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Obama and Merkel in Berlin: The scandal is a new irritant in German-American relations (Photo: Bundesregierung/Kugler)

German-US relations strained by new spy scandal

Relations between Germany and the US are being strained by a new scandal after the arrest of a German spy who was allegedly also working for the American intelligence services.

The US ambassador was invited to give explanations at the German foreign ministry, after a 31-year-old employee of the German intelligence service (BND) was arrested last week for feeding information to a US agency for two years.

The German prosecutor-general confirmed last week that a man had been arrested...

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