1A team, headed by United States Attorney General Edwin Meese, has been established to try to find out how the money earned through controversial arms sales to Iran was laundered through Israeli middle men and given to Contra rebels in Nicaragua. President Ronald Reagan and his top aides have been questioned about the deal.

2Britain has been rocked by a claim that the life of King George V (Queen Elizabeth II's grandfather) may have ended prematurely in 1936 by a euthanasia injection administered by his doctor, Lord Bertrand Dawson.

3Peter Holden, who is charged with the murder of six year old Louisa Damodran, has made his third appearance in the Christchurch District Court.

4New Zealand Democratic Party MP Garry Knapp has reversed his decision to retire from politics and has announced his candidacy for his East Coast Bays electorate in 1987.

5Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa has gone on trial for charges that he committed atrocities during his time as President of the Central African Republic.

6The Philippines Government and Communist rebels have tonight signed a sixty day ceasefire agreement. They have agreed to begin negotiations aimed at ending the bloody seventeen year old war.

7A threat to New Zealand's power supply has been averted after staff at the Waitaki scheme ended their week-old industrial action and returned to work. Meanwhile, a three-day strike by hospital workers in Auckland next week has been called off, pending the outcome of award talks this weekend.

8Analysis of the latest Eyewitness News Heylen poll, which shows the gap between the two main parties is closing.

9Next week submissions will close on a major discussion document looking at ways of closing tax loopholes. The Government wants new legislation to crack down on company tax avoidance.

10Butchers and other meat retailers are accusing the Government of ignoring illegal shortcuts within the industry. They claim the market is being flooded with cheap meat, which has been illegally slaughtered on farms and in back yards.

11This week an Australian company, Ansell Steritech Limited applied for planning permission to build a nuclear irradiation plant in South Auckland. The Manukau City Council says Ansell plans to irradiate medical and other products, but such a plant could eventually treat food. The debate over irradiation is heating up in New Zealand. This is the second of two reports which looks at developments of the technology's use in New Zealand.

12United States President Ronald Reagan has left for his Californian ranch for the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, leaving behind a mess in Washington over the Iran arms sale and the revelation that some of the funds were given to Nicaraguan Contra rebels. As well as a report on the latest latest developments in the crisis facing the Reagan Administration, this piece reviews the events which have led to this point - the arms-for-hostages deal with Iran, and the profits going to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.