 Papua New Guinea's Petroleum Minister Jimmy Maladina has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a woman in the Australian city of Sydney. Police were called to an address near Bondi Beach on Saturday over reports of a domestic dispute. A missing swimmer has been rescued off the Japanese coast 36 hours after being swept out to sea. The woman, who was wearing a rubber ring, was spotted by a cargo ship. She was found 80 kilometres offshore. That's the latest BBC News.