior Obama administration officials said
00:26the attempt, involving several dozen commandos, was the first known US ground operation in
00:31Syria since the country's descent into civil war.
00:35Israeli airstrikes have killed six Palestinians in Gaza, including three Hamas commanders.
00:40Mohammed Abu Shamala, Raed al-Attar and Mohammed Barhum were killed in a bombing of a house
00:46in the southern town of Rafah. Meanwhile, a senior Fatah official has blamed the failure
00:51of ceasefire talks in Cairo on Qatar. A St. Louis-area police officer has been suspended
00:58indefinitely for pointing a semi-automatic assault rifle at a peaceful demonstrator as
01:03tensions flared over the police shooting of black teenager Michael Brown. Attorney General
01:08Eric Holder, meanwhile, sought to reassure the people of Ferguson about the investigation
01:12into Brown's death. Thailand's junta-appointed legislature voted
01:16unanimously today to name General Prayuth Chanokya as the new prime minister. The 60-year-old
01:22leader is due to retire from the army next month, but until then he can hold both positions.
01:28Dubai government-owned property developer Nakheel is repaying its entire 7.9 billion
01:33dirham bank debt almost four years ahead of schedule. The company said in a statement
01:37that the final instalment on the debt is due in March 2018. It will pay 5.54 billion dirhams
01:44to 31 banks made up of 10 from the UAE and 21 from overseas today.
01:50Football's Indian Super League will hold its first draft in Mumbai today. Indian cricket
01:54legend Sachin Tendulkar leads one of eight city franchises. Veteran football stars David
01:59Trezeguet, Robert Perez and Freddie Lundberg are already confirmed for the October to December
02:04tournament. Bollywood actor Aamir Khan says he has never
02:08experienced bribery for film certification. His comment comes after India's Central Film
02:13Board CEO Rakesh Kumar was arrested for alleged bribery and sent to police custody for three
02:18days. And finally, the weather. Today's high across
02:22the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping to 32 degrees at night.
02:26That's all for now. Thank you for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
02:30but you can always get the latest news on golfnews.com