An agreement has been reached in Paris on who will be allowed to vote in New Caledonia's independence referendum next year.
Pro- and anti-independence politicians were at the talks led by the French prime minister Edouard Philippe.
Walter Zweifel has been following the story and I asked him what the key points of the agreement are:
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France's newly appointed Prime Minister Edouard Philippe poses prior to taking part in the evening news broadcast of French TV channel TF1. Photo: AFP