World News Update, what you need to know

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will make the case in Washington that the Iraqi people won't accept coalition boots on the ground in the fight to defeat Islamic State militants.

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RABAT - Moroccan authorities have arrested a Belgian national of local origin directly linked to the attackers who carried out the Paris shootings and bombings in November that killed 130 people, the government says.

BRUSSELS - The European Union has reinforced its position that products made in Israeli settlements must be clearly labelled in Europe, despite growing tensions with Israel over the issue, but stressed the bloc opposes any boycott of the Jewish state.

BAGHDAD - Security forces in Baghdad are hunting for three US citizens who Iraqi lawmakers say have been kidnapped.

TEL AVIV - Israeli troops have shot and wounded a Palestinian teenager who stabbed a pregnant Israeli woman in the occupied West Bank, amid signs of Palestinians stepping up attacks against Israelis inside Jewish settlements.

LONDON - British MPs have debated a call for US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be banned from the UK over his remarks about Muslims - though the government is unlikely to bar the divisive Republican Party contender.

SANAA - An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition targeted a building used by police in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, killing at least 26 people and wounding about 15, Security officials say.

NEW YORK - African-American director Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith say they will boycott next month's Academy Awards ceremony because black actors were shut out of the Oscar nominations.

AUCKLAND - Australia remains the number one destination for Kiwi travellers, with Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast all starring in travel plans for 2016.