1Sergei Budnik, a senior Soviet diplomat, has been ordered to leave New Zealand, because the Government says he is in fact a high-ranking KGB officer. Studio analysis with former Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon.

2Finance Minister Roger Douglas has announced that the deficit was $1.95 billion last year, the lowest it has been in ten years.

3Over 5000 Fijians took part in the country's biggest street march in Suva today, demanding that the Government be returned to indigenous Fijians. However, Prime MInister Dr Timoci Bavadra has vowed to remain in office.

4The lawyer for alleged drug trafficker Lorraine Cohen and her son Aaron Cohen has succeeded in getting their drug trial brought forward to Augus

5Auckland City Councillors today backed traffic chief Jim Neilson over his decision to stop a drink-drive prosecution against District Court judge Brian Blackwood.

6Seven people have been confirmed dead after an apartment building under construction in Connecticut collapsed. More than a dozen workers are believed to be trapped beneath the rubble.

7The United States has called on South Africa to set up an independent inquiry into the shooting of seven striking Black railway workers earlier this week.

8Six executive members of the Northern Clerical Workers Union have resigned after accusing the secretary of mismanagement and personal abuse. They have requested the Registrar of Industrial Unions undertake a full investigation into the Clerical Workers' Union's affairs and finances.

9More than a dozen complaints have been made concerning of allegations of medical negligence at Whakatane Hospital. Today the complainants and their families went public with their allegations.

10Worldwatch Sri Lanka's security forces are stepping up an offensive against Tamil separatist guerrillas following a week of violence and bloodshed. A background to the recent spate of violence in Sri Lanka.

11Worldwatch United States and Soviet officials met in Geneva today to discuss procedural matters leading up to a new series of arms talks next week.

12Worldwatch The United States' Star Wars missile defence programme suffered a major setback today major A panel of prominent scientists have concluded that there are significant scientific gaps in the project.

13Six people are dead and eleven injured after a mass shooting at a Florida shopping centre.

14British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe will arrive in New Zealand tomorrow.