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German weekly news magazine based in Hamburg
Der Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of about 724,000 copies in 2022, it is one of the largest such publications in Europe. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner, a British army officer, and Rudolf Augstein, a former Wehrmacht radio operator who was recognized in 2000 by the International Press Institute as one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes.
More on Wikipedia ↗Former head of Germany's BND, August Hanning, has been accused of sharing sensitive intelligence with an unnamed foreign power, which may have compromised US and UK intelligence as well
The former head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND), August Hanning, who was detained on suspicion of espionage and disclosure of state secrets, allegedly had contact with a Chinese military official and passed confidential information to him.
A letter sent weeks before August Hanning’s arrest adds to concerns over the BND’s credibility among allies.