1United States President Ronald Reagan and Democratic Presidential candidate Walter Mondale have met in their second and last televised debate today. The debate focused on foreign policy, with particular reference to the Soviet Union.

2Protesters have gathered outside an Australian army base which they believe would be a prime target in the event of a nuclear war. Meanwhile, several woman were arrested and released without charge in Sydney, after trying to paint a protest slogan on the side of a visiting American Destroyer.

3United States military chiefs have denied the NBC's claims that they did not reveal all of the American casualties during last year's invasion of Grenada.

4One of Europe's leading film directors, François Truffaut has died from cancer in a Paris hospital aged 52.

5In the South African town of Soweto, Bishop Desmond Tutu has led hundreds of Black South African sin a thanksgiving service for his Nobel Peace Prize.

6Cold weather in the central North Island has hindered the helicopter search for a missing light aircraft with three people on board.

7A Tauranga fisherman has been killed in a freak accident on a boat in the Bay of Plenty.

8Auckland Police, investigating New Zealand's largest armed robbery in Auckland last week, now believe the crime may have been rehearsed.

9Several church groups have begun a campaign to have the British television documentary 'Jesus -The Evidence' banned in New Zealand.