The U.S. has refused to give assurances it will not spy on German officials, a German newspaper is reporting.
According to Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the U.S. refusal has put talks towards a no-spying agreement between the two counties in jeopardy.
Outrage in Berlin erupted in October when leaks showed that the National Security Agency had targeted the mobile phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. That revelation came just months after the U.S. and its spy partner had agreed to begin negotiations towards an accord not to spy on each other.
Reporting on the news from Munich paper, the Guardian writes:
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