The leader of the armed Basque group ETA was arrested in France today, officials said, in another setback for the separatists, who have seen five of their commanders taken into custody in the last two years.

Two small devices exploded early today outside a court and a post office in towns in the Basque region of northern Spain.

A suspected car bomb exploded in the northern coastal city of San Sebastian today, injuring at least five people, Spanish authorities said.