1Prime Minister David Lange and Opposition leader Jim Bolger clashed tonight in an at times fiery debate televised nationwide.

2Demonstrators have stormed the Saudi and Kuwaiti embassies in Tehran, angry at the deaths of nearly 300 Iranian pilgrims in riots at a shrine in Mecca yesterday when Saudi police opened fire on pilgrims at the Hajj - the annual journey to Mecca.

3Italy has joined Britain, France and West Germany in rejecting a United States request for mine sweepers to assist in the tanker escort operation in the Persian Gulf.

4A tornado has killed at least 16 people and injured over 400 in north eastern China. Twenty-seven people were killed in a tornado in Edmonton, Canada yesterday.

5There has been more violence in Sri Lanka as the country waits to see whether Tamil rebels will obey a new peace pact. India's armed forces are moving in to help enforce the deadline for the weapons handover.

6Tonga has given deposed Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos a special passport, that enables him to travel but does not give him Tongan nationality.