AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoSecurity: Germany and the UK are launching a partnership to share intelligence and counter sabotage, cyberattacks and other hybrid threats, with Russia a key concern. Espionage Probe: Former BND chief August Hanning and a former aide are in custody on suspicion of treasonous espionage; investigators allege classified files were gathered for a foreign service, while British agencies are assessing whether shared intelligence was exposed. Politics: Merz warned of rising extremism after AfD politician Tobias Rausch became the first far-right state parliament speaker since World War II, raising fresh questions about the party firewall. Energy: US and Russian officials have discussed bringing a US investor into the Nord Stream pipelines, potentially reopening Russian gas flows to Europe if the war ends. Economy: German industrial output rose 2% in August, led by construction and machinery, but car production fell 5.4%, tempering hopes of a broad recovery.
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