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Newshour: 27/09/2021 20:06 GMT: Germany: Centre-left claim narrow win over Merkel's party

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27/09/2021 20:06 GMT

27/09/2021 20:06 GMT: Germany: Centre-left claim narrow win over Merkel's party

Germany: Centre-left claim narrow win over Merkel's party

BBC World Service - Newshour, Germany: Centre-left claim narrow win over Merkel's party

After a tight result, who is going to replace Angela Merkel as leader?

After a tight result, who will replace Angela Merkel as leader? Can a three-way coalition agree on anything?

Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have claimed victory in the federal election, telling the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel it should no longer be in power.

Also today: the Afghans who have been given a temporary home in Albania; and silence please- why visitors to some ancient monasteries in England are being encouraged not to speak.

(Photo: Social Democratic Party top candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz receives flowers, one day after the general election. Credit: Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke)

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