World News Update, What you need to know

World News Update, What you need to know

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has again ruled out forgiving some of Greece's crippling debt but said Berlin was open to a flexible repayment plan.

ELSEWHERE

FROMELLES - Young children from the French village of Fromelles have laid single red roses on the graves of unknown diggers at a remembrance service to mark Australia's worst loss of life in one day.

WASHINGTON - A defiant Donald Trump has refused to apologise for dismissing the military record of Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war.

LOS ANGELES - The 21-year-old man who drowned in a pool at actor Demi Moore's Beverly Hills home was reportedly a staff member.

WASHINGTON - The US State Department has officially transferred the complex text of an Iran nuclear deal to American politicians, firing the starting gun on what is set to be a bitter Congress battle.

NEW YORK - Former US president George H.W. Bush has been discharged from hospital after receiving treatment for a broken bone in his neck.

WASHINGTON - The United States and Cuba are set to abolish one of the last vestiges of the Cold War, by restoring diplomatic ties that have been frozen for half a century.

ADEN - At least 57 civilians, including 12 children, have been killed in rebel bombing that targeted Yemen's second city Aden, a health official said.

CAIRO - Egypt's military has confirmed 59 militants and seven soldiers have been killed in fighting in North Sinai, including three soldiers in a checkpoint rocket attack.


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