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Britain's Ministry of Defence says it's investigating an incident involving a Russian warship near the Isle of Wight, just outside UK territorial waters.
Crew aboard a UK registered yacht say a Russian Navy vessel fired warning shots at them from a distance of approximately 500 yards.
No injuries have been reported and the yacht is now continuing its journey.
A Royal Navy boat has visited the yacht to gather details from crew and check they are safe.
It's currently being treated as an isolated incident.
It comes days after British Marines boarded and seized a Russian oil tanker in the English Channel from Russia's so-called shadow fleet of vessels that transport oil in violation of international sanctions.
Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR News, London.
Britain's Ministry of Defence says it's investigating an incident involving a Russian warship near the Isle of Wight, just outside UK territorial waters.
Crew aboard a UK registered yacht say a Russian Navy vessel fired warning shots at them from a distance of approximately 500 yards.
No injuries have been reported and the yacht is now continuing its journey.
A Royal Navy boat has visited the yacht to gather details from crew and check they are safe.
It's currently being treated as an isolated incident.
It comes days after British Marines boarded and seized a Russian oil tanker in the English Channel from Russia's so-called shadow fleet of vessels that transport oil in violation of international sanctions.
Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR News, London.
I suppose, David, I'm coming at it from the perspective of non-motherhood in particular, which is very closely linked to declining birth rates in Ireland.
And I suppose what has changed over the past number of decades is that women in particular have more choices available to them, particularly since the 60s and 70s with the introduction of free education flocking to the workforce.
And I suppose there's less of an influence from a Catholic perspective.
So in that regard, women are consciously choosing if and indeed when to have children.