Russian Diplomat's Squatting Causes Tension in Australia

A Russian diplomat has sparked a national security standoff between Australia and Russia by squatting in a run-down portable cabin on a construction site in Canberra. Australia has blocked Russia from building a new embassy on the site, which is close to Parliament House, due to concerns that it could be used as a base to spy on lawmakers. The Russian government has launched a legal bid to save the project and dispatched the diplomat to the site. The Australian government has passed laws to prevent a Russian embassy from being built on the site, but Russia is seeking an injunction at the country's highest court.