World News Update, what you need to know

A Spanish nurse who treated two Ebola victims at a Madrid hospital has contracted the virus herself in the first case of contagion outside of Africa.

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - More Australian combat missions against Islamic State forces will be conducted this week following the opening of combat operations on Sunday.

SURUC - Islamic State jihadists have penetrated the key Syrian border town of Kobane, sparking street fighting with its Kurdish defenders after a three-week siege.

HONG KONG - Hong Kong protest leaders say they have agreed to talks with the government as their numbers dwindle and they face growing pressure to end their pro-democracy sit-in.

WASHINGTON DC - The White House has delivered an extraordinary rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he said US criticism of Israeli settlement building ran counter to "American values".

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says authorities will go after those behind the disappearance of 43 students amid fears several of them were among bodies in a mass grave.