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Former German intelligence chief arrested on espionage allegations

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

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HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 2 HEADLINES

  1. 6 Oct, 12:12 UTC

    California woman accused of surveilling Taiwan president’s son for China

  2. 6 Oct, 18:14 UTC

    Former German intelligence chief arrested on espionage allegations

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

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