1United States forces stormed Panama today in what they are calling Operation Just Cause. The primary purpose of the invasion was to depose and capture the de facto ruler of Panama, General Manuel Noriega. However, he managed to get away and the White House has put a $1 million bounty on Noriega's head. How has the United States' military action in Panama altered the public perception of President George Bush? Interview with BBC correspondent Martin Bell.

2Teenage dominatrix Renee Chignall and her boyfriend Neville Walker have been found guilty of murdering former cricket umpire Peter Plumley-Walker. The pair have received the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment but defence lawyers are filing immediate appeals.

3Tobacco advertising and sponsorship will be banned by the Government next year.

4David Johnson has cut all ties with the Commonwealth Games Company.

5There has been another massive demonstration in the Romanian town of Timişoara, but this time, many soldiers supported the antigovernment protesters.

6The Higher Salaries Commission (HSC) has awarded MPs a 7% pay rise, backdated to July 1988.

7Mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and his long-time companion June Mulgrew were married in a quiet ceremony in Auckland this evening.

8Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer offers a personal view of New Zealand in 1990 in all things economic, political and social.