1Prime Minister David Lange received a cool reception at the Federation of Labour (FOL) conference in Wellington today.

2The Government has told the Dairy Board to "tread softly" in its dealings with Libya while it waits to hear if there is to be an international boycott of trade with Libya over the Gaddafi regime's alleged support for terrorism.

3France has exploded another nuclear device at Mururoa Atoll. Prime Minister David Lange has condemned the test and again called on France to stop its Pacific testing programme.

4At a news conference today, Soviet officials admitted they initially underestimated the seriousness of the accident at Chernobyl.

5Six people were killed and more than 100 injured in an explosion in the Central Telegraph Office in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Police suspect Tamil separatists are responsible.

6British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher became visibly flustered today when reporters at the Tokyo Summit asked her whether the Summit's condemnation of state-backed terrorist attacks by Libya was hypocritical, given that France had sabotaged the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland.

7The trial is beginning in London's Old Bailey, of Belfast man Patrick McGee, accused of mounting Britain's worst terrorist attack - the explosion of the Grand Hotel in brighton during the Conservative Party conference of 1984.

8Diana, Princess of Wales caused some concern today when she fainted during a Royal walkabout in Vancouver. However, she recovered quickly and officials are dismissing rumours that she is pregnant.

9The Government has quashed speculation about the future of the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), denying suggestions that it plans to sell part of its shareholding in the bank to private investors.

10Continuing disruption of the national railway network follows the Railway Corporation's decision to implement ints Alternative Manning Plan. One of the plan's effects has been to cut out the jobs of guards in several centres. The National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) maintains that no agreement has been reached on the move, which aims to eventually abolish all guard's vans on freight trains. Reporter Bill Simpson travels to the West Coast of the South Island to see how the new two-man trains are operating.

11South Africa has named its team for the so-called first test against the cavaliers rebel rugby team in Cape Town this weekend. Cavaliers captain Andy Dalton has castigated his South African hosts for insisting on calling the rebels the All Blacks. it is now clear that the touring New Zealand rugby players are causing conflicts among the various racial groups within South Africa.