6.30 NEWS. 28/08/1985

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:
French Prime Minister promises to further investigate links between French intelligence services and the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior. NZ PM David Lange states that Bernard Tricot has made an “international fool of himself.”
South African antiapartheid group Swapo’s General Secretary Andimba Toiva Ja Tovia held up in Auckland as Australia vacilates on whether to grant him a visa.
Dr Allen Boesak arrested in South Africa prior to his protest march to Nelson Mandela’s prison.
Namibia experiences its 6th coup.
Death of former Labour MP Norman Douglas, father of minister Roger Douglas.