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24/09/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The Newsroom, Germany Votes

Polling stations are due to open for a general election

Polling stations are due to open for a general election.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to be given a fourth term in office, while the far-right party, Alternative for Germany or AfD, is likely to enter the Bundestag for the first time. Also: US warplanes fly close to North Korea, and the basketball player who has called President Trump a "bum".

(Photo: Angela Merkel. Credit:  European Photopress Agency)

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