German and Finland have expressed deep concern over the discovery of a severed undersea cable between the countries through the Baltic Sea

Germany and Finland say they are "deeply concerned" after an undersea cable linking the countries was severed. The rupture of the 1,170km (730-mile) telecommunications cable - which is being investigated - comes at a time of heightened tension with Russia.

By Johan Ahlander, Essi Lehto and Andrius Sytas HELSINKI/STOCKHOLM/VILNIUS (Reuters) -Two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea, including one linking Finland and Germany, were severed,