‘Something Doesn’t Add Up’: French FM Accuses Australia of ‘Lying’ Over Sub Deal ‘Betrayal’

Amid the diplomatic row between Paris and Canberra triggered by the AUKUS security alliance, Australia’s PM Scott Morrison has repeatedly defended the decision to scrap a billion-dollar deal on conventionally-powered subs with France in favour of building nuclear-propelled ones using the tech of the trilateral pact’s partners – the US and UK.