UK among 19 nations taking part in Australia’s largest war exercise – as China expected to watch

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A military exercise bringing together more than 35,000 personnel across 19 different nations, including the UK, is under way in Australia - with Chinese spy ships expected to watch. The drill - the largest-ever war fighting exercise to take place in Australia - officially started on Sunday with a ceremony in Sydney. The biennial drill, known as Exercise Talisman Sabre, started in 2005 as a joint exercise between the US and Australia. This year, personnel from Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, and the...