A Eurostar passenger reportedly sparked a bomb scare at a French station after trying to board the train to London with a "military relic".

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A new era in travel began today when Channel Tunnel high-speed train company Eurostar began faster-than-ever services to Europe from a new international terminal at London's St Pancras station.

A man who fired on police officers in a Paris train station with a pellet gun was wounded today when officers returned fire, police officials said.