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Germany target of 'intensive' espionage, Merz says after suspected Russian spy arrest

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Germany is the target of "intensive" espionage activity, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said after a Ukrainian national was arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia.

Officials said the suspect, named as Vadym Y., had allegedly collected military-related intelligence from Germany.

Merz called the uncovering of the case a "success", but warned "let us not delude ourselves - the activities of Russian intelligence services in Germany remain at a consistently high level".

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Scientists turn art detectives to date van Gogh's 'Starry Night' to actual sky from 1889

A team of South Korean researchers has put forward a new date for the night sky depicted in Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh's famed masterpiece "The Starry Night". Art historians have long assumed the stars were a product of the artist's fantasy or dated the scene to June 1889 based on the artist's location and other details, but astronomical details like the sliver crescent moon don't line up.

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