Afternoon Update: China conducts Pacific missile test; Albanese apologises for Kylie comments; and England’s epic win in Mexico

China has conducted a missile test in the south Pacific. Photograph: People's liberation army

Good afternoon. China has conducted a long-range missile test in the Pacific, in a move the Australian government has condemned as “destabilising to the region”.

A ⁠test missile topped with ‌a ‌dummy warhead landed ‌in “designated waters” of the Pacific, China’s state news agency Xinhua ‌reported on Monday. The missile test was a “routine arrangement” of China’s annual ⁠military training, with prior notification to relevant countries, Xinhua said.