Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. 36 killed in Portugal forest fires. US is "not taking sides" between Iraqi forces and Kurds: Trump. Babar Azam and Shadab Khan help Pakistan beat Sri Lanka. Singer Joe Jonas is engaged to "Game of Thrones" star Sophie Turner. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00At least 36 people have died in fires ravaging forests in northern and central Portugal over
00:16the past 24 hours, rescuers said, after three people were killed in Spain in blazes sparked
00:22by arsonists and fanned by Hurricane Ophelia.
00:26The 36 deaths, which were confirmed by Portugal's National Civil Protection Agency, come four
00:32months after 64 people were killed in the deadliest fire in the country's history in
00:37June.
00:38Washington is not taking sides following clashes between Iraqi forces and the country's
00:44Kurds, US President Donald Trump said, as tensions escalate following the autonomous
00:49Kurdish region's independence referendum.
00:53Speaking after Iraqi troops and tanks swept across the northern province capturing oil
00:58and military targets from the Kurds and seizing the governor's office in Kirkuk city, Trump
01:04made clear he was not going to inject himself into the dispute between two US allies in
01:10the fight against Daesh.
01:12Babar Azam scored a successive 100 while Shadab Khan gave his career-best bowling and batting
01:18performance to help Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 32 runs in the second day-night international
01:25in Abu Dhabi.
01:26Babar scored a fighting 103 while Shadab scored a career-best 52 not out.
01:32Shadab the bowler returned with his best figures of 3-47 to dismiss Sri Lanka for 187 all out
01:40in 48 overs.
01:43Singer Joe Jonas is engaged to Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner.
01:47Turner and Jonas shared the same photo on Instagram of her hands sporting a diamond
01:52ring and resting on top of his.
01:54Turner noted in her caption that she said yes.
01:58And finally, the weather.
02:00Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius, dropping to 24 degrees at night.