World News Update, What you need to know

The teenage son of Australian musician Nick Cave fell to his death after taking the hallucinogenic drug LSD, an inquest in England has heard.

ELSEWHERE:

LOS ANGELES - Michael Hand, the fugitive US banker who vanished from Australia 35 years ago, says he is not to blame for the collapse of the infamous Sydney-based Nugan Hand Bank.

JAKARTA - Abu Bakar Bashir, whose group is blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, is expected to be allowed out of jail to attend court next week, where another violent cleric is ready to support his bid for freedom.

LONDON - Chris Cairns has been labelled the David Beckham of cricket at his London trial, as the prosecution questioned why he had struggled to get support in court.

NEW YORK - Four people have been charged in the US over a massive hacking scheme that compromised personal data from tens of millions of customers of banking giant JPMorgan Chase and other companies.

BELFAST - A 66-year-old former soldier has been arrested in relation to the killing by British soldiers of 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland over 40 years ago.

STRASBOURG - The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that French magazine Paris Match was justified in revealing the existence of Prince Albert of Monaco's illegitimate son because the story was in the public interest.