1The price of petrol is likely to rise overnight, with industry sources suggesting a jump of 8-10 cents a litre.

2A heated exchange took place in Parliament today over the Maori loans affair.

3Farmers put a stop to a Palmerston North mortgagee farm auction today, by shouting down the auctioneer until he was forced to abandon the sale.

4The discovery of a shipwrecked boat off the islands of Vanuatu has taken the death toll from Cyclone Uma to 45.

5Islamic Jihad has extended the deadline for Israel to free 400 Palestinian prisoners, in return for them sparing the lives of four Western hostages.

6CBS News is reporting that former United States National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane - a key figure in the Iran Arms scandal in the United States - tried to commit suicide by taking an overdose of Valium.

7Headline News 1. French nuclear testing at Mururoa may be coming to an end 2. Three Wanganui men falsely arrested las year may have been awarded a payout from police. 3. Wine industry says glut appears to be over.

8The Opposition has failed in its bid to have Maori Affairs Minister Koro Wetere brought before the Privileges Committee, with Speaker of the House Dr Gerard Wall ruling that Wetere has no case to answer regarding the Maori loan affair. A heated exchange took place in Parliament today over the Maori loans affair. Analysis of the Opposition's claims that the Maori loans affair is a Constitutional matter.

9Analysis of the first Eyewitness News Heylen poll for 1987.

10Farmers put a stop to a Palmerston North mortgagee farm auction today, by shouting down the auctioneer until he was forced to abandon the sale. A studio interview with the Managing Director of Westpac Merchant Finance George Stoopin, the President of Federated Farmers Peter Elworthy and the farmer at the centre of the row, Paul Geurtjens.

11Worldwatch Islamic Jihad has extended the deadline for Israel to free 400 Palestinian prisoners, in return for them sparing the lives of four Western hostages. Israel is considering its options tonight as the political manoeuvring continues.

12Worldwatch CBS News is reporting that former United States National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane - a key figure in the Iran Arms scandal in the United States - tried to commit suicide by taking an overdose of Valium.

13Worldwatch While the Iran-Contra scandal continues in the United States, life continues in Nicaragua where the Sandinista Government and Contra rebel guerrillas are locked in a civil war. It is being claimed that the fighting is draining the country of resources and reducing the quality of life for Nicaraguans. Analysis of the cost of fighting the Contras to the Sandinista Government, looking at the economy, the continuing state of emergency, and ongoing censorship.

14Worldwatch The British farming sector is having to face Government policies dictated by market realities and are finding that land use is changing. With the European Community's (EEC) food surplus still being described as a mountain, a 10-year programme to transform two and a half million acres into forestry, tourism and recreation facilities.

15Worldwatch A look at the extradition and trial in the United States of Colombian drug lord Carlos Lehder , allegedly responsible for approximately 80% of all cocaine smuggled into the United States. Lehder's cartel is considered responsible for the murder of more than thirty judges and hundreds of police officers in Colombia.

16Worldwatch The legality of surrogate motherhood is under close scrutiny in the United States as the so-called baby M trial continues in New Jersey. Today, surrogate and biological mother, Mary Beth Whitehead explained to the court why she wants to renege on the contract she signed and keep her baby daughter.