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Candidates gear up for TV debate in Germany

12/09/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Candidates gear up for TV debate in Germany

Candidates for German chancellor prepare for TV debate

Candidates for German chancellor prepare for TV debate.

The candidates to be Germany's next Chancellor are getting ready for a televised debate ahead of the election on September 26th.

Also, the story of an Afghan journalist beaten up by the Taliban for covering a protest and the story of a woman protester. 

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Myriam Francois, Franco-British journalist and film maker; and Ian Black, Visiting Senior Fellow, Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics.

(Image: German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and candidate for Chancellor Armin Laschet and TV journalist Tina Hassel arrive for the ARD Sommerinterview in Berlin. Credit: REUTERS/Christian Mang)

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