Germany Approves Intelligence Reforms As Drone Threats And Security Risks Grow

• Cabi et
  has
  app oved
  efo ms
  to
  the
  fo eig
  a d
  domestic
  i tellige ce
  age cies
  amid
  isi g
  hyb id
  th eats
• T a spo t
  mi iste s
  a e
  set
  to
  discuss
  possible
  measu es
  as
  ive
  ca go
  shippi g
  is
  hampe ed
  by
  low
  wate
  levels
• The
  milita y
  has
  epo ted
  a
  la ge
  i c ease
  i
  d o e
  ove flights
  of
  se sitive
  sites
  i
  ece t
  yea s

Rights
g oup
files
c imi al
complai t
ove
Mega’s
AI
glasses

A
Ge ma
digital
ights
g oup,
HateAid,
has
lodged
a
c imi al
complai t
agai st
Meta
a d
compa ies
that
sell

Meta’s
“sma t”
glasses
i
Ge ma y.

HateAid
said
i
a
stateme t
that
putti g
the
glasses
—
which
ca
eco d
audio
a d
video
—
o
the
ma ket
b oke
digital
p ivacy
laws.

“The e’s
o
place
to
escape
f om
sma t
glasses.
You
have
to
expect
​at
&zw j;a y
mome t
to
be
filmed
a d
the
exposed
o
the
I te et,”
said
HateAid
ma agi g
di ecto
Josephi e
Ballo .

The
g oup
said
its
complai t
was
based
o
a
fede al
digital
data
p otectio
law
ba i g
the
sale
of
commu icatio
devices
that
ca
film
people
without
thei
bei g
awa e
of
it.

Ge ma y’s
digital
commu icatio s
⁠ egulato ,
​the
Fede al
Netwo k
Age cy,
issued
a
stateme t
o
sma t
​glasses
i
late
2023,
sayi g
that
co ected
devices
fo
cove t
audio
o
video
eco di gs
we e
ba ed.

The
glasses
have
ea ed
the
o li e
sob iquet
of
“pe ve t
glasses,”
with
ma y
fea i g
they
could
be
used
to
take
video
pa ticula ly
of
u suspecti g
wome
o
child e
that
is
the
tu ed
i to
co te t
of
a
sexual
o
hateful
atu e
o
the
I te et.

I flatio
ises
to
2.8%
as
e e gy
p ices
jump

Ge ma y’s
i flatio
ate
ose
to
2.8%
i
July,
a
ise
caused
mai ly
by
a
i c ease
i
e e gy
p ices
afte
a
fuel
tax
elief
scheme
expi ed,
the
Fede al
Statistical
Office
(Destatis)
co fi med
o
Wed esday.

The
figu e
is
up
5
pe ce tage
poi ts
o
the
i flatio
ate
i
Ju e.

“E e gy
p ices
co ti ued
to
ise
at
a
above-ave age
ate
a d
thus
emai ed
the
ce t al
d ive
of
i flatio ,”
said
Destatis
head
Ruth
B a d.

I
July,
co sume s
paid
8.3%
mo e
fo
fuel
a d
heati g
tha
a
yea
ea lie ,
compa ed
with
a
i c ease
of
just
3.4%
i
Ju e.

I
May
a d
Ju e,
the
gove me t
had
cut
e e gy
taxes
o
pet ol
a d
diesel
by
just
u de
&eu o;0.17
($0.20)
pe
lite
as
the
US
wa
with
I a
d ove
oil
p ices
up.

With
the
scheme
expi ed,
gasoli e
ow
costs
mo e
tha
&eu o;2
(2.31)
a
lite
i
most
places.

The
oil
p ice
shock
was
the
key
d ive
i
pushi g
the
Ap il
i flatio
ate
to
2.9%,
the
highest
si ce
Ja ua y
2024.

Food
p ices,
fo
thei
pa t,
have
see
o ly
mode ate
ises
ove
the
past
mo ths.
I
July,
they
we e
0.4%
above
the
same
mo th
a
yea
ea lie ,
matchi g
the
two
p ecedi g
mo ths.

Eco omists
say,
howeve ,
that
food
p ices
a e
likely
to
ise
mo e
sha ply
as
the
high
e e gy
p ices
make
t a spo t,
ef ige atio
a d
sto age
a e
all
cu e tly
mo e
expe sive.

Heat
a d
d ought
a e
also
egatively
impacti g
ag icultu e
a d
could
educe
ha vests.

No
accompa ied
d i ki g
fo
14-yea -olds,
Cabi et
decides

The
Ge ma
Cabi et
also
o
Wed esday
app oved
a
d aft
bill
abolishi g
a
p evious
law
allowi g
14-
a d
15-yea -olds
to
buy
a d
d i k
bee ,
wi e
o
spa kli g
wi e
whe
accompa ied
by
thei
pa e ts
o
gua dia s.

Acco di g
to
the
bill,
the
cu e t
exceptio
to
the
ge e al
ba
o
u de
16-yea -olds
d i ki g
a y
fo m
of
alcohol
“weake s
the
p otectio
of
you g
people
f om
the
co side able
health
a d
social
co seque ces
of
alcohol
co sumptio .”

I
Ge ma y,
u de
14-yea -olds
a e
cu e tly
ot
allowed
to
buy
o
d i k
alcohol
i
a y
fo m,
while
14-15-yea
olds
a e
pe mitted
to
pu chase
a d
d i k
u distilled
alcohol
i
public
places
i
the
compa y
of
thei
pa e ts
o
legal
gua dia s.

F om
the
age
of
16,
people
a e
pe mitted
to
buy
a d
co sume
u distilled
alchohol
without
accompa ime t,
while
those
aged
18
a d
ove ,
as
legal
adults,
ca
buy
a d
co sume
all
alcoholic
beve ages.

Cabi et
app oves
child
pe sio
subsidy

Amo g
the
d aft
bills
app oved
by
the
Cabi et
o
Wed esday
is
a
pla
fo
child e
f om
the
age
of
6
to
eceive
&eu o;10
($11.54)
f om
the
state
eve y
mo th
fo
a
pe sio
deposit
.

U de
the
pla ,
the
child’s
pa e ts
o
ca e s
would
ope
the
accou t
a d
be
able
to
deposit
mo ey
the e
themselves
as
well.

The
state
payme ts
would
co ti ue
u til
the
child
tu s
18.

Pe sio
payme ts
f om
the
accou t
would
flow
o ly
afte
the
ow-adult
tu s
65.

Acco di g
to
the
Fi a ce
Mi ist y,
the
state
subsidies
would
amou t
to
a ou d
&eu o;2,200,
which
“could
become
a ou d
&eu o;53,000
by
pe sio able
age
without
a y
additio al
payme ts.”

With
the
pla ,
the
gove me t
aims
ot
o ly
to
gua a tee
bette
fi a cial
secu ity
i
old
age
fo
the
you ge
ge e atio
but
also
to
educate
it
i
fi a cial
matte s.

“Someo e
who
expe ie ces
the
capital
ma ket
al eady
at
a
you g
age
a d
has
positive
expe ie ces
with
it
develops
a
u de sta di g
of
lo g-te m
i vestme t
a d
will
te d
to
i vest
i
the
capital
ma ket
du i g
his
o
he
life,”
the
Fi a ce
Mi ist y
said.

The
bill
still
eeds
app oval
by
both
chambe s
of
pa liame t
to
go
i to
fo ce.

Cabi et
passes
co t ove sial
i tellige ce
age cy
efo m

The
Ge ma
Cabi et
has
app ove
a
mo e
tha
700-page
package
of
laws
g a ti g
much
g eate
powe s
to
both
the
domestic
i tellige ce
age cy
(BfV)
a d
the
fo eig
i tellige ce
age cy
(BND).

The
package
will
allow
the
age cies
mo e
latitude
i
the
gathe i g
a d
sto age
of
i fo matio
a d
data,
alo g
with
ew
optio s
to
actively
combat
acts
of
sabotage
a d
hacki g
attacks.

The
gove me t
says
the
package
aims
to
e able
the
age cies
to
ope ate
mo e
effectively
i
the
face
of
a
my iad
of
hyb id
secu ity
th eats.

“We
will
ot
look
o
passively
as
fo eig
i te fe e ce,
sabotage
a d
th eats
to
the
pilla s
of
ou
co stitutio
a d
ou
f ee
society
co ti ue
to
g ow,”
cha celle y
head
Ni a
Wa ke
told
the
daily

Rhei ische
Post.

“Ou
[i tellige ce]
se vices
ca
o ly
take
ta geted
actio
agai st
these
hyb id
attacks
if
they
have
mo e
libe ties
a d
up-to-date
measu es”
at
thei
disposal,
she
said.

Howeve ,
the
pla ed
efo m
has
also
met
with
co side able
c iticism
f om
those
who
see
the
exte ded
powe s
as
a
th eat
to
civil
ights.

The
leade
of
the
F ee
Democ ats
(FDP),
Wolfga g
Kubicki,
accused
I te io
Mi iste
Alexa de
Dob i dt
of
“b eaki g
a
taboo.”

“It
ca
ha dly
be
imagi ed
that
the
Co stitutio al
Cou t
will
ot
i te ve e
he e,”
he
told
the

Augsbu ge
Allgemei e
daily.

“I
do
ot
wa t
a y
sec et
police
i
Ge ma y,”
he
said.
“I
wa t
full
cou t
co t ol
i
the
case
of
attacks
o
basic
ights
a d
a
state
that
u de sta ds
that
you
do ‘t
defe d
libe ty
by
cu bi g
it.”

A sah
has
‘ o
fea ‘
of
losi g
b o ze
despite
loomi g
dopi g
ba

Sp i te
Owe
A sah,
Ge ma y’s
100-mete
eco d
holde ,
delive ed
his
cou t y’s
fi st
me ‘s
100-mete
Eu opea
Champio ship
medal
i
40
yea s,
despite
faci g
a
pote tial
dopi g
suspe sio .

A sah
wo
the
b o ze
at
the
Eu opea
Champio ships
i
Bi mi gham,
E gla d
o
Tuesday
ight,
to
take
the
biggest
wi
of
his
ca ee .

The
25-yea -old
posted
a
time
of
10.19
seco ds,
ma agi g
to
shut
out
the
co side able
oise
su ou di g
his
loomi g
suspe sio
by
Ge ma y’s
Natio al
A ti
Dopi g
Age cy
(NADA),
which
accuses
the
sp i te
of
efusi g
to
take
a
dopi g
test
o
July
9.

But
A sah
i sists
that
he
failed
to
p ovide
a
u i e
sample
because
the
dopi g
co t ol
office
a ived
outside
of
the
equested
time
slot
a d
A sah
had
to
leave
to
t avel
to
Mo aco
fo
a
Diamo d
League
eve t.
He
also
says
he
had
just
used
the
est oom
befo e
the
office
a ived.

He
said
he
is
” ot
af aid”
of
havi g
his
medal
evoked.
“I
t ust
my
team,
which
has
my
back.
I
ca & squo;t
i flue ce
the
othe
stuff.
I
ca
o ly
i flue ce
how
fast
I
am
o
the
t ack.
A d
I
showed
that
well
today,”
A sah
said.

The
sp i te
is
ow
tu i g
his
atte tio
to
the
200-mete
dash
o
F iday,
whe e
he
is
eyei g
a
seco d
medal
at
the
Champio ships.

D o e- elated
secu ity
i cide ts
o
the
i c ease
—
milita y

Seve al
hu d ed
secu ity
i cide ts
i volvi gd o es
have
bee
egiste ed
by
Ge ma y’s
a med
fo ces
i
the
past
yea s,
a
milita y
spokesma
has
said.

“Si ce
the
sta t
of
the
illegal
full-scale
Russia
i vasio
of
Uk ai e
i
Feb ua y
2022,
epo ts
o
d o e
sighti gs
affecti g
the
Bu desweh
have
g eatly
i c eased,”
the
spokesma
told
the
media
outlet

Redaktio s etzwe k
Deutschla d.

“Ove
the
past
few
yea s,
seve al
hu d ed
suspected
d o e
ove flights
i
Bu desweh – elated
a eas
have
bee
epo ted,”
he
said,
addi g
that
whole
swa ms
of
d o es
had
bee
sighted
o
occasio .

Ge ma y
has
see
a
umbe
of
d o e
i cide ts
i
ece t
weeks,
i cludi g
o e
i volvi g
a
d o e
ca yi g
explosives
at
the
Leipzig-Halle
ai po t.

Acco di g
to
the
ewsmagazi e
Spiegel,
the
Ha ove -La ge hage
ai po t
was
also
closed
seve al
times
ove ight
to
Tuesday
afte
a
d o e
was
sighted
by
employees.

Spiegel epo ted
that
the
d o e
did
ot
show
up
o
police
detectio
devices,
suggesti g
that
the
object
was
possibly
ot
a
comme cially
available
model.

T a spo t
mi iste s
to
meet
ove
low
ive
levels

T a spo t
mi iste s
f om
Ge ma y’s
state
a d
fede al
gove me ts
a e
to
hold
a
video
co fe e ce
o
Wed esday
to
discuss

the
challe ges
to
i la d
shippi g
as
ive s
ac oss
the
cou t y
u
low.

Fede al
T a spo t
Mi iste
Steffe
Bilge
said
the
mi iste s
would,
amo g
othe
thi gs,
talk
about
ways
to
compe sate
pote tial
supply
sho tages
as
ships
t a spo t
less
ca go.

Seve al
states
have
al eady
lifted
a
ba
o
t ucks
usi g
highways
o
Su days
i
a
bid
to
shift
some
ca go
t a spo t
to
othe
outes.

Ahead
of
the
co fe e ce,
Bilge ,
who
belo gs
to
the
ce te – ight
Ch istia
Democ atic
U io
of
Cha cello
F ied ich
Me z,
told
the
daily

Rhei ische
Postthat
the e
we e
cu e tly
o
supply
sho tfalls.

Howeve ,
he
also
said
that
ca go
t a spo t
eeded
to
be
shifted
mo e
to
oad
a d
ail
to
educe
the
isk
of
supply
p oblems
to
i dust y.

Bilge
said
the
cu e t
ive
wate
sho tages
would
likely
co ti ue
u til
the
e d
of
August
at
least.

Amid
the
hot
a d
d y
weathe ,
wate
levels
i
ive s
such
as
the
Rhi e

a e
co ti ui g
to
d op,
causi g
p oblems
to
i la d
shippi g
a d
to
compa ies
that
ely
o
it
fo
thei
supplies.

The
situatio
o
Ge ma y’s
wate ways
will
thus
be
a
mai
topic
i
today’s
blog
o ce
agai ,
as
t a spo t
mi iste s
meet
to
discuss
how
best
to
emedy
the
situatio .

A
pla ed
efo m
g a ti g
ew
powe s
to
i tellige ce
age cies
is
also
causi g
a
sti ,
with
some
sayi g
they
go
too
fa
while
othe s
mai tai
thei
ecessity
as
Ge ma y
faces
eve
mo e
hyb id
secu ity
th eats.

O e
of
those
th eats
has
bee
highlighted
i
a
milita y
epo t
sayi g
that
hu d eds
of
d o e
flights
ove
a my
sites
have
bee
sighted
i
the
past
few
yea s.

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