German Officials Arrest Former Spy Chief on Espionage Charges
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German Officials Arrest Former Spy Chief on Espionage Charges

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The New York TimesOctober 6, 2026View Source

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La police allemande a arrêté un ancien chef des services secrets.

German police arrested a former head of the secret services.

allemande→Germana arrêté→arrestedancien→formerchef→head/chiefsecrets→secret
L'homme s'appelle August Henning et il a travaillé pour l'Allemagne.

The man is named August Henning and he worked for Germany.

homme→mans'appelle→is namedet→anda travaillé→workedpour→forAllemagne→Germany
Maintenant, le gouvernement dit qu'il a aidé d'autres pays.

Now, the government says that he helped other countries.

Maintenant→Nowgouvernement→governmentdit→saysqu→thata aidé→helpedd'autres→otherpays→countries
Cette nouvelle a surpris tout le monde en politique.

This news surprised everyone in politics.

Cette→Thisnouvelle→newsa surpris→surprisedtout→all/everymonde→world/peopletout le monde→everyoneen→inpolitique→politics
Henning est accusé d'espionnage contre son propre pays.

Henning is accused of espionage against his own country.

est accusé→is accusedd'espionnage→of espionagecontre→againstson→hispropre→ownpays→country
L'histoire a commencé avec un plan pour enlever une héritière.

The story started with a plan to kidnap an heiress.

histoire→storya commencé→started/beganavec→withpour→for/toenlever→to kidnaphéritière→heiress
Cette femme est l'héritière d'une grande entreprise de restaurants.

This woman is the heiress of a large restaurant company.

Cette→Thisfemme→womanest→ishéritière→heiressgrande→large/bigentreprise→company
Les enquêteurs ont trouvé des preuves graves contre l'ancien chef.

The investigators found serious evidence against the former chief.

enquêteurs→investigatorsont trouvé→foundpreuves→evidence/proofsgraves→seriouscontre→againstancien→formerchef→chief
August Henning doit maintenant rester en prison pour le moment.

August Henning must now stay in prison for the moment.

doit→mustmaintenant→nowrester→to stayen→inpour→for
C'est un grand scandale pour la sécurité de l'Allemagne.

It is a big scandal for the security of Germany.

C'est→It isgrand→big/greatscandale→scandalpour→forsécurité→securityAllemagne→Germany
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espionnage
espionage
"L'espionnage est un crime très grave contre l'État."
arrêter
to arrest
"La police va arrêter le suspect demain matin."
ancien
former / old
"Il est l'ancien président de cette grande entreprise."
enquêteurs
investigators
"Les enquêteurs cherchent des indices dans la maison."
enlever
to kidnap / to remove
"Ils ont essayé d'enlever la fille du riche banquier."
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