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LONDON (Reuters) – A British ship escorted a Russian vessel as it passed near UK territorial waters over Christmas, Britain’s defense ministry said on Tuesday, adding that Russian naval activity near Britain had increased in the holiday period.
The frigate HMS St Albans departed on Dec. 23 to track the new Russian warship Admiral Gorshkov as it moved through the North Sea. The Royal Navy vessel monitored the Russian ship over Christmas and will return to dock in Portsmouth later on Tuesday.
UK defense minister Gavin Williamson said in a statement after the incident that he would “not hesitate in defending our waters or tolerate any form of aggression”.
Relations between Britain and Russia are strained, and UK foreign minister Boris Johnson said there was “abundant evidence” of Moscow meddling in foreign elections during a trip to Russia last week. His counterpart Sergei Lavrov said there was no proof for Johnson’s claim.
While Johnson said he wants to normalize relations with Russia, Moscow blames London for the poor state of relations between the countries.
Britain’s defense ministry said another ship, HMS Tyne, was called to escort a Russian intelligence-gathering ship through the North Sea and the English Channel on Christmas Eve. A helicopter was subsequently dispatched to monitor two other Russian vessels.
Reporting by Alistair Smout, editing by Ed Osmond
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SAN FRANCISCO — A California Highway Patrol officer died after a drunken driver returning from a party slammed into the back of his parked patrol car on a San Francisco Bay Area highway on Christmas Eve, the CHP said Monday.
CHP Officer Andrew Camilleri, a 33-year-old married father of three children, was in the passenger seat of the CHP SUV on the shoulder of Interstate 880 in Hayward when the vehicle was struck, said Assistant Chief Ernest Sanchez. The back end of the patrol car was mangled.
“It’s definitely not the way we wanted the community to think of the 2017 Christmas Day holiday,” Sanchez said.
A second officer in the vehicle, Jonathan Velasquez, was treated at a hospital and released.
The 22-year-old driver who struck the officers suffered serious injuries. Sanchez, who declined to release the driver’s name, said the driver may also have been under the influence of marijuana.
Gov. Jerry Brown said Camilleri died while “working to keep our communities safe.”
“We join his family, friends and the entire California Highway Patrol in mourning his death and in honoring his sacrifice,” Brown said in a statement.
Camilleri’s children are 12, 6 and 2, according to the governor’s office.
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