Pacific Beat ABC News
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Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.
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Landslide death toll in PNG expected to rise
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Hundreds remain buried under deadly landslide in PNG highlands
The UN's International Organisation for Migration says approximately 670 are presumed dead as a result of a landslide that devastated the village of Kaokalam in Enga Province. Authorities say landslides are still continuing in the area, as locals work around the clock to retrieve bodies buried beneath the debris.
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Uncertainty over what Macron's visit to New Caledonia will achieve
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in New Caledonia in a bid to restore peace to the territory.
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French President Macron on his way to New Caledonia after outbreak of violence in the territory
French President Emmanuel Macron is travelling to New Caledonia a week after the French territory was gripped by violence. His visit comes as Australia and New Zealand conducted the first of several expected repatriation flights to evacuate tourists.
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Australia and NZ prepare to extract citizens from New Caledonia
Australia and New Zealand are making preparations to repatriate their citizens from New Caledonia. France's High Commission in New Caledonia says it's regained control of the main road leading to Noumea's international airport.
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Amnesty International urges France to respect human rights of Kanaks
As a security crackdown takes place in New Caledonia, Amnesty International is calling on the French government to respect the human rights of Kanaks. Up to a thousand French security personnel are in New Caledonia as authorities attempt to restore law and order.