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August Hanning ran Germany's foreign intelligence service for seven years. Federal prosecutors say he spent more than a decade after leaving it buying the agency's classified papers from his former office chief and using them for foreign spy services.
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Albertans vote on 19 October after separatists offered the US government the province's oil, water and land, Michigan Republicans brought in software that exposed nearly three million voters' data, and Trump tariffed and threatened Canada.
In the final week before Brazil votes, the US government put money behind opponents of the Supreme Court, closed its consulates over a threat Brazilian police could not find and was reported to have the vice-president's donor network inside the opposition campaign.
Five Russian drones and missiles exploded across Moldova on 3 October, the latest in more than 85 Russian weapons to cross its airspace since 2022. Behind the incursions, Moldova says Moscow-linked networks have targeted the country with vote-buying, political influence and sabotage recruitment.
The Pentagon has left the UK, France and NATO's three top defence spenders, the Baltic states, out of an allies' meeting in Poland as Trump moves to ease Russia sanctions, invites Putin to his Doral resort and weighs pulling up to 40,000 US troops from Europe.
Israel's government has run fake accounts aimed at Canadians, retaliated against Canadian MPs and diplomats, and punished Norway, Ireland, Spain, Australia, France and Britain for recognising Palestine or sanctioning its ministers.
The UK sanctioned 31 Russian targets on 1 October, including Marat Kambolov, declared South Ossetia's leader on 19 September, three Arctic LNG carriers and officials accused of torturing civilians and kidnapping Ukrainian children.
A Russian-language document dated August sets out up to 1,000 missiles, drones and bombs to cut power and heat to Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa by 90 per cent. Volodymyr Zelensky said Vladimir Putin told his commanders in September that "there are no rules now".
Seoul says Kyiv broke a confidentiality agreement when Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN that two captured North Korean soldiers had been sent to South Korea. Lee Jae Myung also accused Ukrainian officials of talking up a war on the Korean peninsula.
Onodera, a former Japanese defence minister, told RBC-Ukraine in Kyiv he will push for talks inside government on "further steps". RBC-Ukraine reported the talks would cover Patriot interceptors. His published quotes do not mention them. No Japanese ministry has announced a Patriot review yet.
Netanyahu secretly met UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed on 27 September amid reports he sought a denial of a pre-Oct. 7 warning. Hours later, new claims emerged that Egypt had also warned Israel. Netanyahu denies the reports and has threatened legal action. Israelis vote on 27 October.
Warehouses, locomotives, internet providers, publishers and now the national science academy have become targets. Ukraine's economy ministry puts the cost at up to $10 billion this year, and growth forecasts have fallen towards zero.
Seoul says Kyiv broke a promise of secrecy when Zelenskyy told the UNGA that two North Korean soldiers captured in Kursk had been sent to South Korea. Kyiv says no such agreement was made. Triggering diplomatic squabble as North Korea becomes stronger.
Pyongyang staged its first combined drone, cruise missile, ballistic missile and rocket salvo on 12 September, then tested an upgraded hypersonic missile and guided 240mm rockets within 10 days, while sanctions monitors say North Korean labourers are building military drones inside Russia.
