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British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group aims to raise 700 million pounds ($900 million) to fund its bid to launch cross-channel rail services to compete with Eurostar, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Eurostar has suspended services between London and Paris after the discovery of an unexploded Second World War bomb near tracks in the French capital. Thousands of passengers are disrupted as the cross-Channel operator cancelled 10 services on Friday morning. All trains in the Paris to London direction are cancelled until at least 12.09pm.

The unexploded bomb was discovered overnight in the Saint-Denis suburb of Paris during works on the tracks, halting the Eurostar and all other local trains at Gare du Nord, France’s busiest station. Impacted Eurostar travellers are being asked to move their journey to a different date.

Eurostar services are expected to resume between London and Paris on Saturday after the discovery of an "excessively dangerous" unexploded Second World War bomb. The cross-Channel operator halted ...

Services to London and Brussels were hit, Eurostar said. French transport minister Philippe Tabarot said that train services will gradually resume and roads will reopen later Friday from 6pm local ...