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French President Macron says thousands of military reinforcements will be deployed to New Caledonia for "as long as necessary", as he vows to restore calm to the French overseas territory. Six people have been left dead and hundreds injured during separatist unrest in the country.
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00:00 "When I speak to you, there are 3,000 security forces in New Caledonia, and in the next
00:07 few hours there will be additional forces, so there will be 3,000 in a few hours, and
00:13 23 GMOs, which is unprecedented, and already for several days there are more than there
00:19 were at the time of the third referendum.
00:22 I will be very clear here, these forces will remain as long as necessary, even during
00:32 the Olympic and Paralympic Games."
00:34 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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