World News Update, what you need to know

At least 23 civilians were killed when missiles hit three hospitals and a school in rebel-held Syrian towns, residents say, as Russian-backed Syrian troops intensified their push toward the rebel stronghold of Aleppo.

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BUCHAREST - European Council President Donald Tusk has warned just days before an EU summit that the 28-nation bloc could break up under strain from mass migration and a deal to keep Britain in the union.

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS - Pope Francis has embraced Mexico's poor indigenous south, denouncing the people's "systemic" exclusion from society and encouraging the use of native languages in Catholic worship in a bid to stem a tide of Protestant conversions.

RANCHO MIRAGE - US President Barack Obama will press leaders from Southeast Asia to boost trade and back a common stance on the South China Sea during a summit the White House hopes will solidify US influence in the region.

LONDON - A teenage girl has broken down as she explained to a jury how she tried to protect footballer Adam Johnson from losing everything after she had a sexual encounter with the England player in his car. (LEGAL: UK JOHNSON)

LONDON - A United Nations human rights expert has urged the UK and Sweden to accept a UN panel's ruling that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be allowed to go free. (ASSANGE Update)

GENEVA - A UN expert on human rights in North Korea has asked the United Nations to officially notify North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he may be investigated for crimes against humanity.