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Good morning. Here's what's happening now: 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 Top Stories Australian soldiers 'should be exonerated' over deadly raid Soldiers involved in the most controversial incident in recent Australian military history should be formally acknowledged as innocent of any wrongdoing, former Army chief Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie says. Doctors misleading women about IVF success rates Australia's corporatised, self-regulated fertility industry is increasingly selling snake oils, false hope and unnecessary treatments to women desperate to become mothers, experts say. 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. 'How can the people of Australia trust either of you?' Having ousted sitting leaders of their own parties, Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten needed to fend off past demons in the first major televised debate of the election campaign. Bill or Mal: Take our leaders' debate quiz Was it Opposition Leader Bill Shorten or Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull? Test your political smarts with our election debate quiz — it's more fun than the contest itself. 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. EgyptAir black boxes impossible to recover before 12 days Investigators into EgyptAir's plane crash need at least 12 days to recover its black boxes as they await a ship that can retrieve them from the bottom of the Mediterranean, investigation sources say. 'Keep the change': Hitler's WWII coding machine bought on eBay for $20 One of the machines used to send coded messages between Adolf Hitler and his generals is sold for $20.35 on eBay after being discovered in a shed in England, according to the buyer. At least 700 asylum seekers died en route to Italy last week: rights groups At least 700 migrants and refugees may have died at sea this past week in the busiest week of asylum seeker crossings from Libya towards Italy this year, Medecins San Frontieres and the UN Refugee agency say. '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". China firm apologises for 'racist' detergent advert A day after dismissing its critics as 'too sensitive', a Chinese detergent company expresses regret for an ad showing a black man being stuffed into a washing machine. Analysis and Opinion: The Drum Polls don't mean a thing if Labor ain't got that swing By Barrie Cassidy Even your language submits to gender stereotypes By Deirdre Fidge Election 2016: Will the war be won in the west? 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