TONIGHT ` I'M HAPPY THAT IN THE MORNING I'M GOING TO WAKE UP SCOTTISH, AND I'M GOING TO WAKE UP BRITISH. THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL STAY UNITED, SO WHY IS SCOTLAND'S 'YES' CAMP CELEBRATING? THE CAMPAIGNING IS FINALLY OVER IN OUR MOST CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION LEAD-UP EVER. WE HAVE THE PARTY LEADERS' FINAL PUSH. AND THE CAMEROON FOOTBALLER WHO FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET THEN A HOLE. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. IT WAS AN HISTORIC VOTE TO CHANGE THE FUTURE OF SCOTLAND. WE KNEW THE INDEPENDENCE VOTE WOULD BE CLOSE, BUT NO ONE PICKED JUST HOW CLOSE THE FINAL NUMBERS WOULD BE. A RECORD NUMBER OF VOTERS TURNED OUT TO HAVE THEIR SAY IN THE REFERENDUM BUT AS PETER STEFANOVIC REPORTS, IN THE END THE ANSWER WAS AN EMPHATIC 'NO'. CHEERING THE KINGDOM IS REUNITED. CHEERING RELIEF AND CELEBRATION. SCOTLAND'S BID FOR INDEPENDENCE WAS SHUT DOWN BY THE MAJORITY. I'M HAPPY THAT IN THE MORNING, I'M GOING TO WAKE UP SCOTTISH AND I'M GOING TO WAKE UP BRITISH. PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON WAS GIVEN A FRIGHT, SO HE'S PROMISED MORE POWER AND ATTENTION TO THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE. WE NOW HAVE A CHANCE, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, TO CHANGE THE WAY THE BRITISH PEOPLE ARE GOVERNED, AND CHANGE IT FOR THE BETTER. WE WILL ENSURE THAT THOSE COMMITMENTS ARE HONOURED IN FULL. ALEX SALMOND LED THE FIGHT TO BREAK FREE FROM BRITAIN. IN THE END, HE HAD TO CONCEDE IT WASN'T ENOUGH. I ACCEPT THAT VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE, AND I CALL ON ALL OF SCOTLAND TO FOLLOW SUIT. CHEERING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, HIS FOLLOWERS KEPT THE FAITH UNTIL WORD CAME THROUGH IN THE EARLY MORNING. 45% OF THE COUNTRY STILL WANT THEIR INDEPENDENCE. AND ABOUT TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO, IT WAS ALMOST 20%, SO IT'S A MASSIVE BOOST. THIS WILL ENERGISE THE PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND BECAUSE IT GAVE THE PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND AN IDEA THAT THEY CAN MAKE A BETTER WORLD. SCOTLAND'S BID FOR INDEPENDENCE GALVANISED THE NATION,... (PLAYS BAGPIPES) ...AS A RECORD TURNOUT VOTED ON ITS FUTURE. BUT THERE WERE TOO MANY CONCERNS ABOUT JOBS AND HEALTH CARE IF SCOTLAND CHOSE TO GO IT ALONE. WE HAVE REAFFIRMED ALL THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON AND THE BONDS THAT TIE US TOGETHER. LET THEM NEVER BEN BROKEN. CHEERING, APPLAUSE NOW THE COUNTRY HAS TO HEAL. THE REFERENDUM EXPOSED GREAT AND BITTER DIVISIONS. THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT MAY HAVE HALTED FOR NOW, BUT IT'S WOKEN UP SCOTLAND'S SOUTHERN NEIGHBOUR, AND THAT IN ITSELF IS A VICTORY. SO AS WE HEARD IN PETER'S STORY, THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE REJECTION TO INDEPENDENCE IS A CHANCE TO CHANGE THINGS FOR THE BETTER. LET'S GO TO CHANNEL NINE'S AMELIA BALLINGER IN LONDON FOR MORE REACTION. PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON HAS SAID HE'S DELIGHTED, AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO THINK THERE'S A HUGE SENSE OF RELIEF FOR HIM AND THE WHOLE OF WESTMINSTER THIS MORNING. IT HAS BEEN A VERY STRESSFUL FEW WEEKS, AND CERTAINLY DAVID CAMERON HAS BEEN UNDER ENORMOUS PRESSURE. HE DID NOT WANT TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE PRIME MINISTER WHO LOST SCOTLAND. NOW HE AND THE LEADERS OF OTHER MAJOR PARTIES NEED TO HONOUR THE PROMISES THEY'VE MADE TO THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE. THEY SAID THEY'D GIVE MORE POWER TO THEM ON THINGS LIKE TAX, SPENDING AND WELFARE. DAVID CAMERON HAS SAID THAT LEGISLATION WILL BE DRAFTED BY JANUARY. THAT'S AMELIA BALLINGER IN LONDON. MEANWHILE, BACK HERE IT'S BEEN A FRENETIC LAST DAY OF CAMPAIGNING AS WE BEGIN THE FINAL COUNTDOWN TO ELECTION DAY AND ELECTION RESULTS. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN WITH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT NEXT. SO, A FRANTIC LAST DAY OF CAMPAIGNING FROM ALL THE PARTY LEADERS TODAY, CHASING EVERY SINGLE LAST VOTE, AND THAT WILL BE CRUCIAL. IT WON'T TAKE BIG SWINGS IN VOTES FOR THERE TO BE SOME PRETTY VOLATILE RESULTS TO COME ELECTION NIGHT. PEOPLE NEED TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THE FACT THAT WE MAY HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THERE ISN'T A CLEAR-CUT WINNER ON ELECTION NIGHT AND WE ENTER INTO A PHASE OF HORSE TRADING BETWEEN A CENTRE RIGHT AND CENTRE LEFT BLOC WITH WINSTON PETERS IN THE MIDDLE. A BIG STORY TO WATCH OUT FOR IS THE CONSERVATIVES. IF THEY MAKE IT OVER THAT 5% THRESHOLD THAT WOULD MAKE JOHN KEY'S LIFE A LOT EASIER. HE'LL OF COURSE STILL BE HOLDING ON TO THE HOPE THAT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE A SIMILAR SORT OF ARRANGEMENT AS HE HAS HAD IN THE LAST PARLIAMENT, WHERE HE CAN RELY ON UNITED FUTURE, ACT AND THE MAORI PARTY, BUT STILL SO MANY UNKNOWNS AROUND THAT. THAT'S WHAT'S PUTTING THIS ELECTION ON A KNIFE EDGE, AND WHY DAVID CUNLIFFE IS CAMPAIGNING SO HARD HE FEELS THAT WITH NATIONAL JUST TIPPING A LITTLE BIT IN THE POLLS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, IF HE CAN KEEP THAT CONTINUING HE MAY BE IN WITH A CHANCE TO TRY AND SWAY WINSTON PETERS OVER TO HIS SIDE AND THAT THEY COULD FORMA GOVERNMENT WITH THE GREENS AND THEN RELY ON INTERNET-MANA AND THE MAORI PARTY TO HELP THEM ACROSS THE LINE. JOHN KEY ENDED HIS CAMPAIGN WITH A BUS TRIP FROM TAUPO ADVANCED VOTING RULES HAVE CHANGED PARTIES ON THE LEFT HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING EARLY VOTES. THE LEFT HAS BEEN PUSHING HARD. WE MAY SEE EARLY RESULTS. BUT IT ENDED WITH A GOOD OLD FASHIONED PROTEST FROM THE MANA MOVEMENT. POSSESSION OF STOLEN GOODS! POLICE FORCIBLY REMOVED ONE MAN FROM THE ROTORUA SHOPPING MALL DURING JOHN KEY'S VISIT,... ...BEFORE THE NATIONAL PARTY LEADER BEAT A RETREAT TO HIS CAMPAIGN BUS. YOU GOT A BIT OF HEAT THERE AT THE ROTORUA MALL ` SOME PROTESTERS ` WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THAT ON THIS CAMPAIGN. NO, I THINK THAT'S THE INFLUENCE OF INTERNET-MANA, AND IN A WAY THEY'VE BEEN QUITE DESTRUCTIVE IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. THAT'S A PARTING SHOT AT KIM DOTCOM. THIS HASN'T REALLY FELT LIKE IT WAS A CAMPAIGN WHERE IT'S BEEN ME VERSUS DAVID CUNLIFFE. INSTEAD IT WAS HAGER, DOTCOM, SNOWDEN AND GREENWALD. AS FOR HIS ASSESSMENT OF WHAT TEAM KEY WILL DELIVER TOMORROW NIGHT... I'D PERSONALLY PREFER TO HAVE A 'DOUBLE FIGURES, BONUS POINT, 'FOUR TRIES-PLUS' RESULT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY JULIAN SAVEA AND BEN SMITH. I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH BILL ENGLISH AND STEVEN JOYCE, SO I CAN'T GUARANTEE IT. BUT THEY STILL GET AN INVITE TO THE KEYS' TO WATCH THE RESULTS COME IN. TOMORROW NIGHT THERE'LL BE A REASONABLY BIG GROUP OVER THERE ` ABOUT 30 PEOPLE, BIT BIGGER THAN NORMAL. YOU'RE READY TO START DRINKING AGAIN? YEAH, WELL, I AM. I'M GONNA HAVE A GLASS OF SOMETHING NICE TOMORROW NIGHT, WHATEVER HAPPENS. FITTING, THEN, THAT NATIONAL'S CAMPAIGN ROAD TRIP ENDED AT AN AUCKLAND WINERY. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. AND THE OPPOSITION LEADER WAS ALSO MAXIMISING FACE TIME WITH VOTERS TODAY IN A LAST-DITCH CAMPAIGN DASH AROUND AUCKLAND. DAVID CUNLIFFE IS CONFIDENT HE'LL BE THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER AFTER HE BUILDS A COALITION WITH THE GREENS AND NZ FIRST. ONE PLUS TWO PLUS THREE EQUALS A GOVERNMENT. GREENS CO-LEADER RUSSEL NORMAN WAS ALSO SHOPPING AROUND FOR THOSE IMPORTANT LAST VOTES. HE SAYS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN CLEAN UP NZ POLITICS IS A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT. MEANWHILE, BEFORE A SINGLE VOTE'S BEEN COUNTED, WINSTON PETERS IS CLAIMING A WIN OVER THE CONSERVATIVES LEADER COLIN CRAIG. THAT'S AFTER THE ADVERTISING STANDARDS AUTHORITY RULED PART OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY'S PAMPHLET BROKE THE RULES. THE BROCHURE COMPARES A NUMBER OF THE PARTY'S POLICIES WITH THOSE OF NZ FIRST. THE ONLY COMPLAINANT WAS WINSTON PETER'S LAWYER. SO I THINK YOU CAN JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES WHETHER THAT'S A GENUINE PUBLIC COMPLAINT. IT'S NOT POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET PEOPLE TO GET AWAY WITH DECEIT AND DISHONESTY IN THIS CAMPAIGN. THE AUTHORITY SAYS THE PAMPHLET INCLUDES A SUBSTANTIVE ERROR AROUND NZ FIRST'S STANCE ON ALCOHOL REFORM. BUT IT REJECTED OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BROCHURE SAYING IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF ROBUST ADVERTISING. AND LATER WE'LL HAVE ALL THE HITS AND MISSES OF THIS DRAMA-FILLED ELECTION CAMPAIGN. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA, ARMED POLICE WILL TAKE OVER SECURITY INSIDE THE COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENT AFTER NEW DETAILS EMERGED OF ANOTHER SINISTER TERROR PLOT. CHANNEL NINE'S DIMITY CLANCEY HAS MORE. CONCERN IN OUR CAPITAL. POLICE ON HIGH ALERT AT THE HEART OF GOVERNMENT. OFFICERS ASSESS SECURITY LEVELS AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE AS IT EMERGED TODAY CANBERRA WAS A POTENTIAL TERROR TARGET. THE FEDERAL POLICE ARE NOW PATROLLING AND PROTECTING THE SEAT OF POWER FOLLOWING AN URGENT REVIEW. I WAS ADVISED OF CHATTER AMONGST THESE TERRORIST NETWORKS OF A POTENTIAL ATTACK ON GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT PEOPLE, PARLIAMENT HOUSE. THIS MAN SAYS HE ISN'T A THREAT TO ANYONE. THIS IS NOT FAIR FOR AN AUSTRALIAN TO ACTUALLY BE TREATED LIKE THAT. HE WAS ONE OF 15 PEOPLE ARRESTED YESTERDAY AND ONE OF 12 RELEASED. THEY'VE KNOCKED MY SISTER AND MY MOTHER ON THE FLOOR WITH MACHINE GUNS POINTED TO THEIR FACES, UM, CLAIMING THAT WE'RE PART OF A TERRORISM ORGANISATION. I'VE NEVER BEEN, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH ANY CRIMINAL OFFENCE, LIKE, CRIMINAL ORGANISATIONS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. THIS MAN'S BROTHER REMAINS IN CUSTODY. HIS HOME WAS RAIDED TOO. ARE WE DOGS FOR YOU TO COME HERE AND JUST RUN AMUCK AND YOU BRING DOGS IN THE HOUSE THAT BREAK EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE? HOW ARE YOU FEELING? A NERVOUS SMILE FROM OMARJAN AZARI'S SISTERS, WHO HAD NOTHING TO SAY TODAY. WHILE THEIR BROTHER SITS IN JAIL, ACCUSED OF PLANNING AN ACT OF TERRORISM. ALL CHANT LAST NIGHT SAW PROTESTERS GATHERING AT LAKEMBA TO VOICE THEIR ANGER OVER THE SCALE OF THE ANTI-TERROR OPERATION,... MAN YELLS ...WITH ONE SENATOR TODAY RAISING CONCERNS THAT NEW POWERS FOR THE SECURITY SERVICES COULD LEAD TO HEAVY-HANDEDNESS AND FURTHER DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN AUTHORITIES AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES. AUSTRALIAN POLICE ARE NOW CLOSELY EXAMINING COMPUTERS AND CELL PHONES THEY SEIZED IN YESTERDAY'S RAIDS AND SAY MORE CHARGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE LAID. ELDERLY WOMEN ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE ARE BEING TARGETED IN A SCAM WITH A SINISTER TWIST. POLICE HAVE TODAY RELEASED THE IMAGES OF THREE PEOPLE THOUGHT TO BE STEALING FROM THE VICTIMS VIA SHOULDER SURFING. THE WOMAN ON THE RIGHT IS WATCHING THE ELDERLY WOMAN IN FRONT OF HER ENTER HER PIN NUMBER. SHE THEN MAKES A NOTE OF IT ON HER PHONE. YES, IT'S EASY MONEY. YES, IT'S A BIG TEMPTATION, BUT IT'S NOT RIGHT. SO TELL US ABOUT IT. TELL US WHO THEY ARE. EIGHT VICTIMS HAVE COME FORWARD, ALL IN THEIR 70S AND 80S, BUT POLICE SAY THERE ARE PROBABLY MANY MORE. DIRTY POLITICS, A MINISTERIAL RESIGNATION, A DOTCOM BOMB ` OH, AND A LAWSUIT FROM A RAP SUPERSTAR. IT'S FAIR TO SAY THIS HAS BEEN AN ELECTION BUILD-UP LIKE NO OTHER. LOVE IT OR HATE IT, ONE THING YOU COULDN'T DO WAS IGNORE IT. KRISTIN HALL LOOKS BACK ON CAMPAIGN 2014. IT BEGAN AS YOU'D EXPECT ` HANGING OUT WITH BABIES, AND SELFIES. # I'VE GOT LOTS OF PICTURES IN MY HEAD. # NICE. THEN JUST OVER A MONTH AGO CAME A LITTLE BOOK CALLED 'DIRTY POLITICS', AND SUDDENLY, ALL BETS WERE OFF. YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ, AND HOW BLOODY AWFUL IT IS. IT CLAIMED JOHN KEY'S OFFICE AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT MINISTERS WERE IN CAHOOTS WITH THIS MAN, CAMERON SLATER, LEAKING BOTH CONFIDENTIAL SIS DOCUMENTS AND THE DETAILS OF A PUBLIC SERVANT TO THE BLOGGER. THE PRIME MINISTER WASN'T CONVINCED. THIS IS A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. IT'S BEEN AN ORCHESTRATED EFFORT OVER THE LAST WEEK TO SMEAR THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. JUDITH COLLINS' BEHAVIOUR TOOK UP A NUMBER OF THE BOOK'S PAGES. IT EVEN INCLUDED SOME OF HER NICKNAMES FOR OPPOSITION MPS. IS JACINDA ARDEN MY LITTLE PONY? WELL, THAT IS A COMMON NAME FOR HER. < IS CLAYTON COSGROVE PLUGHEAD? YEP, ABSOLUTELY. < HOW COME? IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. (SIGHS) GOD. THINGS ONLY GOT WORSE FOR THE EMBATTLED JUSTICE MINISTER. JUST WEEKS LATER CAME THE RELEASE OF AN EMAIL SUGGESTING SHE'D PLOTTED TO UNDERMINE THE THEN-HEAD OF THE SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE WHILE SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF POLICE. THAT LED TO HER RESIGNATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO CLEARING MY NAME. I WILL NOT LET THIS DISAPPOINTMENT DEFINE ME. BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THERE WAS ARGY-BARGY... WHY DID YOU SIT ON YOUR ARSE`? GET OFF THE STAGE, OK! ...CONFUSED PARTY LEADERS... IF I OWN A HOUSE IN A TRUST, DO I PAY A CAPITAL GAINS TAX ON IT? AUDIENCE LAUGHS ...AND CONFUSING CONVERSATIONS. A BURGLARY IS WHEN SOMEBODY ENTERS A HOME` SO IS A HOME NOT A BUSINESS? YES, IT'S A HOME, NOT A BUSINESS. WHY ISN'T IT A BUSINESS? WELL, BECAUSE, UH... AND THE FIRST REAL BLOWOUT, COURTESY OF INTERNET MANA'S PRESS SECRETARY. YOU PUFFED UP LITTLE SHIT! WHEN WILL YOU GLOVE PUPPETS OF CAMERON SLATER JUST PISS OFF? AND SHE WASN'T THE ONLY INTERNET MANA MEMBER FEELING THE PRESSURE. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT. BUT THAT DRAMA BECAME A DISTANT MEMORY WHEN KIM DOTCOM HELD A NIGHT TO REMEMBER... SORT OF. WHAT ABOUT NZ'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE XKEYSCORE MASS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME? THE REVELATIONS WERE QUICKLY BRUSHED OFF BY THE PM. YOU HAD THREE GUYS BASICALLY MAKING ABSOLUTELY FANCIFUL CLAIMS. BUT JOHN KEY'S YET TO PROPERLY ANSWER WHETHER THE PROGRAMME IS ACTUALLY USED HERE. WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMMES WE HAVE. WHY NOT? WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S VERY GOOD REASON WHY WE DON'T. AND, YES, THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE SOUNDTRACK WE COULD USE FOR THIS STORY. YOU'VE GOT TO ADMIT THEY DO SOUND PRETTY SIMILAR. MAN: NOBODY SAID IT WOULD BE EASY, BUT THROUGH YOUR HARD WORK AND THE NATIONAL PARTY'S ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT... AT LEAST RAPPER EMINEM'S MANAGEMENT THINKS SO. THEY'RE SUING NATIONAL FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS. WENT TO A COMPANY IN AUSTRALIA WHO SAID, 'THIS MUSIC ` YOU'VE GOT THE LEGAL RIGHTS, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY USE IT. YEP, THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN WILL PROBABLY GO DOWN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS... JUST MAYBE NOT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. AND DON'T FORGET OUR TEAM WILL BE HERE ON SATURDAY NIGHT WITH OUR VOTE 2014 SPECIAL FROM 7. WE'LL HAVE THE DRAMA, ACTION AND REACTION AS THE RESULTS COME IN LIVE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. STAY WITH US TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOT ELECTORAL OFFICIALS FIRED UP IN FIJI. THE PANIC BUTTON IS HIT AS A PLANE IN THE UNITED STATES STARTS BELCHING SMOKE JUST AFTER TAKE-OFF. A SMALL AMERICAN TOWN IS REELING AFTER A MAN SHOT DEAD HIS SIX GRANDCHILDREN, HIS DAUGHTER AND THEN HIMSELF. POLICE SAY DON SPIRIT (51) OPENED FIRED AT HIS HOME IN FLORIDA AFTER CONTACTING AUTHORITIES TO WARN THEM OF HIS INTENTIONS. THE CHILDREN WERE AGED BETWEEN 3 MONTHS AND 10 YEARS. THE MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER-SUICIDE IS NOT YET KNOWN. ELECTORAL OFFICIALS IN FIJI HAVE FIRED BACK AT CLAIMS THERE'S BEEN CORRUPTION AT THE POLLS. FRANK BAINIMARAMA IS POISED TO TAKE THE WIN IN THE COUNTRY'S FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTION IN EIGHT YEARS. BUT OPPOSITION PARTIES WANT COUNTING TO STOP BECAUSE THEY SAY THE NUMBERS AREN'T ADDING UP. BUT OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION. SAYS IT FOUND THE ELECTION WAS LARGELY FREE AND FAIR. FINAL COUNTING HAS BEGUN. THE OFFICIAL WINNER IS DUE TO BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY. PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS GETTING CONGRESS'S BACKING FOR HIS PLAN TO FUND SYRIAN FIGHTERS SHOWS THE WORLD THE US IS UNITED AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE. THE MOVE COMES AS THE MILITANT GROUP RELEASED A NEW VIDEO SHOWING ANOTHER BRITISH HOSTAGE. CHANNEL NINE'S LANE CALCUTT REPORTS. RAPID GUNFIRE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THIS NORTHERN SYRIAN CITY, KURDISH FIGHTERS WERE IN A FIERCE BATTLE WITH ISLAMIC MILITANTS. RAPID GUNFIRE IT CONFIRMED THE FIRE POWER OF ISLAMIC STATE. BOOM! ARMED WITH TANKS AND ROCKETS, THEY'RE SAID TO HAVE SEIZED 21 VILLAGES, COMMITTED MASSACRES, KIDNAPPED WOMEN. BOOM! IT'S THIS SORT OF BRUTALITY THAT CONVINCED THE US SENATE TO AGREE TO TRAIN AND ARM THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION. WHILE THE PRESIDENT AGAIN RULED OUT A COMBAT MISSION. WE CAN JOIN WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO DESTROY ISOL WITHOUT AMERICAN TROOPS FIGHTING ANOTHER GROUND WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WE'RE TAKING OUT THEIR TERRORISTS. WE'RE DESTROYING THEIR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT AND STOCKPILES. THOUGH, AS PROTESTERS AGAIN DISRUPTED A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING, THE DEFENCE SECRETARY PAINTED A GLOOMY PICTURE. WE'RE AT WAR WITH ISOL. THIS EFFORT WILL NOT BE EASY. THIS EFFORT WILL NOT BE BRIEF. OVERNIGHT, ANOTHER ISOL VIDEO WAS RELEASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. MY NAME IS JOHN CANTLIE. MAYBE I WILL LIVE, AND MAYBE I WILL DIE. THE BRITISH JOURNALIST CAPTURED IN 2012 NO DOUBT AGAINST HIS WILL SAYS HE WILL REVEAL FACTS ABOUT I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU THE TRUTH THE BATTLE AGAINST THE EBOLA VIRUS HAS SUFFERED A SETBACK IN WEST AFRICA, AFTER A DEADLY ATTACK ON A GROUP OF AID WORKERS AND JOURNALISTS. THE GROUP WERE TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE VIRUS IN A REMOTE AREA OF GUINEA WHEN THEY WENT MISSING. SEVEN BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND. EBOLA HAS KILLED 2500 PEOPLE IN THE REGION. THERE'VE BEEN ANXIOUS SCENES IN A PLANE FLYING OVER THE UNITED STATES, WITH THICK SMOKE FILLING THE CABIN. MOMENTS AFTER TAKE-OFF, ONE ENGINE BEGAN BILLOWING SMOKE, FORCING PASSENGERS TO USE OXYGEN MASKS. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND EVERYONE MADE IT SAFELY OFF THE PLANE. JAPAN IS ADAMANT IT WILL RESUME WHALE HUNTING IN THE ANTARCTIC, DESPITE A VOTE UPHOLDING THE EXISTING BAN. THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION HAS RULED ON A NZ PROPOSAL TO STOP JAPAN GOING AHEAD WITH ITS PLANS. ANTI-WHALING COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN ARGUING FOR YEARS THAT JAPAN'S RESEARCH PROGRAMME IS A DISGUISE FOR COMMERCIAL WHALING, WHICH HAS BEEN BANNED SINCE 1986. CLOSER TO HOME, A RARE SEA CREATURE FOUND WASHED UP ON AN OTAGO BEACH HAS SCIENTISTS BUZZING. THE 2M-LONG SPECTACLED PORPOISE HAS BEEN SEEN ONLY A HANDFUL OF TIMES IN OUR WATERS. SCIENTISTS HOPE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ELUSIVE SPECIES BY STUDYING ITS CARCASS. IT'S A BIZZARRE ANIMAL. IT HAS A BIG DORSAL FIN. THE ADULT MALE'S SKELETON MAY END UP ON PUBLIC DISPLAY AT OTAGO MUSEUM. STAFF AT AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL IN DARWAN HAD A DELICATE TASK TODAY, RESCUING THIS ECHNIDA AFTER IT BECAME TRAPPED IN A GUMBOOT. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE ANIMAL WAS SEEKING SHELTER FROM A PACK OF DOGS. THANKFULLY STAFF X-RAYED THE BOOT BEFORE THEY SNIPPED IT APART. NEXT ` IT DIDN'T VOTE FOR INDEPENDENCE, BUT THERE WAS AN HISTORIC SHIFT TODAY IN SCOTLAND. AND THE BIKE WAS OFF THE GROUND; THE PLANE ALMOST WASN'T ` AN INCREDIBLE STUNT IN AUSTRALIA. TO LEAGUE NOW, AND THE ROOSTERS ARE AHEAD IN WHAT COULD BE SONNY BILL WILLIAMS' LAST GAME FOR THE SIDE BEFORE CROSSING OVER TO THE ALL BLACKS FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE SYDNEY-SIDERS ARE FACING OFF AGAINST THE NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS ON THEIR HOME TURF, MITCHELL PEARCE NAILING IT WITH THIS 90M SPRINT. HE'S RACING AWAY OVER THE HALF WAY LINE SCORES THE FIRST POINT! 30-12 TO ROOSTERS MEMBERS OF THE RENOWNED ROYAL GOLF CLUB AT ST ANDREWS HAVE FINALLY VOTED TO ACCEPT FEMALE MEMBERS ` AFTER A MERE 260 YEARS. 85% OF VOTERS BACKED THE MOVE, WITH SOME SAYING ITS LONG OVERDUE. SHOULD HAVE THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES. A CAMEROON FOOTBALL STAR RECEIVED A RATHER A NASTY SURPRISE DURING A MATCH IN BRAZIL. CORITIBA STRIKER JOEL WITH THE BIG BREAKAWAY, THEN ROUNDING THE KEEPER TO COMFORTABLY SCORE. BUT WATCH WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. JOEL! WHERE'S HE GONE? IT APPEARS JOEL JUMPED STRAIGHT INTO A MANHOLE. FORTUNATELY, HE WASN'T INJURED. WELL, HIS EGO MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A WEE DENT. WHILE IN AUSTRALIA, TWO DAREDEVILS HAVE COMBINED THEIR SKILLS AND FEARLESSNESS TO COMPLETE AN INCREDIBLE STUNT. THE AEROBATIC PLANE ALMOST SCRAPED THE GROUND AS IT SLIPPED UNDER THE BACKFLIPPING BIKE. NOW TO THE WEATHER. AND A WARNING ` IT'S NOT A GREAT WEEKEND AHEAD. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SHELLEY UPCHURCH AND VIRGINIA PHILP.