An update on the markets with Jeffrey Halley.

Tennis superstar, Venus Williams, has exited the ASB Classic in Auckland after being beaten by Poland's Magda Linette in the first round. Commentator Dave Worsley spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

The group calls itself Kazu. It has demanded US$60,000 after hundreds of thousands of medical files were stolen from one of the country's largest patient portals. RNZ reporter Finn Blackwell spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

Tensions remain high in Venezuela after the United States captured President Nicolás Maduro, with shots heard near the presidential palace yesterday. Raul Stolk, a Venezuelan lawyer and writer based in Miami is part of the editorial team at the Caracas Chronicles which has three journalists working inside Venezuela. He spoke to Melissa Chan-Green

The head of the private company, Manage My Health, Vino Ramayah, has confirmed his own details were among those leaked in a huge data breach, along with those of his friends and family. He spoke to RNZ's Kim Baker Wilson

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