Keeping me company this past hour. in ukraine, more buses are on the way to mariupol, as part of a plan to rescue some of the hundreds of civilians trapped in the maze like tunnels under the azovstal steelworks. the operation is being runjointly by the united nations and the red cross. the un secretary general says everything must be done to get people out of what he called hellscapes . russia has been bombing other cities in the region, as it tries to secure more territory in the east of the country. vincent mcavinney reports. for decades, the soviet era azovstal steelworks have provided work for the people of mariupol, in eastern ukraine. for the past few weeks, this sprawling four square mile complex has instead provided them relative shelter. food has been running out, clean water is scarce. thousands are thought to have tried hiding underground here from surrounding russian forces. the scale of the bombardment is clear. yesterday though, russia had pledged a ceasefire to allow su
Seriously the indications that the detainee s secret service activity was done on behalf of a russian intelligence service. because spying on a close ally on german soil is absolutely unacceptable and we stand in full solidarity with our british friends. so what do we know about the suspect? he s been named simply as david s, his second name withheld under german privacy laws. he s a 57 year old briton. he was employed locally by the embassy as a contractor, so not as a diplomat. and it s alleged he was working with the russians since at least november of last year. the arrest came after what i understand was an intelligence led operation, runjointly by german and british authorities, including the security service, m15 here and metropolitan police. once they felt they had enough evidence a germanjudge issued an arrest warrant. cold war berlin was the spy capital of the world.
With our british friends. so what do we know about the suspect? he s been named simply as david s, his second name withheld under german privacy laws. he s a 57 year old briton. he was employed locally by the embassy as a contractor, so not as a diplomat. and it s alleged he was working with the russians since at least november of last year. the arrest came after what i understand was an intelligence led operation, runjointly by german and british authorities, including the security service, mi5 here and metropolitan police. once they felt they had enough evidence a germanjudge issued an arrest warrant. cold war berlin was the spy capital of the world. the glienicke bridge there was known as the bridge of spies because of the exchanges that took place between east and west. spying has changed since then. secrets can be stolen remotely over cyberspace, but that does not mean that old fashioned human spying, as seemingly witnessed
Seriously the indications that the detainee s secret service activity was done on behalf of a russian intelligence service. because spying on a close ally on german soil is absolutely unacceptable and we stand in full solidarity with our british friends. so what do we know about the suspect? he s been named simply as david s, his second name withheld under german privacy laws. he s a 57 year old briton. he was employed locally by the embassy as a contractor, so not as a diplomat. and it s alleged he was working with the russians since at least november of last year. the arrest came after what i understand was an intelligence led operation, runjointly by german and british authorities, including the security service, mi5 here, and metropolitan police. once they felt they had enough evidence a germanjudge issued an arrest warrant.