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      <text>New Caledonia signs an accord with France to become the &quot;State of New Caledonia&quot; within the French Republic. </text>
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    <text>Representatives of New Caledonia sign an accord with the French government to become the &quot;State of New Caledonia&quot; within the French Republic, subject to a referendum. The new state would immediately gain control of some foreign affairs, and would have the option of gaining further powers, subject to further referenda. </text>
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    <name>France Info</name>
    <day>28</day>
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  <text>New Caledonians vote to elect 54 seats of their local Congress for the first time since 2019, after the vote was delayed three times following unrest in 2024 and the Bougival Accord in 2025. Preliminary results indicate the loyalist bloc taking 24 seats and the separatist bloc taking 26 seats, with Oceanian Awakening taking a crossbench position with four seats. </text>
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