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  It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice.“We were enjoying life, playing music, walking through the city at night — we just wanted to be together again and have a good time,” Diallo, 22, told The Associated Press in Erfurt, in the eastern state of Thuringia.He was not prepared for how the day would end. Suddenly Diallo and his friends were confronted by three black-clad white men.“They...

Being Black in Germany has never been easy – Elections could make it harder still

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Germany's anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is set to become the first far-right party to win a regional election in the country since World War II, exit polls show. The big picture: AfD's projected win in the Thuringia and close-second placed polling in the neighboring state of Saxony, both...

German far-right AfD claims "historic" election win in eastern state

Voters in Germany's two eastern states are due to cast their ballots in elections in which the far right is expected to perform strongly. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been polling top in Thuringia ahead of Sunday's vote, while the party has been running neck-and-neck for first place with the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Saxony.

Far-right AfD eyes big gains in German elections

The far-right Alternative for Germany is set to do very well in state elections in the east.

Far right eyes political earthquake as Germans head to the polls

Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party surged in elections in two eastern states on Sunday, according to projections based on exit polling. The populist and anti-immigration AfD is set to notch its first statewide win in Thüringia, while in Saxony, forecasts showed the AfD finishing just behind the Christian Democratic Union, the center-right party of former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Germany’s far right surges in regional elections

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Kamala Harris issued a six-word response to Donald Trump’s racist attacks during her first in-depth interview since accepting the Democratic nomination. During the CNN interview on Thursday (29 August), Vice President Harris was asked to respond to former President Donald Trump's comments at the National Association of Black Journalists convention where he appeared to question her race.

Kamala Harris’s six-word response to Donald Trump’s racist attacks

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Donald Trump claims ‘107%’ of new jobs are being taken by ‘illegal immigrants’

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Far-right Alternative For Germany party set for shock election win

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party was on track to coming first in the state election in Thuringia on Sunday, an exit poll said, but it...

Far-right Alternative For Germany party set for shock election win

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