China urges Australia against ‘irresponsible accusations’

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28 mins ago – 6.55AM Australia made clear its “strong objections” to Beijing after a Chinese destroyer disregarded warnings about personnel in the water and used sonar pulses that injured a navy diver, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. “This was dangerous, it was unsafe and unprofessional from the Chinese forces,” Albanese said in an interview with Sky News on Monday. “The consequences of these events are that they do damage to the relationship.” A People’s Liberation Army-Navy destroyer ignored requests to keep clear of the divers that had been freeing nets entangled around propellers of the Australian navy’s HMAS Toowoomba....