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Phone taps, sabotage and an assassination plot: Is Germany in Cold War 2.0?

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70% Informative

Germany is on heightened alert for possible acts of Russian sabotage because of Berlin ’s continued military support for Kyiv.

CNN reported that US officials had told Berlin of alleged Russian plot to kill Rheinmetall chief executive.

Security blunder allowed spies to eavesdrop on highly sensitive conversation between senior German air force officials.

Two German - Russian nationals were arrested on suspicion of planning to sabotage US military facilities in Bavaria .

Co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Deutschland, Alice Weidel , has called for aid payments’ to Kyiv to be halted.

The AfD enjoys much of its support in the former communist east.

The German government is working on a new law aimed at boosting resilience of critical infrastructure.

It’s the first federal law of its kind in Germany but yet to gain final approval.

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68

Informative language

61

Neutral language

64

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formal

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English

Language complexity

59

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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1

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