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In Germany, a stunning development in the intelligence community — August Hanning, the former head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency, has been arrested on suspicion of espionage and treason. Prosecutors allege he worked for foreign intelligence services, a deeply embarrassing case at a moment when Berlin is actively pushing to expand its spy powers.
Across the border in France, the streets have become a classroom of a different kind. A quarter of a million students, teachers, and union members marched nationwide Tuesday, demanding better learning conditions in schools. The demonstrations have grown week by week, and after a police officer was charged with violence for firing tear gas at close range at a fourteen-year-old student, the pressure on authorities is only intensifying.
Back in Canada, trade data is telling an anxious story. Statistics Canada reports that Canadian exports to the United States surged eight point one per cent in August, as businesses rushed to move goods south before a new round of fifty per cent American tariffs took effect at month's end. It's a snapshot of an economy bracing for impact.
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