1Short-term interest rates plunged by up to 15% today after the Reserve Bank decided to inject money into the financial system at the end of each day.

2British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe says New Zealand's trade with Europe is under threat because of the Government's anti-nuclear stance.

3A Security Intelligence Service (SIS) officer left the service last week, in connection with the expulsion of Soviet diplomat and alleged KGB agent Sergei Budnik.

4The Armed Offenders Squad A(OS) was called to an Upper Hutt home tonight after reports that a young man had threatened two people with a sawn-off shotgun. The situation was resolved peacefully.

5There are fears that the Irish Republican Army (IRA) has a new leader, and that he has ordered a new wave of violence to show British leaders that he has not gone soft.

6Preparations are underway for a second attempt to refloat the sunken ferry Herald of Free Enterprise off the coast of Belgium.

7The Soviet Union has marked the first anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

8British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe says New Zealand's trade with Europe is under threat because of the Government's anti-nuclear stance.

9Whakatane doctors have confirmed that they have been boycotting the Orthopedic unit at Whakatane Hospital for several years. Interview with Sir Randall Elliot from the New Zealand Medical Association Disciplinary Committee.

10Richard Jones, a Democrat Member of the Australian Parliament, says the Vanuatu Government has agreed to establish an office for Libya in Port Vila, and has warned against increasing Libyan involvement in the South Pacific.

11Worldwatch Two items looking at the continuing sex scandals surrounding American television evangelists: 1. A look inside The Praise the Lord Ministry (PTL) that was run by Jim Bakker, now accused of numerous counts of sexual misconduct 2. A look at the way television evangelists make money and how they use it. Do they use corrupt practices to elicit funds?

12Worldwatch The trial of Bernard Goetz, who became known as The Subway Vigilante after he shot four would-be muggers in a New York subway in 1984, begins in a few hours.

13Worldwatch Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of a bombing raid on the Basque town of Guernica by German planes supporting General Franco during the Spanish Civil War. This was the first blanket aerial bombardment of a civilian target, and killed 1600 people. Today, survivors marched solemnly through the town, but angry Basque separatists disrupted the procession.

14Worldwatch The United States State Department has strongly condemned South Africa's raid into Zambia, in which five people were killed. Britain has also condemned the attack.

15Worldwatch Profile of Helen Suzman, a charismatic figure in the South African Opposition Progressive Federal Party and a symbol of white liberalism in South Africa. A look at Suzman's political principles and where they fit in the apartheid State.