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  • An Australian man detained in Lebanon after a botched child recovery operation has accused Channel Nine of abandoning him and using him as a scapegoat. Adam Whittington was part of the recovery team that was arrested in Beirut alongside a 60 Minutes crew and the children's mother Sally Faulkner

  • Human rights groups say at least 700 asylum seekers may have died at sea off Italy last week. According to Medecins San Frontieres and the UN Refugee agency, last week was the busiest week of asylum seeker crossings from Libya towards Italy this year, with about 14,000 people rescued

  • A farcical pit lane mix-up has cost Australian Daniel Ricciardo a win at the Monaco Grand Prix. Ricciardo started the race in pole position, but the pit lane error cost the Red Bull driver seven seconds, relegating him to second place behind Lewis Hamilton

NASA has successfully added an inflatable room to the International Space Station. The three-day operation produced the world's first pump-up compartment for astronauts. The expansion is part of NASA's efforts to test expandable habitats astronauts might use on the Moon or Mars in the coming decades.

Here's what's coming up:

  • 10:00am AEST: Trial begins for TZ Ltd executive Andrew Sigalla, accused of paying himself almost $9 million in company funds, to pay off gambling debts to bookie Tom Waterhouse

  • 10:30am AEST: The CEO of Reconciliation Australia will deliver the 2016 Parliamentary Library National Reconciliation Week Lecture

  • 9:35pm AEST: Q&A will be hosted live from Brisbane. Panel guests include the three political leaders who will hold the balance of power in the newly elected Senate

 
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Bizarre pit lane mix-up costs Ricciardo victory at Monaco GP
Daniel Ricciardo says his shot at victory at the Monaco Grand Prix was "screwed" after a farcical pit stop cost him valuable seconds.
 
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Adam Whittington says Channel Nine using him as 'scapegoat'
The Australian detained in Lebanon after a botched child recovery operation hits out at the Nine Network, accusing them of abandoning him "without any regard to the value of humans".
 
Australian contractor killed in workplace accident in Israel
An Australian man believed to be in his 50s is killed in a workplace accident in the occupied Golan Heights in Israel.
 
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At least 700 asylum seekers died en route to Italy last week: rights groups
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'Hater' judge releases documents in Trump University case
A judge handling of a lawsuit related to Donald Trump's Trump University real estate school unseals documents related to the case after being dismissed by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a "hater" and "very hostile judge".
 
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World
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Business
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Politics
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Sport
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Samantha Stosur again halted by rain in Paris
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Science and Tech
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Barack Obama and family invited to visit Great Barrier Reef
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