Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline ‘appears to have stopped leaking’

A view the disturbance in the water above the gas leak, in the Baltic Sea (Armed Forces of Denmark via AP)

The Danish Energy Agency has said one of two ruptured natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea appears to have stopped leaking natural gas.

The agency said on Twitter that it had been informed by the company operating the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, that pressure appears to have stabilised.