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The world today - September 1
A quick hit of the biggest international stories that you mught have missed today.
Watch: NZDF's new rifle so powerful it can cause brain injury on the operator
NZDF's new long-range rifle so powerful it can cause brain injury - on the operator. Video / NZDF
Slain SAS soldier a 'free spirit'
Corporal Douglas Grant approached life the way he wrote he rode his motorcycle - "above the speed limit", his commanding officer told his funeral service in the Linton Camp gymnasium near Palmerston North this morning.
Further SAS deployments to Afghanistan possible
Prime Minister John Key is not ruling out future SAS deployments to Afghanistan after the death of a Kiwi soldier.
SAS soldier's death detailed
The family of Corporal Doug "Dougie" Grant, named this morning as the New Zealand SAS soldier killed in a Taleban attack in Afghanistan on Friday, had achieved his boyhood dream to serve with the elite unit.
Death no reason to bring troops home early, says PM
Prime Minister John Key says he accepts full responsibility for the deployment of New Zealand troops in Afghanistan but he sees no need to end their service early after the death of an SAS soldier yesterday.
SAS soldier killed in suicide strike
A New Zealand SAS soldier died on the way to hospital in Afghanistan last night after being shot in the chest after a group of suicide attackers stormed a British compound in the capital, Kabul.