New Caledonia

Several pro-independence parties in New Caledonia are urging supporters to boycott the second round of the French presidential elections this Sunday.

A top New Caledonian politician Philippe Gomes has been in court charged with exerting undue influence, with the prosecution seeking a six-month suspended prison sentence.

The question of New Caledonia regaining full sovereignty must be sorted by 2025, the territory's largest pro-independence party has said.

The ethnic Wallisian party in New Caledonia's Congress, which holds the balance of power, has pulled out of its partnership with the pro-independence Caledonian Union.

A pro-independence party in New Caledonia, Palika, is urging people to vote for any left-wing candidate in Sunday's French presidential election.

Tropical cyclone Fili is moving to the south-southeast away from New Caledonia. By Thursday evening the Category Two system's centre was expected to be about 140 kilometres south of Noumea.

Tropical cyclone Fili is now moving to the south southeast away from New Caledonia.