World News Update, What you need to know

World News Update, What you need to know

The youngest boy involved in the US drive-by shooting of Australian baseball player Chris Lane has entered a guilty plea to accessory to murder.

ELSEWHERE:

LONDON - Britain has celebrated Queen Elizabeth II becoming the country's longest-serving monarch with a flotilla down the River Thames, a gun salute and the peal of Westminster Abbey's bells.

LONDON - Health and sports medicine expert Claire Small has been named Australian Woman of the Year in the UK at an awards ceremony in London.

CHICAGO - A US pastor committed suicide six days after his name was exposed by hackers of the Ashley Madison adultery website, his wife has told CNN.

MADRID - Madrid's left-wing city council has banned Coca-Cola from filming a commercial in a municipal gym, saying the move was in support of Spanish workers laid off by the US firm.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian anti-narcotics cops are in hot water after footage emerged of a nearly naked dwarf lap dancing at a party attended by officers at the police station.

LONDON - More than a quarter of commuters on London-bound morning rush hour trains have to stand due to packed carriages, new figures show.


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