Afternoon Update: Australia summons Chinese envoy to protest death sentence; Ben Roberts-Smith’s appeal begins; and Kylie takes home a Grammy

Yang Hengjun and his wife Yuan Xiaoliang. The Australian government says it is ‘appalled’ by the Chinese court’s decision. Photograph: AP

Good afternoon. The Australian academic Yang Hengjun has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court, after five years in detention on espionage charges.

Penny Wong said in response that the government was “appalled by this decision”, and had summoned the Chinese ambassador to lodge Canberra’s objection.