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Chancellor Merz calls Germany state election results a “disaster”, says he will stay despite right-party surge
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has described his Christian Democratic Union's (CDU) performance in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state elections as a "disaster" but said he will remain chancellor, as the far-right Alternative for Germany…




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“We have to choose to be hopeful”, says UN Sec-Gen Guterres as he prepares for his last General Assembly
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