Asia/Oceania

A soldier from North Korea made a rare successful escape across the heavily fortified border with the South. The North Korean guard stationed within the Joint Security Area (JSA) fled in the early hours. He was shot in the shoulder and elbow by fellow guards. The soldier was airlifted to a hospital but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

High-profile Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has become the latest casualty of the citizenship crisis engulfing Australia’s federal Parliament. Lambie — the daughter of a Scottish-born father — revealed UK authorities had confirmed her status as a British citizen by descent. As a result, she was ineligible to contest the 2016 election and sit in parliament. And former NSW Labor Premier Kristina Keneally will run for the federal seat of Bennelong in the upcoming byelection. The seat, which was held by the Liberals, is up for grabs after sitting MP John Alexander had to step down because of his dual citizenship.