result of the 2nd referendum in 3 years follows a long running tension between communities indigenous calyx want independence and descendants of colonial settlers campaign to remain loyal to fronts. reports. sunday's independence referendum is closely fought and marked by a high turnout just under half of voters said yes to ending almost 170 years the french rule but a narrow majority still voted no i've only got me we won tomorrow new caledonia will rise and it will still be french so that's a good thing. it was the 2nd vote on that issue in 2 years and while french loyalists prevailed again the results should prove independence forces are getting close to securing a majority of. the numeric or guarantees 3 day we have to keep that in mind we've done 282-020-2022 awaits us that means the disappointment is just for tonight because those who are disappointed or who are crying tomorrow the sun rises tomorrow cannot he needs you to continue to do its work so that in 2022 full sovereignty will be effective. the decolonization plan was agreed to we $998.00 put an end to violence between the most

caledonia became a french colony and 853 tensions have long run deep between pro independence indigenous calyx and descendants of colonial settlers who remain loyal to paris sunday's referendum was the 2nd of up to 3 permitted under the terms of the 998 noumea accord the agreement followed violence between the candidates and settlers in the 1980 s. of the island chain depends heavily on france for matters such as defense and education and subsidies in recent years though china has been expanding its influence in the resource rich archipelago catherine reece is a professor of economics at the university of new caledonia she says despite the vote to remain on the french influence the can like independence movement continues to gain momentum. i think it's a it's a huge victory among can i care to connect independent east and connect people. there i think that we're expecting such. as they were expecting air and increasingly yes and what that not to so high and i think that's a big victory for them and that makes them confident about what's going on here i think is influence of francis which he it

so many things have been coming up in the news lately so the technology of implanting calyx roads into the brain cortex is at least 20 years old and the electrodes in the brain have already been used to control at the electic site some people here at mosques near a link project is presented as a giant leap forward why. well i think you know musk. that's why it's scented well larry but it is good in some ways but the moment he just been experimented on with pigs as i understand so there's no human joy i was here not only is it or. but only the type of electrodes they're using the not rigid the electrodes that i have implanted in my nervous system were. like like a hairbrush. and potential there is that i can break off and of course firing them into the brain on a system would be quite dangerous a 100 spikes in my nervous system so i think if we're looking at very. you know you can move them around the top of electrodes the they don't musk is talking about then that's much better because they can move with all the nervous system but the issue i have is how do you implant them in a human