World News Update, what you need to know

The contents of the black box from the EgyptAir jet that crashed on Thursday will be analysed in Egypt if it is found intact, air accident investigator Hani Galal says.

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LONDON - A humble project by two Melbourne women to crochet 120 poppies in an Anzac Day tribute to their fathers has grown into the star attraction at London's Chelsea Flower Show.

DENVER - Media outlets across the US, from New England to Wisconsin and California, as well as in the United Kingdom are reporting school evacuations because of threats.

ROME - Italian vessels have helped rescue more than 2600 migrants from boats trying to reach Europe from North Africa in the last 24 hours, the coastguard says.

GENEVA - US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a "kind of propaganda or advertisement" in the election race, a senior North Korean official says.

LONDON - An Indian restaurant owner with a "cavalier attitude" to safety has been convicted and jailed for six years over the manslaughter of a customer with a nut allergy after he supplied him with a curry containing peanuts.

ISTANBUL - Global leaders have met in Istanbul to tackle a "broken" humanitarian system that has left 130 million people in need of aid, a near insurmountable task for a two-day summit that critics say risks achieving little.