1After successfully concluding negotiations with the Soviet Union regarding a reduction in the number of medium-range nuclear missiles, United States President Ronald Reagan now has to sell the deal to Members of Congress within his own Republican Party.

2Television New Zealand (TVNZ) is protesting to Fijian authorities over the deportation of journalist Ron Taylor, who had just arrived in Nadi yesterday when he was turned around by Fijian security forces.

3Having completed his ten-day tour of the United States, Pope John Paul II is now in Canada, where he is scheduled to meet members of the indigenous Indian tribes before returning home. This morning he was given a heroes welcome in the Michigan city of Hamtramck, which has a large population of people of Polish background.

4The Health Department is conducting tests that may result in leaded patrol being banned for use in New Zealand, amid fears that it is even more damaging to people's health than at first thought.

5Police in Auckland are concerned that authentic looking toy guns are being used to scare people.

6A helicopter search just north of Dunedin for a hunter who was believed to be injured has been called off after it was revealed to have been a false alarm.

7Today is Battle of Britain Day. It is 47 years since the height of the air war above the British Isles. Some New Zealand servicemen gathered together today to reminisce.