World News Update, what you need to know

The two Australian tourists shot in an apparent New Orleans drug deal gone bad have described to detectives how one of their attackers offered a frightening warning before bullets were fired.

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LONDON - Governor-General Peter Cosgrove will make Australia's first ever state visit to France this month to coincide with ANZAC Day commemorations.

BRUSSELS - Two weeks after Islamic State suicide bombers killed 32 people in Brussels, Belgium's prime minister has acknowledged failures in security over the attacks, but forcefully rejected foreign criticism.

BRUSSELS - One of the perpetrators in last month's terrorist attacks on Brussels twice held a summer job as a cleaner in the European Parliament several years ago.

BEIRUT - The Syrian army and its allies have launched a major attack on insurgents south of Aleppo, in what they say is the fiercest government assault in the area since an agreement to ease the fighting came into effect in February.

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi army offensive touted as the first phase of a campaign to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State has paused until more forces arrive to hold ground.

DUBLIN - Acting Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has proposed entering a coalition government with the country's second-largest party and historic rival, Fianna Fail, a minister from his Fine Gael party said.

BRASILIA - The rapporteur of a Congressional impeachment committee says there are grounds to impeach Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff for allegedly manipulating budget accounts in 2014 to boost her re-election prospects.

LONDON - A controversial artwork of Donald Trump that is censored in the United States will be exhibited for the first time in a London gallery.