# chancellor • merz • election • disaster • worried • german
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German chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay in office despite heavy losses in two state elections that he described as a ‘disaster’. Lucy Hough speaks to Berlin correspondent Deborah Cole
September 21, 2026, 10:41 am
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September 20, 2026, 10:04 pm
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September 20, 2026, 5:15 pm
Share # merz • afd • election • stay • defeat • loss
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced a struggle to stabilize his position and keep his agenda on track Monday after voters inflicted two more defeats on his party, ejecting it from
September 21, 2026, 3:28 pm
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September 21, 2026, 3:10 pm
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September 21, 2026, 7:46 am
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September 21, 2026, 2:50 am
# merz • coalition • democratic • chancellor • election • germany
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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stood by his vow to stay in office Monday after his party suffered two more regional election defeats and was voted out of a state legislature in a humiliating first. But he faces a struggle to keep his...
September 21, 2026, 8:24 pm
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September 21, 2026, 6:47 am
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September 21, 2026, 12:04 am
Foreign Policy
Extremism and the German Military – Foreign Policy
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Host Amy Mackinnon speaks with Times Berlin bureau chief Katrin Bennhold on the infiltration of far-right extremism in Germany’s security services.
September 29, 2026, 6:00 pm
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Liberal
There is practically no genuine opposition on the ballot.
September 23, 2026, 2:00 am
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September 21, 2026, 5:44 am
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September 21, 2026, 5:12 am
Putin’s party set to retain power after Russia vote hit by cyberattacks, drones
September 20, 2026, 8:20 pm
# austria • citizenship • refugees • remigration • reparations • slovenia
Liberal
Vienna’s immigration authority, MA 35, has refused to grant citizenship to a journalist who has lived in Austria for more than 50 years and works for the state broadcaster ORF. What's going on?
September 22, 2026, 9:11 am
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September 20, 2026, 6:28 pm
# putin • kremlin • election • russia • party • secures
Liberal
Election officials say the Kremlin's main party has retained its majority in Russia’s parliament.
September 21, 2026, 9:20 pm
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September 21, 2026, 3:21 am
Conservative
September 20, 2026, 10:04 pm
Putin’s party secures record score in Russia election
September 21, 2026, 11:40 am
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) speaks at the Konrad Adenauer House following the elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
September 21, 2026, 2:47 am
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The Times Of India
Chancellor Friedrich Merz: AfD tops another German state poll, Merz’s CDU crashes to historic low
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September 20, 2026, 8:16 pm
# courts • rape • victims • prosecution • trial • justice
Conservative
Ministers are promising all the right things. Andy Burnham announced on Sunday that dedicated courtrooms for cases of rape and sexual assault are to be rolled out in Britain, along with separate entrances for victims and fixed dates for trials. These...
September 22, 2026, 12:00 am
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The Times Of India
UK to introduce special rape and serious sexual offence courts, as prosecution rates remain ‘shamefully’ low
Conservative
September 21, 2026, 10:37 am
# merz • berlin • nato • coalitions • election • disaster
Liberal
Alternative for Germany, or AfD, went into the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt seeking an absolute majority in the state legislature to govern on its own.
September 21, 2026, 3:06 pm
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The Times Of India
‘MERZ FAILED GERMANY!’: Berlin Voters Lash Out As AfD ‘STORMS’ NATO Nation
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September 20, 2026, 3:03 pm
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September 21, 2026, 8:06 am
# southport • assaulted • killer • boiling • prosecutors • assaults
Conservative
Axel Rudakubana, 20, has been charged with attempting to cause attacks on prison staff and possessing an offensive weapon in June 2025, court documents show.
September 21, 2026, 7:19 am
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September 21, 2026, 4:37 am
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September 20, 2026, 9:27 pm
# bishop • resigns • church • chapel • christian • islamophobic
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The Church of England said that a safeguarding complaint concerning Conway had been referred to the relevant authorities
September 22, 2026, 2:27 am
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