IT'S MIDDAY, TUESDAY THE 25TH OF OCTOBER. HE MAY FINALLY BE UP, UP AND AWAY, BUT WILL THE EMBARRASSING DELAY FOR THE PRIME MINISTER IN TOWNSVILLE SPEED UP THE REPLACEMENT OF OUR AGING AIR FORCE FLEET? WILL JOSEPH PARKER'S WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT GET THE SPONSORSHIP IT NEEDS TO STAY ON HOME SOIL? OR COULD TAXPAYERS END UP FOOTING THE BILL? AND DONALD TRUMP'S CRYING FOUL AGAIN, THIS TIME ACCUSING THE MEDIA OF USING 'PHONEY' POLLS SHOWING HIM LAGGING BEHIND HILLARY CLINTON. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. AHIAHI MARIE, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE PRIME MINISTER IS FINALLY EN ROUTE TO INDIA, TAKING OFF A SHORT TIME AGO IN A REPLACEMENT AIR FORCE JET WHICH WAS FLOWN TO TOWNSVILLE AFTER HIS PLANE BROKE DOWN ` TWICE. MR KEY'S TRAVELLING TO INDIA TO TRY AND NEGOTIATE A FREE TRADE DEAL, BUT THE PLANE FAILURE HAS FORCED THE MUMBAI LEG OF HIS TOUR TO BE CANCELLED. 1 NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD IS TRAVELLING WITH THE PM AND SENT THIS UPDATE A SHORT TIME AGO. GOOD AFTERNOON. YES, WELL, NOW WE HAVE A SECOND PLANE HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, HERE IN TOWNSVILLE TO PICK US UP. IT'S ARRIVED OVERNIGHT. THAT SECOND PLANE, MEANWHILE, THE ONE THAT COULDN'T TAKE OFF TWICE YESTERDAY WILL STAY HERE IN TOWNSVILLE TO BE REPAIRED. NOW QUESTIONS, OF COURSE, ABOUT HOW THE PLANE CAME TO BREAK DOWN TWICE. WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE? SHOULD THERE BE A NEW PLANE AS PART OF THAT DEFENCE BUDGET? JOHN KEY SAYS NO, FOR NOW THERE ARE NO PLANS TO SHOOT A PLANE TO THE TOP OF THE LIST, SO TO SPEAK, TOP OF THE SHOPPING LIST WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEFENCE FORCE BUDGET. THERE IS ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY, THOUGH, THAT THE MASSIVE NZ DELEGATION GOT TO STAY HERE IN TOWNSVILLE OVERNIGHT, AND THAT'S THE LOCAL MEDIA. JOHN KEY HAS MADE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE TOWNSVILLE BULLETIN. THE JOURNALIST, I UNDERSTAND, SPENT ALL DAY YESTERDAY HUNTING DOWN JOHN KEY, FOUND HIM AT A LOCAL PUB, WENT UP AND HAD A CHAT, AND ASKED HIM ABOUT A BIG ISSUE FACING THE AREA, AND THAT IS A REQUEST FOR DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM TOWNSVILLE TO AUCKLAND. THEY'VE JUST HAD THEIR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REOPENED, AND THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME FLIGHTS COMING OUR WAY. JOHN KEY SAYS, 'SURE, WHY NOT? LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT IT.' SO THAT HAS MADE THE TOWNSVILLE LOCALS, AT LEAST, VERY HAPPY. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE AIR FORCE PLANE'S RUN INTO TROUBLE ` MOST RECENTLY ON A TRIP TO VIETNAM. BUT DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH SAYS THERE'S NO PLAN TO UPGRADE THE TROUBLED BOEING 757 BEFORE ITS SCHEDULED REPLACEMENT DATE. BIT OF A CHALLENGE FOR A SMALL AIR FORCE TO GET THE KIT TO FIT THE NEEDS IT HAS TO MEET ` TO SHIFTING PEOPLE AND MOVING THE PRIME MINISTER. MEANWHILE, BILL ENGLISH ISN'T RULING OUT TAXPAYER FUNDING TO KEEP JOSEPH PARKER'S BOXING WORLD TITLE FIGHT IN NZ. HE'S CONFIRMED AN APPLICATION'S BEEN RECEIVED, BUT WON'T BE FAST TRACKED. PARKER'S PROMOTERS ARE STILL PUSHING HARD TO GET THE SEVEN-FIGURE SPONSORSHIP NEEDED TO HOLD THE EVENT ON HOME SOIL, RATHER THAN IN THE US. BUT AS LAURA TWYMAN REPORTS, THE CLOCK'S TICKING WITH JUST OVER A WEEK TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. A KNOCK-OUT BLOW FOR KIWI FANS. SO 70% TO 80% IN MY OPINION ` I THINK IT WILL GO OFFSHORE. A LACK OF COMMERCIAL BACKING AND LOOMING DEADLINES FOR THE DECEMBER 10TH BOUT IS PUSHING PARKER'S PROMOTERS TO THE LIMITS. DEAN LONERGAN ADMITS THEY NEED TO CONFIRM FOUR OR FIVE MORE SPONSORS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE'VE INVITED A NUMBER OF PARTNERS TO COME ON BOARD AND BE PART OF WHAT WE'VE GOT TO OFFER. WE'VE PROBABLY GOT A WEEK AND A HALF BEFORE WE HAVE TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THIS. THIS INCLUDES ONGOING TALKS WITH THE GOVERNMENT FOR TAXPAYER MONEY. WE HAVE A THING CALLED THE LARGE EVENTS FUND. IT'S... GENERALLY THERE TO PROCURE EVENTS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT COME TO NZ. THEY'RE ONE OF A NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS WE'VE APPROACHED, THEY'RE ONE OF A NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS WE'VE APPROACHED, MAINLY COMMERCIAL PARTNERS. THIS MORNING, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH SUGGESTED THE GOVERNMENT MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PROCESS AN APPLICATION. IT'S NOT A YES, AND IT'S NOT A NO. I WOULD HOPE THAT IF THAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED AND IT MEETS THE CRITERIA, THEN OF COURSE WE'D NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S ON A MUCH SHORTER TIME SCALE THAN THAT. REGARDLESS, PARKER'S CAMP SAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IS PUTTING THE BOXER IN A WINNING POSITION. OUR GOAL IS NOT JUST TO FIGHT FOR THE WORLD TITLE; OUR GOAL IS TO WIN IT AND HOLD IT FOR A LONG TIME. AND WHETHER IT HAPPENS HERE OR IN THE STATES, THAT'S SURE TO KEEP FANS HAPPY. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. JUST DAYS AFTER GABLE TOSTEE WAS ACQUITTED OVER THE BALCONY DEATH OF NZER WARRIENA WRIGHT, A HAWKE'S BAY WOMAN IS BEING MOURNED AFTER FALLING TO HER DEATH IN MELBOURNE. CHANTELLE KLASEMA AND A 35-YEAR-OLD MAN ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SLIPPED FROM THE THIRD FLOOR OF AN APARTMENT ON SATURDAY. SHE DIED AT THE SCENE, WHILE THE MAN REMAINS IN HOSPITAL IN A STABLE CONDITION. POLICE AREN'T TREATING HER DEATH AS SUSPICIOUS. ALMOST A YEAR AFTER RESUMING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE 1976 MURDER OF AUCKLAND TEENAGER TRACEY PATIENT, POLICE HAVE DECIDED TO WIND IT DOWN. FRESH INFORMATION RECEIVED LAST NOVEMBER SPURRED POLICE TO REIGNITE THEIR ENQUIRY INTO THE 40-YEAR COLD CASE. TRACEY PATIENT (13) WAS LAST SEEN WALKING TOWARDS HER WEST AUCKLAND HOME IN JANUARY 1976. A DAY LATER, HER BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WAITAKERE RANGES. POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN PROGRESSED, BUT AFTER SPEAKING TO MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE HERE AND ACROSS THE TASMAN, IT HASN'T RESULTED IN ANYONE BEING ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH TRACEY'S MURDER. DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE PREVENTING A TEAM OF FOUR POLICE DIVERS FROM SEARCHING FOR A DIVER MISSING NEAR AKAROA TODAY. SEDDON RALPH JANE (42) WENT MISSING WHILE DIVING OFF CANTERBURY'S BANKS PENINSULA ON SATURDAY. POLICE SAY THE SEARCH HAS NOW ENTERED THE RECOVERY PHASE. THE OFFICIAL LABOUR WEEKEND ROAD PERIOD HAS ENDED DOWN ON LAST YEAR, DROPPING FROM FIVE DEATHS IN 2015 TO THREE THIS WEEKEND. THE FATAL CRASHES OCCURRED IN THE WAIKATO DISTRICT, WELLINGTON AND SOUTHLAND. A MAN IS CURRENTLY FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN AUCKLAND HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A CRASH ON TAMAKI DRIVE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. AUCKLAND'S POPULAR POP-UP GLOBE THEATRE'S RETURNING WITH FOUR NEW SHOWS. AFTER IT PROVED SO POPULAR EARLIER THIS YEAR, ITS SEASON WAS EXTENDED TWICE. THE SECOND EDITION OF THE GLOBE WILL POP UP AT ELLERSLIE RACECOURSE, SHOWING OTHELLO, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, AS YOU LIKE IT AND HENRY THE FIFTH. CLEAR THAT IN NZ, THERE IS A HUGE APPETITE FOR HIGH QUALITY ARTS AND CULTURE, ESPECIALLY SHAKESPEARE, IN THIS KIND OF BIULDING. MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE WATCHED TWELFTH NIGHT AND ROMEO AND JULIET BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MAY. DONALD TRUMP HAS TOLD HIS SUPPORTERS TODAY THAT THE POLLS ARE 'PHONEY' AND THAT HE IS WINNING THE RACE FOR THE US PRESIDENCY. IT COMES AFTER NEW NATIONAL POLLS SHOWING HILLARY CLINTON WITH AN OVERWHELMING LEAD OVER THE REPUBLICAN. THE ABC'S TOM LLAMAS HAS MORE. DONALD TRUMP TELLING HIS SUPPORTERS, 'DON'T BELIEVE THE POLLS.' FOLKS, WE'RE WINNING. WE'RE WINNING. CROWD CHEERS WE'RE WINNING. TRUMP SAYS THE POLLS ARE RIGGED. THERE ARE PHONY POLLS PUT OUT BY PHONY MEDIA, AND WHAT THEY DO IS TRY AND SUPPRESS THE VOTE. THIS WAY PEOPLE DON'T GO OUT AND VOTE. BUT THIS MORNING ON A RADIO SHOW IN CHARLOTTE, A RARE ADMISSION... IF TRUMP IS SENDING MIXED MESSAGES, HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER IS NOT. WE ARE BEHIND. AND SHE HAS TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGES. SHE HAS A FORMER PRESIDENT WHO HAPPENS TO BE HER HUSBAND CAMPAIGNING FOR HER, THE CURRENT PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY, VICE PRESIDENT ALL MUCH MORE POPULAR THAN SHE CAN HOPE TO BE. TRUMP TRIED TO RESET WITH THAT SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG, BUT EVEN WITH THE HISTORICAL BACKDROP, HE COULDN'T HELP HIMSELF. HE BROUGHT UP THE WOMEN ACCUSING HIM OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. THE EVENTS NEVER HAPPENED. NEVER. ALL OF THESE LIARS WILL BE SUED AFTER THE ELECTION. SOME SUPPORTERS NOW PLEADING FOR TRUMP TO STAY FOCUSED. THIS MAN APPEALING TO TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE, MIKE PENCE. TRUMP'S TROUBLES GETTING THE SNL TREATMENT. I'M COMPLETELY INNOCENT. I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE. AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. NOBODY HAS MORE RESPECT FOR WOMAN THAN I DO. CROWD LAUGHS ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SETTLE DOWN. SETTLE DOWN. SETTLE DOWN, ENTIRE PLANET. THE EX-WIFE OF FORMER SUBWAY SPOKESMAN JARED FOGLE IS SUING THE FOOD CHAIN FOR DAMAGES, CLAIMING IT KNEW OF HIS SEXUAL INTEREST IN CHILDREN BUT FAILED TO TAKE ACTION. FOGLE, SEEN HERE ON A TRIP TO AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL IN 2008, WAS SENTENCED FOR TRADING IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND PAYING FOR SEX WITH UNDERAGE GIRLS LAST YEAR. KATIE MCLAUGHLIN FINALISED THEIR DIVORCE DAYS BEFORE. FINDING OUT THAT YOUR HUSBAND AND THE FATHER OF YOUR CHILDREN IS A CHILD PREDATOR AND KNOWING THAT HIS JOB INVOLVES HIM VISITING SCHOOLS ON A REGULAR BASIS IS DEVASTATING. FINDING OUT THAT SUBWAY DID NOT ACT UPON AT LEAST ONE COMPLAINT WHILE CONTINUING TO UTILISE JARED AS THEIR SPOKESPERSON AND FACILITATE HIS VISITS TO THOSE HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES SUBWAY ALLOWED FOGLE TO GOT TO PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE THE CHAIN AFTER THE ALLEGATIONS. SUBWAY SAYS IT CAN'T COMMENT ON THE LATEST CLAIMS. HUNDREDS OF SOUTH KOREAN GALAXY NOTE 7 SMARTPHONE OWNERS HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TECH GIANT OVER ITS HANDLING OF THE EXPLODING DEVICES. THEY WANT SAMSUNG TO COMPENSATE THEM FOR THE COST TO VISIT SHOPS TO EXCHANGE THEIR FAULTY PHONES AND THE PHYSICAL HARM OF USING THE PHONE. MORE THAN 500 PLAINTIFFS ARE ASKING FOR AROUND $600 EACH. THE SMARTPHONE WAS RECALLED TWICE AFTER PHONES BEGAN OVERHEATING AND CATCHING FIRE. THE COMPANY'S OFFERED DISCOUNTS FOR OTHER MODELS OF ITS PHONES BUT HAVEN'T OFFERED ANY COMPENSATION FOR CUSTOMERS WHO DON'T WANT ANOTHER SAMSUNG. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` FRANCE BEGINS CLEARING 'THE JUNGLE'. THE FIERY SCENES AS THE MASS EVACUATION OF THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS FROM THE NOTORIOUS CAMP GETS UNDERWAY. PLUS, CLEARING THEIR DIFFERENCE, A CONTROVERSIAL KIWI FOOTBALLER HAS BEEN RECALLED BY THE ALL WHITES COACH. Hi, Carol. You're here for your hearing test. Yes, I am. Lovely. Come on through, please. (BEEP!) BOY: Hi, Mum. It's Eddy here. Huh! You are the best mum in the whole wide world. But sometimes you don't hear so well. Sometimes it makes me sad. I love you so much. (HEARTFELT MUSIC) I don't wanna be sad about your hearing anymore. CHILD: Something as little as a free hearing check can make a big difference. I am the master of the way. I am the master of the way. ALL CHATTER, LAUGH Hey! Over here, mate. (LAUGHS) Hey! Over here, mate. (LAUGHS) Thank you so much. See ya! Hey, thanks for driving tonight. Hey, thanks for driving tonight. You owe me. Hey, thanks for driving tonight. You owe me. (LAUGHS) Fair enough. Kate was giving me the eye as well. What?! What?! She was. No. No. BOTH LAUGH What's that? What's that? Oh crap. Don't worry about it. You're well under. Don't worry about it. You're well under. Yeah, but it's a lower limit now. Good evening. Any alcohol tonight? Good evening. Any alcohol tonight? Uh, just a couple... with dinner. Good evening. Any alcohol tonight? Uh, just a couple... with dinner. Yeah. She's fine, eh. Stop. That's over 250 micrograms. I now require you to accompany me to the booze bus... Oh stink. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you do say... It's a failed result, ma'am. ...may be given in evidence in court. You could ring a taxi and pick your car up in the morning. Let's call your mum and dad. They're, like, 10 minutes away. Let's call your mum and dad. They're, like, 10 minutes away. We're not calling my parents. CHILDREN ARGUE CHILDREN ARGUE Please. Behave yourselves. No. In the car. INDISTINCT RT CHATTER ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THE MIGRANT CAMP IN CALAIS POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATIONS INTO AN INCIDENT WHICH ALLEGEDLY COST A NGARUAWAHIA GANG LEADER HIS EYE. TRIBAL HUK PRESIDENT JAMIE PINK CLAIMS HE LOST ONE OF HIS EYEBALLS IN A REVENGE ATTACK WHICH SAW HIS CAR SPRAYED WITH BULLETS. IT COMES AFTER HIS GANG'S RECENT ANTI-METHAMPHETAMINE CRUSADE, WHERE LOCAL P DEALERS WERE ISSUED WITH A 24-HOUR THREAT TO GET OUT OF TOWN. A WEEK-LONG HIKOI IS UNDER WAY WITH PROTESTORS WALKING SEVEN MARATHONS IN SEVEN DAYS IN A STAND AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE. THE HIKOI, LED BY THE LABOUR PARTY, BEGAN AT HOANI WAITITI MARAE ON MONDAY AND WILL MAKE ITS WAY AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE PROTESTERS WILL TRAVEL THROUGH A NUMBER OF RURAL TOWNS, ADVOCATING FOR VICTIMS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN ISOLATED COMMUNITIES. ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THE MIGRANT CAMP IN CALAIS KNOWN AS 'THE JUNGLE' ON THE FIRST DAY OF AN OPERATION TO CLEAR AND THEN DEMOLISH IT. THEY WERE TAKEN ON BUSES TO REFUGEE CENTRES ACROSS FRANCE, WHERE THEY FACE EITHER DEPORTATION OR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM ASYLUM. THE BBC'S LUCY WILLIAMSON REPORTS. THEY CROSSED CONTINENTS TO GET HERE. TODAY THOUSANDS QUEUED TO LEAVE. HOURS STANDING IN THE COLD A BETTER BET THAN ONE MORE DAY IN THE JUNGLE CAMP. THE REWARD ` A SEAT ON ONE OF 60 BUSES. BUT A TICKET OUT OF CALAIS DOESN'T GUARANTEE ASYLUM EITHER IN FRANCE OR IN THE UK. AND EVEN THOSE LIKE MADIE, WHO ARE IMPATIENT TO LEAVE, RESERVE THE RIGHT TO COME BACK. I WILL GO WITH THE PEOPLE. MAYBE I WILL COME BACK. I WILL TRY AGAIN. YEAH. WHY IS IT SO`? I LIKE FRANCE, BUT IT'S NOT MY DREAM. NEXT TO HIM, ABDU SAYS HE'S FINISHED WITH HIS DREAMS OF ENGLAND AND WANTS TO SETTLE IN FRANCE. 'I HATE ENGLAND NOW,' HE SAID. 'THEY DON'T LIKE PEOPLE FROM THE JUNGLE, AND THEY CLOSED THE BORDER.' INSIDE THE PROCESSING CENTRE, PEOPLE ARE SPLIT INTO QUEUES ` THE VULNERABLE, FAMILIES, LONE CHILDREN AND EVERYONE ELSE. THEIR NAMES, AGES AND ORIGINS NOTED BUT NOT CHECKED. HOURS LATER, MIGRANTS BEGAN ARRIVING AT TOWNS ACROSS FRANCE, WATCHED WEARILY BY THEIR NEW NEIGHBOURS. 'WHAT ARE ALL THESE YOUNG MEN GOING TO DO IN A PLACE LIKE THIS?' ONE SAID. 'THERE'S NOT EVEN A SHOP HERE.' PRESIDENT HOLLANDE SAYS HE WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT CALAIS WASN'T A STAGING POST FOR MIGRANTS, BUT A DEAD END. MANY HERE SAY THAT MUCH IS ALREADY CLEAR. MEANWHILE, DOZENS OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AT THE GREEK CAMP OF LESBOS HAVE BEEN DETAINED AFTER SETTING FIRE TO PARTS OF THE FACILITY DURING A PROTEST OVER DELAYS IN THE ASYLUM PROCESS. NOBODY WAS INJURED IN THE RIOT AT THE MORIA CAMP, BUT CABINS USED BY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED. AMERICAN AIRSTRIKES ARE CONTINUING TO HIT ISIS TARGETS IN IRAQ AS IRAQI TROOPS SURGE TOWARD MOSUL. THE OFFENSIVE HAS SEEN SWATHES OF LAND LIBERATED FROM THE TERROR GROUP, BUT SUICIDE ATTACKS AND ROADSIDE BOMBS ARE STILL A THREAT. THE ABC'S MARTHA RADDATZ REPORTS. TODAY WITH HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, RPGs AND AUTOMATIC RIFLES, IRAQI SECURITY FORCES POUNDED ISIS FIGHTERS IN VILLAGES SOUTH OF MOSUL. THE US-LED COALITION STRIKING FROM ABOVE AND ON THE GROUND. OUR FIRST STOP ` A MOONSCAPE. THE FIRST REPORTERS AT THIS ISOLATED AMERICAN OUTPOST. WE ARE EAST OF MOSUL. AMERICAN SOLDIERS MOVED IN HERE JUST ABOUT THREE DAYS AGO TO HELP THE IRAQI PARTNERS AS THEY ADVANCE ON MOSUL. THEY ARE MONITORING EVERY STRIKE IN REAL TIME. WE CANNOT SHOW YOU THE SCREENS OF THE BATTLE PLAYING OUT. DRIVING ALONG IN MINE-RESISTANT VEHICLES. HOWITZERS STANDING READY TO STRIKE TARGETS AS FAR AS 20 MILES AWAY. DESCRIBE HOW THEY FIGHT. THEY'RE TRYING TO DEFEND FORWARD, AND THEY'RE COLLAPSING BACK TO MOSUL, SO THE QUESTION IS HOW HARD WILL THEY FIGHT IN MOSUL? GENERAL VOLESKY AND I WALKED THE STREETS OF MOSUL BACK IN 2009, AS THE CITY WAS BEGINNING TO THRIVE, BUT THEN ISIS TOOK OVER. NOW THE DESTRUCTION ISIS IS LEAVING IN ITS WAKE IS APPARENT. BUT THAT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE HUMAN TOLL. SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND MORE ARE TRAPPED UNDER DEBRIS AFTER A POWERFUL EXPLOSION SHATTERED BUILDINGS IN CHINA. THERE ARE REPORTS OF A LARGE CRATER WHERE A TWO-STOREY BUILDING ONCE STOOD, AND IMAGES SHOW WIDESPREAD DAMAGE WITH RUBBLE IN THE STREETS. THE BLAST HAPPENED NEAR A HOSPITAL, DAMAGING IT AND INJURING NEARLY 100 PEOPLE. LOCAL REPORTS SUGGEST UNLICENSED STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES MAY BE TO BLAME. FIVE PEOPLE, INCLUDING THREE FRENCH OFFICIALS, HAVE DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN MALTA. THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT WAS SETTING OFF ON A MISSION OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN WHEN IT NOSEDIVED AND DISINTEGRATED IN A BALL OF FLAMES. THE FLIGHT HAD BEEN PART OF A FRENCH OPERATION TO TRACK ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF PEOPLE AND DRUGS. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS UNDER WAY. AN INVESTIGATION'S UNDER WAY INTO HOW TWO TRAINS COLLIDED IN SOUTH AFRICA, KILLING ONE AND INJURING MORE THAN 100 PASSENGERS. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST EAST OF JOHANNESBURG, AND INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THE TWO TRAINS WERE TRAVELLING ON THE SAME TRACK. SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE AREN'T RULING OUT CHARGING ONE OF THE DRIVERS WITH CULPABLE HOMICIDE. LEVELS OF CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE HAVE SURGED PAST AN IMPORTANT THRESHOLD AND MAY NOT DIP BELOW IT FOR 'MANY GENERATIONS'. THE '400 PARTS PER MILLION' BENCHMARK WAS BROKEN GLOBALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECORDED HISTORY IN 2015. BUT ACCORDING TO EXPERTS, 2016 WILL LIKELY BE THE FIRST FULL YEAR TO EXCEED THE MARK. THE HIGH LEVELS CAN BE PARTLY ATTRIBUTED TO A STRONG EL NINO EVENT. THE LAST TIME CO2 WAS REGULARLY ABOVE 400 PARTS PER MILLION WAS THREE TO FIVE MILLION YEARS AGO. TO MIDDAY SPORT, AND ALL WHITES COACH ANTHONY HUDSON HAS SAID HE'LL CONSIDER CONTROVERSIAL DEFENDER TOMMY SMITH BACK IN THE SQUAD AFTER A MEETING BETWEEN THE PAIR TO IMPROVE RELATIONS. HUDSON SAID AHEAD OF THE OFC NATIONS CUP IN MAY THAT HE WOULDN'T LOOK AT THE FORMER ALL WHITES CAPTAIN AFTER A LACK OF COMMUNICATION IN RECENT TIMES STRAINED THEIR RELATIONSHIP. BUT AFTER MEETINGS IN LONDON, THE PAIR CLEARED UP THEIR DIFFERENCES. THE ALL WHITES TAKE ON NEW CALEDONIA ON NOVEMBER 12TH. HOWEVER, SMITH WILL BE UNAVAILABLE TO PLAY AS HE RECOVERS FROM BACK SURGERY. LIAM COLTMAN'S INCLUSION IN THE ALL BLACKS HAS MEANT A SURPRISE CALL UP FOR TEST VETERAN ANDREW HORE TO THE OTAGO SQUAD AHEAD OF THE DOMESTIC CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL THIS FRIDAY. THE 38-YEAR-OLD WHO PLAYED 83 TIMES FOR THE ALL BLACKS TRAINING WITH THE SQUAD THIS MORNING, AFTER ANSWERING A CALL FROM COACH CORY BROWN. I GAVE HIM A RING ON SATURDAY WHEN I KNEW THAT ALL BLACKS MIGHT NOT RELEASE LIAM. WE TRIED TO GET THAT DONE, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, SO HE WAS KEEN AND RECKONS HE'S FIT ENOUGH SO WE'LL JUST GO WITH IT. HORE'S CHANCES OF PLAYING IN THE FINAL AGAINST NORTH HARBOUR HINGE ON THE FITNESS OF SAM ANDERSON-HEATHER, WHO IS NURSING A MILD CALF STRAIN. A TENNIS PLAYER WAS SO DETERMINED TO SECURE A WIN IN HER TENNIS MATCH THAT SHE SACRIFICED THE HAIR OFF HER OWN HEAD. DURING HER WTA FINALS, RUSSIAN PLAYER SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA OPTED TO LOP A SIGNIFICANT PART OF HER PONYTAIL MID-GAME FOR THE WIN. ...TAKING A BIT OF WEIGHT OFF, OR POTENTIALLY, IT'S JUST REALLY AT AN AWKWARD LENGTH WHERE IT'S CLEARLY DISTURBING HER. THE IMPROMPTU HAIRCUT SEEMED TO WORK, THE RUSSIAN BOUNCING BACK AND WINNING 2-1. RESEARCHERS IN SCOTLAND HAVE FOUND THAT HEADING A FOOTBALL AFFECTS OUR SHORT TERM MEMORY. THE STUDY SHOWS AFTER A PLAYER HEADED A BALL 20 TIMES, MEMORY WAS REDUCED BY UP TO 67%. IT'S ADDED TO A GROWING CONCERN ABOUT CONTACT SPORTS. THE BBC'S KATIE GORNALL REPORTS. THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. IT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE GAME. BUT NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HEADERS IMPAIR THE BRAIN. SCIENTISTS FOUND THAT MEMORIES CAN BE AFFECTED BY UP TO 24 HOURS FROM A HEADER. WE MEASURED PEOPLE BEFORE AND AFTER TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY CHANGE. AFTER HEADING THE BALL, THE RELEASE OF INHIBITORY CHEMICALS WAS HIGHER. THEIR FINDINGS WILL FUEL CONCERNS ABOUT PERMANENT DAMAGE. RUGBY HAS TAKEN ACTION ON THIS. COULD IT BE FOOTBALL'S TURN? REMEMBERING THE VOICE OF ONE OF THE EIGHTIES' BIGGEST BANGERS. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES ` THE PRIME MINISTER'S JUST LEFT TOWNSVILLE FOR INDIA IN A REPLACEMENT AIR FORCE JET AFTER HIS ORIGINAL PLANE WAS GROUNDED DUE TO A SERIOUS FAULT. ALMOST A YEAR AFTER RESUMING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE 1976 MURDER OF AUCKLAND TEENAGER TRACEY PATIENT, POLICE HAVE DECIDED TO WIND IT DOWN. AND AUCKLAND'S POPULAR POP-UP GLOBE THEATRE'S RETURNING, THIS TIME TO THE ELLERSLIE RACECOURSE. NOW TO THE WEATHER AND A MOSTLY WET DAY FOR BOTH ISLANDS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND BEFORE WE GO TODAY, PETE BURNS, THE LEAD SINGER OF THE BAND 'DEAD OR ALIVE', FAMOUS FOR THE HIT SONG 'YOU SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND' HAS DIED AGED JUST 57. # YOU SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND, BABY, RIGHT ROUND, # LIKE A RECORD, BABY, RIGHT ROUND, ROUND, ROUND. THE SINGER AND FORMER CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER CONTESTANT SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016