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* Britain launches air strikes against Islamic State in Syria (Updates with quotes)

* ECB measures could include rate cut, asset purchase changes

MOSCOW, Dec 3 (Reuters) - European Union criticism of a plan to expand the Nord Stream pipeline that supplies natural gas to Germany is politicized, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying on Thursday by Russia's RIA news agency.

MOSCOW, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Russia has suspended preparatory work on the TurkStream pipeline project, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters.

CHENNAI, India, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The Indian military struggled to evacuate thousands of residents stranded in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Thursday as the death toll from flooding rose to 269 after the heaviest cloudburst in over a century.

BEIRUT, Dec 3 (Reuters) - War planes from a U.S-led coalition carried out overnight strikes on oil-producing areas in an Islamic State-held part of eastern Syria, a group monitoring the war said on Thursday, after Britain said it had started raids for the first time.

LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Britain has sent eight more warplanes to its base is Cyprus to join air strike missions against Islamic State in Syria, defence minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday.

CHENNAI, India, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The Indian military struggled to evacuate thousands of residents stranded in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Thursday as the death toll from flooding rose to 269 after the heaviest cloudburst in over a century.

LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - British bombers attacked oilfields in eastern Syria in the early hours of Thursday, defence minister Michael Fallon said, hours after parliament approved the bombing of Islamic State targets in the country.

* Crude oil imports seen at 1.2 mln tonnes in 2016 (Adds crude imports)

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