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China has rejected an American accusation that five of its ships harassed a US navy surveillance vessel in international waters in the South China Sea. |
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The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the American ship had been breaking international and Chinese law. |
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Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville sent this report from Beijing. |
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China says a US navy surveillance vessel, the Impeccable, was acting illegally inside Chinese waters. |
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The country's Foreign Ministry says it has asked the US to immediately stop such incursions which it describes as totally unacceptable. |
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The Pentagon says five Chinese ships harassed the Impeccable, forced it to a dead stop, and interfered with the sonar equipment. |
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The ship was in international waters according to the United States. |
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Climate scientists are beginning a three-day conference in Denmark aimed at updating the accepted thinking on global warming ahead of political talks later this year. |
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The BBC's environment reporter says this conference will have the very latest data and won't have to agree its every word with politicians. |
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Our correspondent says this is likely to produce greater clarity and a much higher forecast for sea level rises with dramatic implications for many nations. |