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Newsday: 08/12/2021 07:06 GMT : Germany's new Chancellor to be sworn in

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08/12/2021 07:06 GMT : Germany's new Chancellor to be sworn in

Germany's new Chancellor to be sworn in

BBC World Service - Newsday, Germany's new Chancellor to be sworn in

Angela Merkel is stepping down after 16 years, as Olaf Scholz prepares to take office

The new government in Germany was formed after months of talks following September's elections.

Today Olaf Scholz takes over as Germany's new leader and is expected to address the Bundestag to set out his government's plans for the next four years. 

We mark one year since a patient was first vaccinated against Covid-19. 

And we look at the reaction here in the UK to the reports that staff in Downing Street last Christmas had a party, when London was under strict Covid restrictions.

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