World News Update, what you need to know

Fresh violence has erupted in eastern Ukraine with thousands of pro-Russian protesters storming key buildings, after Moscow hit back at "Iron Curtain"-style Western sanctions.

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PHNOM PENH - Cambodia has agreed "in principle" to take asylum seekers bound for Australia, according to a foreign ministry official who says a firm deal is still to be reached.

BAGHDAD - Attacks have killed 20 people in Iraq, the latest in a wave of deadly violence that's cast a pall over the country's first general election since US troops withdrew.

RIO DE JANEIRO - The organisers of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games have countered criticism of slow preparations with an assurance they will deliver the event on time and on budget.

LOS ANGELES - Prince Harry and his girlfriend of nearly two years, Cressida Bonas, are reported to have split up.

NEW YORK - The cast of Star Wars: Episode VII has been announced, with actors Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac and Max von Sydow joining the latest incarnation of the space epic.