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American soldier arrested in the UK on suspicion of spying for Russia

Verified: 42 outlets in 23 countries have reported this story since Nov 10, 4 of them from the United Kingdom.

📍 United Kingdom, GB·🕐 22m ago·42 outlets

This week, British police arrested a 41-year-old senior member of the United States military on suspicion of spying for the Russian Federation.

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✓ Verified · 42 outlets

Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.

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The story so far · 48 reports · · 23 countries✓ Verified Nov 10, 7:37 PM UTC

4 outlets from the United Kingdom, where the story is: BBC, Financial Times, The Guardian and 1 more · how we count

  1. Nov 10, 7:10 PM UTCFirst report
    Breaking: UK police say member of US Army arrested under National Security Actabc.net.au ↗
  2. Nov 10, 7:37 PM UTC+26 min
    US soldier arrested in UK on Russian espionage allegationsdw.com ↗
  3. Nov 10, 7:37 PM UTC+27 min
    UK counter-terrorism police arrest member of US army with alleged links to Russiatheguardian.com ↗
  4. Nov 11, 4:43 PM UTC+22 h
    United Kingdom: an American soldier arrested, suspected of espionage for Russiabeninwebtv.com ↗
  5. Nov 11, 5:06 PM UTC+22 h
    Britain arrests US soldier over spying for Russiataipeitimes.com ↗
  6. Nov 11, 8:05 PM UTC+25 h
    UK police question Nato-assigned US soldier accused of spying for Russiadawn.com ↗
  7. Nov 12, 6:28 AM UTC+35 h· you’re reading this
    American soldier arrested in the UK on suspicion of spying for Russiadefence24.com ↗
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[Claude] All three other reports cover the same arrest of a US soldier in Britain on suspicion of spying for Russia, and none contradicts Report 1's details.

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Reliability
96%

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