1The United Future Party has no official status tonight and leader Peter Dunne has become an Independent MP in Parliament, having repeatedly failed to re-register his party with the Electoral Commission. Meanwhile Prime Minister John Key has admitted he is likely to need the support of New Zealand First leader Winston Peters to pass the controversial new spy laws.

2William Murphy, the man accused of several violent home invasions across Auckland targeting the elderly, has appeared in court today facing fifteen charges but has denied committing the crimes. Murphy's arrest has highlighted the vulnerability of the elderly in New Zealand, and 3 News has learned that the elderly are also being specifically targeted through mail fraud using fake lotteries.

3The President of Afghanistan is safe tonight despite an attack on his Presidential palace by Taliban militants.

4Update on the health of former South African President Nelson Mandela.

5The whereabouts of intelligence whistle-blower Edward Snowden remain a mystery tonight.

6Labour MP Phil Goff has admitted he was wrong to swear at a National MP during a Select Committee hearing.

7Air New Zealand's long-awaited Dreamliner 787 is almost ready for its test flight. Report from the Boeing factory in Seattle.

8Police say it is likely that Northland woman Barbara Moka, who has been missing for two weeks, is the victim of foul play.

9A Canterbury family forced out of their home by flooding at the weekend returned today to assess the damage and met with Environment Canterbury authorities this afternoon to question why those properties bordering Lake Ellesmere were allowed to flood so badly.

10Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted of having sex with an underage prostitute, but is unlikely to serve any jail time because of his advanced age.

11The brother of Saad al-Hilli, a British Iraqi businessman, who was shot dead along with three members of his family last year while in their car in the French Alps, has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

12The prosecution in the trial of George Zimmerman for the murder of African-American teenager Trayvon Martin has given its opening statement. The case has reignited debate about race in the United States.

13Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is fighting off criticism over a photo-shoot for a Women's Magazine in which she posed knitting for the new Royal baby.

14The four leading candidates for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election are divided over whether cannabis should be decriminalised.

15A new hand-held device called the Z1 is set to revolutionise the task of measuring up buildings during assessments for earthquake strengthening.