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World News Update, what you need to know

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Two people have died in a murder-suicide at the University of California, Los Angeles, shutting down the campus for two hours as officers in camouflage and tactical gear responded to reports of a shooting.

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LONDON - Archaeologists say they have discovered the oldest handwritten document ever found in Britain among hundreds of 2000-year-old waxed tablets from Roman London.

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NEW YORK - A showdown between New York City and Donald Trump over one of the most potent symbols of Trump's candidacy, the glitzy atrium of Trump Tower, has intensified as the mayor's office criticised his closing of the tower's public space for campaign events.

MANILA - Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte has come under fire for saying that corrupt journalists could face "assassination."

ROME - A dead baby plucked out of the sea whose picture caused international outrage this week was probably a six-month-old Somali boy whose mother most likely died in the same shipwreck, Italian authorities say.

LONDON - Royal fans can now make sure their own dogs are treated as well as the Queen's corgis, with the Royal Collection Trust launching a new range of posh pet accessories.

HACKENSACK - A baby born to a mother with the Zika virus at a New Jersey hospital appears to be affected by the disease, according to a doctor who helped lead the delivery team.

WASHINGTON - United States health officials say the amount of salt added to foods should be cut by about a third, in proposed guidelines likely to have a wide-ranging impact on the country's processed food industry.)

CINCINNATI, June 1 Reuters - A three-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, prompting the killing of the endangered animal in order to rescue the child, is doing well, his family says.

LONDON - A glamorous sequinned Catherine Walker evening gown and an eighties tartan-check coat worn by Diana, Princess of Wales are to go under the hammer.

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