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MPs in Venezuela who spent several hours holed up in the Parliament have now been released, but analysts say the country is continuing to spin out of control. The MPs were trapped after pro-government militia stormed the chamber. Venezuela's Socialist president is promising an investigation, but Opposition MPs accuse him of masterminding the parliamentary raid.

A new radio, television and social media campaign has been launched to help prevent the spread of syphilis in remote Indigenous communities. There are now 14,000 diagnosed cases among young people across four states, after an outbreak six years ago. The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute hopes its community education and awareness program about the Sexually Transmitted Infection, will cut through.

Meet one of the biggest social media stars of the All England Club. Rufus the Harris Hawk and his handler are tasked with patrolling the skies above Wimbledon and pursuing any pesky pigeons that dare approach the pristine grass courts.

On Business PM: Labor slams any suggestion of sanctions against Australia's biggest trading partner China, calling the proposition a disaster for jobs and exports; A big rebound in coal and gas shipments in the wake of Cyclone Debbie has boosted Australia's trade surplus to $2.5 million in May; And the Fair Work Commission's decision to award casual employees the right to become permanent may have raised the hopes of thousands of insecure workers but industrial relations experts say the ruling still gives employers an effective veto over converting long-term employees from casual to permanent.

One of Australia's most senior military commanders says at this stage, North Korea poses little threat to Australia. But the United States is threatening military force to prevent the regime developing a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the US mainland.

The US President finds himself at a critical juncture, he said in January that a nuclear-armed North Korea 'won't happen' and it looks like he's being proven wrong. He appealed for China to help stop it, they haven't. Now there's the threat of a trade war or even military intervention against North Korea.

In response to the North's ICBM test, South Korea conducted a joint exercise with the United States, test-firing its own ballistic missiles. Choi Kang is a defence analyst and Vice President of the ASAN Institute for policy studies and is based in Seoul.

Children on Elcho Island, an island north-east of Darwin, had been sniffing aviation gasoline, siphoned from light aircraft. Now the results of extensive testing are in and almost 9 out of 10 children tested have unacceptably high levels of lead in their blood.

An artist whose photographs feature women wearing a cow mask has received death threats in India. The idea of the work is to contrast a recent wave of violence by Hindu extremists in the name of cow protection with the lack of progress on women's rights.

A Queensland Health service has described the crash tackle of a mental health patient by security guards as an 'accident'. Toni Burcher's husband admitted her to hospital after she'd attempted suicide, but when he was unhappy with the care she was getting at Logan Hospital, south of Brisbane, they tried to leave. Footage obtained by the ABC's national investigative unit shows Toni Burcher being tackled to the ground at Logan Hospital in May. Her head hit the door frame of a lift and split open, needing three staples. An investigation by the area health service found it to be an accident.