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Violence rocks France overseas territories in challenge for new PM Barnier

A car burns in the middle of a street of Fort-de-France in the French Caribbean island of Martinique following protests and riots over the high cost of living [Thomas Thurar/AFP]

France’s territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific are facing a new wave of unrest with security forces killing two men in New Caledonia and a curfew imposed after rioting in Martinique.

The uptick in violence poses a challenge for new centre-right Prime Minister Michel Barnier, who has struggled to form a government following snap parliamentary elections in June, when no party won an absolute majority.

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