Germany's far-right achieves an electoral breakthrough in key state election

Source: NPR World 19 hours ago

Germany's populist, far-right Alternative for Germany party has declared victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt after more than doubling its share of the vote in the first of several regional elections this fall.

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