French Polynesia leader admits nuclear lie

Updated November 16 2018 - 9:51pm, first published 9:49pm
A French nuclear device explodes at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific in 1994.
A French nuclear device explodes at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific in 1994.

French Polynesia's president says leaders in France's collectivity of islands in the South Pacific "lied" to the population over the dangers of nuclear testing.

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