i professor anupam chander, thank act.ng on the programme it is been hugely helpful. closely linked to that china — the news here in europe this week that chinese spies have infiltrated key government departments. there were two arrests here in the uk. christopher cash, a uk parliamentary researcher and another man. both charged with spying for china, allegedly providing information which could be "useful to an enemy". and then in germany, the top adviser to a far right politician was also arrested. maximilian krah, is a key member of the alternative for germany. his assistant, jian guo, is a german national who had worked for krah since his election to the european parliament in 2019. he is accused of passing sensitive information on negotiations and decisions within the european parliament to the chinese intelligence service. christopher steele is a former british intelligence officer. worked for the russian desk at mi six. good to see you, chris. it's extensive which begs the question, do we know the full scale of it? i