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France Intercepts Russia-bound Cargo Ship.

France Intercepts Russian Cargo Ship bound for St. Petersburg

Putin will notice this.

The French navy has intercepted a Russian cargo ship in the English Channel that was bound for Saint Petersburg, the BBChas reported.

French officials said the ship was intercepted according to new European Union sanctions imposed on Russian entities and individuals after Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine.

An official told the BBC: “A 127 meters long Russia cargo ship called the ‘Baltic Leader’ transporting cars has been intercepted overnight by the French Navy in the Channel and escorted to the Port of Boulogne-Sur-Mer in Northern France.

BBC News – Eta suspected in killing of French policeman

VIA BBC News:

A French policeman has been killed near Paris in a shootout with gunmen who officials said might be linked to the Basque separatist group Eta.

A man arrested after the shooting identified himself as a Basque Eta member, Spanish newspapers reported.

French officials told AFP news agency that the involvement of Eta was one of several leads being followed.

The shooting happened late on Tuesday when police checked the identities of a group suspected of stealing cars.

Later, police mounted a search operation in the area, a south-eastern suburb of Paris called Dammarie-les-Lys.

Eta is blamed for the deaths of more than 800 people since the late 1960s in its campaign for an independent Basque state.

If confirmed, this would be the first killing of a French policeman by Eta.

There have been frequent arrests of Eta suspects in France, often in the south-west.

However, last month one of the group's top leaders, Ibon Gogeascoechea, was arrested in north-western France.

He was detained with two other Eta suspects in a joint French-Spanish operation in Normandy.

via BBC News – Eta suspected in killing of French policeman.