{
  "id": 665757,
  "title": "Federal government: German intelligence services to be given more powers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/bundesregierung-deutsche-geheimdienste-sollen-mehr-befugnisse-erhalten",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-12T13:11:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/video/politik/deutsche-geheimdienste-sollen-mehr-befugnisse-erhalten/100246827.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The cabinet has approved a draft law on intelligence reform. The Federal Intelligence Service and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution will no longer be allowed to merely gather information in the future. Under certain conditions, they can also intervene actively.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Reformen: Neue Befugnisse für Geheimdienste, Zoll und Altersvorsorge – das hat das Kabinett heute beschlossen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/reformen-neue-befugnisse-fur-geheimdienste-zoll-und-altersvorsorge",
        "published": "2026-08-12T09:55:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}