World News Update, what you need to know

US President Barack Obama has pushed Cuba to improve its record on democracy and human rights as he met President Raul Castro during a historic visit to the Communist island.

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BRUSSELS - The only suspected participant in the November Paris attacks to be captured alive has been co-operating with police investigators and is "worth his weight in gold", his lawyer says.

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has unveiled a partial list of his foreign policy advisers in an interview with The Washington Post, after saying last week that he mostly consults himself on international affairs.

LOS ANGELES - Barack Obama and Malcolm Turnbull have a bit of a bromance going on. At least that's the impression from a new list published in the US ranking the relationships Mr Obama has with 19 world leaders.

ISTANBUL - President Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will use all its military and intelligence muscle to battle "one of the biggest and bloodiest terrorist waves in its history" after a suicide bomber killed three Israelis and an Iranian in Istanbul.

THE HAGUE - Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba has become the highest-ranking political leader to face a verdict from the International Criminal Court, found guilty of a 2002-03 campaign of rape and murder in Central African Republic.

LESBOS - Greece has appealed to its EU partners for logistical help to implement a deal with Turkey aimed at stemming the flow of migrants and refugees into Europe as people, many unaware of the tough new rules, continue to come ashore on the Greek islands.

BARCELONA - The Marshall Islands will become the third country to ratify the Paris climate change agreement, after its parliament approved the step - following two other Pacific Island nations also highly vulnerable to the impacts of the changing climate.