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PM wraps up Pacific Islands Forum talks – as it happened

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Pacific backs Australia's regional police initiative

Anthony Albanese has wasted no time getting to work at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga, announcing support for his Pacific Policing Initiative.

AAP

Pacific Island leaders endorse joint policing plan

Pacific Island leaders endorsed a landmark regional policing plan Wednesday at a summit in Tonga, a contentious move seen as trying to limit China's security role in the region.

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Australia overcomes last-minute concerns to secure sweeping Pacific police training plan

Anthony Albanese says it is ‘a Pacific-led initiative’ that reflects the desire of neighbours to ‘stand with each other’

The Guardian - AU

Victorians warned ‘winter gales’ set to continue – as it happened

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UN chief issues climate SOS, warns of ‘unimaginable’ catastrophe

Speaking at a meeting of Pacific Island leaders in Tonga, Antonio Guterres warned the region was ‘uniquely exposed’.

Al Jazeera

‘Even in the teeth of a gale, she has time for a hula’: the sailor breaking barriers on the Pacific ocean

First female Fijian sail master on traditional vessel Uto ni Yalo led a difficult week-long voyage to the Pacific leaders’ summit in Tonga

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‘A crisis entirely of humanity’s making’: UN chief issues climate SOS on trip to Pacific

António Guterres calls for a ‘massive’ increase in finance and support for the countries most vulnerable to rising sea levels

The Guardian - AU

Diplomatic ruptures on display at Pacific Islands Forum

France's handling of unrest in New Caledonia has drawn criticism from Pacific leaders in Tonga this week.

AAP

Pacific leaders convene in Tonga amid critical regional challenges

Pacific leaders have gathered in Tonga for the annual Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), a meeting facing significant logistical hurdles and which is overshadowed by growing tensions between the world's superpowers.

Radio France Internationale

Pacific Islands Forum: How a summit for tiny nations became a global powerhouse

Torrential rain and an earthquake greeted leaders welcomed to the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga, underscoring climate change the region faces

The Independent UK

Big Polluters Urged To Pay As Key Pacific Summit Opens In Tonga

Emissions-belching nations were challenged to stump up for climate-related damage as a key Pacific islands summit opened on Monday, with low-lying Tuvalu declaring: "If you pollute, you should pay."

International Business Times

Earthquake rattles opening day of PIF summit in Tonga

Tonga has been backed to host a successful Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting despite the summit ballooning in size and scale.

AAP

Pacific leaders go to church ahead of Tonga summit

A suite of world leaders will descend on Tonga this week for the Pacific Islands Forum but on Sunday it was calm as they went to church.

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Gang and drug problems on the rise in Tonga

Australia's deportations policy appears to be growing gang populations in Tonga, which hosts the Pacific Islands Forum's annual summit this week.

The Guardian - AU

UN chief to push for more climate change action at Pacific leaders’ summit

António Guterres to attend Pacific Islands Forum (Pif) in Tonga with climate crisis and unrest in New Caledonia among issues to watch

International Business Times

Pacific Leaders Confront 'Polycrisis' Of Rising Seas And Climbing Tensions

Pacific island leaders gather for a key summit in the Kingdom of Tonga on Monday, aiming to navigate rapidly rising seas, damaging great power rivalries and violent unrest in New Caledonia.

Al Jazeera

Pacific Islands leaders to meet as region faces ‘polycrisis’ of threats

Climate change will top the agenda as leaders of 18 nations meet in Tonga from August 26.

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New Caledonia dispute top of agenda for Pacific leaders

New Zealand is downplaying hopes of a political breakthrough on New Caledonia emerging from next week's Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.

The Guardian - AU

What lies beneath: the growing threat to the hidden network of cables that power the internet

Last month large parts of Tonga were left without internet when an undersea cable was broken. It’s a scenario that is far more common than is understood

The Canberra Times

She went for a walk to clear her head and was never seen again

Missing woman's brother still holds hope they'll celebrate birthdays again.

The Independent UK

Peter Squires recalls joys of ‘absolutely amateur’ England tour to Japan in 1979

On Saturday, for the first time since the amateur era, England will play in Japan against the host nation.

The Guardian - AU

For years the best-known Tongan on Australian TV was played by Chris Lilley. At last Pasifika artists are being recognised

It’s an honour to be the first Tongan writer to publish a novel in Australia – but why did it take so long for our mob to get here?

LiveScience

Record-shattering Tonga volcanic eruption wasn't triggered by what we thought, new study suggests

Scientists think Tonga's record-breaking 2022 eruption was triggered by gas building up to a "critical point" rather than by a reaction between magma and seawater as previously assumed.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Broncos host ‘best kept secret’ behemoth on a pre-draft visit

The Broncos brought in Tongan-Canadian OT Giovanni Manu for a pre-draft visit. He's a massive, 6-7, 352-pound sleeper prospect.

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