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How scared should we be now about cooperating with German intel?

German spy scandals are nothing new.

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Berlin rejects claim it dropped Franco-German tank project

BERLIN, Oct 9 - Germany on Friday dismissed remarks by the head of the French armed forces who said Berlin had decided to quit a troubled Franco-German tank project.

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Europe Intelligence Brief — Friday, October 9, 2026

Rio Times · Europe Intelligence Brief October 9, 2026 — Kramatorsk strike kills 30 as Ukraine heads to US talks; EU warns of 12–15% winter gas shortfall; Italy wins approval for defence spending escape clause; Germany re…

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Merz 'outraged' that German former Chancellor Schroeder attended Putin's birthday

Oct 9 - Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz is \"deeply outraged\" by former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's visit to Vladimir Putin's home to celebrate the Russian president's birthday this week, a German government spok…

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Volkswagen's replacement for the ID.4 crossover is here

Volkswagen’s ID.4 is no more. The midsize crossover debuted in 2021 , one of VW's first new electric vehicles designed in the wake of dieselgate . A year later, the company began local production in Chattanooga, Tennesse…

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German logistics group Rhenus plans up to 14 terminals along the Middle Corridor

Global logistics company Rhenus Group plans to build a new multimodal hub in the Kazakh city of Aktau and develop up to 14 terminals along the Middle Corridor. This network will link Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan an…

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Germany women's football team: Can Ena Mahmutovic make a case to become Germany's next No.1 goalkeeper?

The women's friendlies against Australia and Japan present an opportunity for Ena Mahmutovic to make her case for succeeding Ann-Katrin Berger as Germany's first-choice goalkeeper.

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Reward Hacking, Sycophancy, and the Limits of AI Reasoning Transparency

A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website earlier this year and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents. The agents bypassed restrictions to use the site as an unauthorized message board t…

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We’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no

Ever since people first seriously contemplated giving machines an intelligence modeled on our own, there has never been any question that they would, like us, be able to say no. The sci-fi canon is full of stories of rob…

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Former German spy chief had contacts with Chinese official, Spiegel reports

BERLIN, Oct 9 - Germany's former spy chief August Hanning, who has been placed under arrest for suspected espionage, had longstanding contacts to a former senior Chinese general, Spiegel magazine reported.

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'Nine out of ten people prefer our version of the internet over Google's'

Nestled among the unusually snow-free Swiss Alps, Proton’s Geneva HQ shines in front of me on a glorious, sunny October day. I’m here alongside journalists from the UK, France, and Germany to learn more about how the pri…

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Einstein Built His Own Caputh Summer House After Berlin’s Gift Plan Fell Through

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Police arrest suspect after deadly shooting in Germany's Upper Palatinate

A 60-year-old is alleged to have shot and killed a male and a female employee of the Neumarkt District Office during a routine weapons check.

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Bavaria Media Intl. Unveils Mipcom Slate Including German TV Hits ‘Mordach,’ ‘Home-Made Christmas’ and ‘Throughout the…

Bavaria Media Intl., the distribution arm of Bavaria Film Group, has unveiled a slate of scripted shows ahead of TV market Mipcom, including German TV hits “Mordach,” “Home-Made Christmas,” “Fanny’s Extraordinary World”…

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Oliver Glasner: ‘There was no plan for me to be Nottingham Forest manager’

On Sunday, Austrian returns to Crystal Palace, the club he left in the summer after leading them to unprecedented success, but accepts there could be ‘booing’ Oliver Glasner puffs his cheeks and starts the search for the…

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Two German officials shot dead during routine gun inspection in Bavaria; suspect arrested after overnight standoff

A routine inspection of legally owned firearms turned deadly in Bavaria. Police spent hours negotiating with an armed suspect before storming his home. Follow DW for more.

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Department store in Berlin to offer high-end Japanese rice on trial basis

One of the goals of the trial is to raise awareness of high-quality Japanese rice as washoku restaurants in Germany often use non-Japanese varieties.

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U.K.’s Burnham says he is open to Germany joining joint fighter jet program

There has been mounting speculation that the program could open the door to Germany after a rival Franco-German fighter program collapsed in June.

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France’s student protests are echoing 1968 — but the politics are very different

A protester stand among smoke during a demonstration of high-school students in Paris on October 6, 2026, as part of a nationwide protest movement over learning conditions. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) The student…

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Ex-German Chancellor Schröder attends Putin's birthday bash

Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder still maintains a friendship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Tensions are high between Germany and Russia as the invasion of Ukraine continues.