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UK MPs have voted down Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal as expected, and a vote of no confidence in the government has been tabled by Labour.

British MPs will vote on the Prime Minister's Brexit deal later this morning, and are expected to reject it outright.

A senior official in the Bougainville government says more delays to funding will have far-reaching implications on the PNG province's ability to achieve a quality outcome in the referendum vote.

Papua New Guinea's shadow justice minister Kerenga Kua says MPs must put more effort into grappling with implications of the Bougainville referendum.

Theresa May warned that failing to deliver Brexit would be catastrophic for democracy, in a plea for support two days before parliament is expected to reject her deal with Brussels.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has stepped up calls for a UK general election "at the earliest opportunity" to "break the deadlock" over Brexit.

The Bougainville regional MP, Joe Lera, says former rebel groups in the south of the autonomous region in Papua New Guinea have committed to the referendum process.

A PNG landowners group in Bougainville says it's still committed to working with Australian mining developer RTG on a possible re-opening of the Panguna mine.

MPs vote to force the PM to announce new Brexit plans within three days if her deal fails in the Commons.

Last November's referendum outcome is a reminder to France that it has to accompany New Caledonia to full independence, the territory's pro-independence movement says.

There is anger among New Caledonia's anti-independence politicians about a suggestion that the territory could become independent but associated with France.

The French overseas minister Annick Girardin says the government may offer New Caledonia a vision which would see it become associated with France.

A petition has been launched in Nelson today that seeks the urgent introduction of roadside drug testing of drivers.

People wanting to vote in provincial elections in New Caledonia need to be enrolled by Monday.

A New Caledonian anti-independence party says going to a second or a third referendum on independence from France is useless and dangerous.

It was a busy year for the countries of the Pacific, which had more global spotlight than usual as it found itself in the middle of feuding great powers. That brought a slew of new deals and…

A Kiribati NGO representing families of the victims of the Butiraoi ferry disaster says it could launch legal action against the government. Audio

Analysis - Government departments snooping on NZers, a referendum on legalising cannabis and why Karel Sroubek will be deported. Peter Wilson looks at the week in politics.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has accused the UK and US political classes of "disrespecting" the public by questioning the Brexit referendum and Donald Trump's election.

Opinion - Yesterday's announcement that a promised referendum on legalising cannabis will be held at the 2020 general election implies more than the mere naming of a date, Russell Brown writes.