Australia live news update: Albanese meets King and British PM ahead of Queen’s funeral; Australia should ‘accelerate’ to end of pandemic

Australia live news update: Albanese meets King and British PM ahead of Queen’s funeral; Australia should ‘accelerate’ to end of pandemic

Downing Street frames conversation between Australian PM and Liz Truss as chat rather than formal bilateral talks. Follow live

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On whether Australia will join 60 other countries in reopening its embassy in Kyiv, Marles said this “is a question we will work through”.

Marles says there is a “whole lot of logistics and support which is required in relation to that, given the security situation”.

We have a range of sanctions in place and the focus of our sanctions is on the Russian government, those who are perpetrating what has happened in relation to Ukraine, not focused on the Russian people themselves, so this is not something we are considering at the moment, but we are very much a part of the global base of sanctions against the Russian regime.