1The Tokyo stock exchange has taken a huge plunge, with billions of yen wiped off share values as the Nikkei Index fell more than 1200 points, raising fears that international markets are heading for more turmoil.

2The row is deepening over alleged vote rigging in the Labour Party as they prepare to select their candidate for the safe seat of Te Atatu.

3Analysis of the latest TV3 Gallup Poll which suggests the Government is heading for a major defeat in the 1990 election.

4The New South Wales Government has taken a tough line against striking truck drivers who have been blockading wharves and borders.

5New Zealand Tonight New Zealand headlines in brief: including; 1. Fire safety officers have cleared the Wellington Sesqui carnival of breaching safety standards. 2. All four doctors facing charges over the National Women's cervical cancer inquiry have now been named. Correction to a statement made on last night's bulletin. 3. The Lotteries Commission will pay an additional $6 million towards the Commonwealth Games funding shortfall. 4. A Venetian glassblower is breathing new life into New Zealand's glassblowing industry.

6Doug Wilson walked a shopping trolley from Timaru to Wellington to lobby politicians on behalf of unemployed youth. However, MPs were too busy to meet with him.

7A huge explosion rocked a Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) plant at Port Kembla in New South Wales today, injuring 14 people. Two are in a critical condition.

8Two Auckland businessmen have been arrested following police investigations into one of New Zealand's biggest company frauds, involving Tricorp Investments and its subsidiary Tenor Investments.

9World News Tonight World headlines in brief: including; 1. American anti-drug campaigners have discovered that a certain Peruvian moth in caterpillar stage eats the coca leaves used to make cocaine, and are considering dropping them into the regions where coca is grown. 2. In a freak accident, seven people fell one by one to their deaths through thin ice on a mountain lake in California. 3. The American Health Department has produced its strongest report yet against the tobacco industry.

10Is cricket truly a sport for gentlemen? Wellington captain Erve McSweeney is being criticised for non-sporting behaviour.

11An American journalist reporting on an Israeli wildlife park found himself the target of an amorous ostrich.

12New Zealand band Netherworld Dancing Toys has signed a deal with CBS Records for the release of the groups latest album in eight European countries.

13Follow up to last night's item about what's hot and what's not for the 1990s. Tonight the Nightline team offer their own suggestions.

14A conditioner called Second Chance is the latest product to be touted as a cure for baldness.