World News Update, what you need to know

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has attended a thanksgiving service at London's Westminster Abbey on the final day of commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.

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MOSCOW - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said there is still no genuine ceasefire in eastern Ukraine as she paid a visit to Moscow to commemorate millions of Soviet soldiers and civilians who died in WWII.

KATHMANDU - Nepal has denied entry to three British military helicopters sent to help the earthquake relief effort because of fears they could damage buildings when landing.

GENEVA - A Swiss man has killed three in-laws and a neighbour in a town near Zurich before turning his gun on himself, sending shockwaves through the normally tranquil nation.

BEIRUT - Rebels including an al-Qaeda affiliate have stormed a complex in northwestern Syria where some 250 regime forces and civilians have been trapped for two weeks, a monitoring group says.

MERAUKE, Indonesia - Indonesia's president has announced the lifting of a travel ban for foreign journalists to the country's easternmost province, a day after freeing five Papuan political prisoners.