USA
Photographer nominated for seahorse & cotton bud pic
In "Sewage Surfer" a seahorse lugs a cotton bud in the changing tide of Indonesia. Nature photographer Justin Hofman is nominated for International Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Video, Audio
No smoking gun in newly released JFK documents
Almost 3000 documents about former US President John F. Kennedy have been released, but so far no one has found the answer to what everyone wants to know - did Lee Harvey Oswald really kill JFK? US… Video, Audio
'Utterly unthruthful' - Republican senator on Trump
Influential Republican Senator Bob Corker has unleashed a blistering attack on US President Donald Trump, calling him "utterly untruthful". In a series of television interviews, Mr Corker accused the… Audio
Trump 'utterly untruthful' - Senator Bob Corker
The Tennessee Senator, Bob Corker, who has called the White House an adult day care centre now says Trump is "utterly untruthful" and "debasing the nation". Audio
Junior Theatre Celebration: Timothy Allen McDonald & Stuart Hendricks
Soon - depending on whether your idea of hell or heaven is hundreds of kids performing musical theatre - the Aotea Centre in Auckland will either be an incredibly joyous place to be, or the place to… Audio, Gallery
Singing for the dispossessed with the GALS
GALS, the Auckland Gay and Lesbian choir is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an event that highlights an important issue for Auckland: homelessness. The choir will perform The Street Requiem… Audio
US wildfires claim 31 lives, hundreds still missing
Firefighters are beginning to gain ground against wildfires that have killed at least 31 people in California.
Trump threatens to revoke licence of NBC news
US President Donald Trump says it's "disgusting" that reporters can publish whatever they want, after NBC reported he demanded a tenfold increase in the United States' nuclear arsenal. Audio
Napa Valley fires came from nowhere, spread at speed
Fifteen people are dead after fires burnt through 50,000 hectares in northern California, with absolutely no warning. Napa Valley Register Editor Sean Scully joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
Trump ties border wall to Dreamer plan
The White House has tied any new deal on young undocumented immigrants to a clampdown on illegal immigration, including a border wall with Mexico.
Pence leaves NFL game over protests
US Vice-President Mike Pence has walked out of a National Football League (NFL) game after several players refused to stand for the US national anthem.
Puerto Rico's 'thrown our budget out of whack' - US President
Donald Trump has visited Puerto Rico, telling officials they should be proud that hundreds of people didn't die after Hurricane Maria as they did 'in a real catastrophe' like Hurricane Katrina. Video, Audio
Video: Shooting 'just destroys my heart' - US ambassador
Watch - The US Ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown says he doesn't know what the answer is to stopping more mass shootings in America. Video, Audio
Witnesses describe horror of Las Vegas terror attack
Police say they have found at least 42 more firearms, explosives and thousands of rounds of ammunition following a raid at the Nevada home of the Las Vegas gunman. Video, Audio
Las Vegas shooting death toll likely to rise
The brother of the US gunman who killed 59 people at a Las Vegas concert says he has no idea why his brother opened fire, nor that he had a collection of weapons. Correspondent Patrice Howard joins… Video, Audio
Las Vegas shooting: 'I thought we were done'
US authorities are puzzled why lone-gunman Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire on people attending the Route 91 concert in Las Vegas, killing 59 and injuring more than 500. Video, Audio
US domestic terror: Las Vegas just latest lone gunman
The attack, on a country music festival in which 59 people were killed, is the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history.
'Learning about the universe increases your empathy'
Other potentially habitable planets are far away and hard to find but there are over 10 billion in our galaxy, says NASA astrophysicist Dr Natalie Batalha. Audio
Twitter's Russia briefings 'inadequate'
The US Senate Intelligence Committee has criticised Twitter for offering an "inadequate" appearance in briefings on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Impact of US man's treatment in N Korea 'yet to be seen'
Former US diplomat Evans Revere counselled Otto Warmbier's family for over a year after he was detained in North Korea. He talks to John Campbell. Video, Audio
