{
  "id": 12563416,
  "title": "Ex-German spy chief arrested over alleged treason, espionage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ex-german-spy-chief-arrested-over-alleged-treason-espionage",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T06:08:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/07/ex-german-spy-chief-arrested-over-alleged-treason-espionage/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former German intelligence chief, August Hanning has been arrested on suspicion of passing state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, Germany’s federal prosecutors have said. Hanning, 80, who headed the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from December 1998 to November 2005, is accused of espionage, treason and obtaining classified information for a foreign power. According to […] Ex-German…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}