UK ambassador summoned in Germany to explain reports in the Independent newspaper. Report suggests GCHQ is operating its own covert listening station within a stones throw of the Bundestag, Germanys parliament, and Ms Merkel’s offices in the Chancellery, using hi-tech equipment housed on the embassy roof, according to the report. The report was published by the Independent on Tuesday following leaked documents by the U.S. National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden. It is the first time a British ambassador has been summoned to Germany since WWII.”]