World News Update, what you need to know

The Jordanian military has vowed revenge after an Islamic State video appeared to show captive pilot Mu'ath al-Kasasbeh being burned alive.

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LONDON - Britain has become the first country in the world to allow the creation of babies with DNA from three people.

DONETSK - Ukraine will step up efforts to persuade the United States to send weapons, a government source says, after Washington signalled it might be ready to arm troops battling a rebel offensive.

ROME - Greece has begun floating proposals to restructure rather than cancel part of its crippling foreign debt, boosting stock markets as hopes rose for a deal with its European Union partners.

NEW YORK - American author Harper Lee is to publish a second novel, 55 years after the release of her US classic To Kill a Mockingbird.

JAKARTA - Another former Indonesian judge has added his voice to the chorus of criticism of Indonesia's death penalty regime, saying the executions won't drive down drug crime.