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Verified Live
Monday 7 September 2026 · 15:00 BST · 30m · 4 stories · 5 annotated moments · 23 of 30 min on news stories (78%)
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In Germany, the Alternative for Germany party won a decisive victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, taking almost 44% of the vote compared to the CDU's 17.2%. The party is three seats short of a majority and would need support from another party to govern. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his party was deeply shocked and that the result signalled a change across Germany, while the AFD also leads national polls.
In the UK, hundreds of protesters blocked roads near Portsmouth ferry port after 140 migrants were brought ashore from a dinghy in the English Channel. Demonstrators faced off with police, with some officers treated for injuries and vehicles damaged. The government condemned the behaviour as thuggish and intimidating, while Hampshire's Police and Crime Commissioner called it a wake-up call. The Home Office reported 625 migrants on eight boats were brought to shore at Dover and Portsmouth the previous day.
Ukraine's President Zelensky said he expects the war with Russia to continue into the winter, after holding talks in Kiev with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, who had previously met Russian officials in Moscow. Moscow said it had not ruled out a call between Putin and Trump. Separately, the EU said there was no place for glorification of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic as his funeral took place in Belgrade, with thousands attending. Mladic was serving a life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity, including the Srebrenica massacre.
- 1:15 Story begins AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt state election
- 3:19
Charged quote AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt state election
although it was pretty much what was advertised by the polling firms in advance. So, yes and no. But I think because it's such a breaking of the taboo that the far right is very close now to power, even though it's, as you said, a rather small state with a small number of inhabitants, is significant and is a shock to the system, you could say.
BBC News, Verified Live, 7 September 2026, 3:19-3:22
- 5:43
Contested quote AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt state election
with the traditional strongholds of the former Nazi party. So you can see this kind of voter behavior sort of reaching back over decades. Then again, the AfD is not the Nazi party of the 30s. It is sometimes a little bit overblown to fear of the immediate return of fascism to Germany. But, of course, it's worrying. This particular part of the AfD,
BBC News, Verified Live, 7 September 2026, 5:43-5:55
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- 18:00 Story begins US envoys meet Zelensky in Kyiv for peace talks
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- 23:25
Claim Ratko Mladic buried with military honours in Belgrade as EU condemns glorification
The EU criticised the glorification of Mladic at his funeral.
BBC News, Verified Live, 7 September 2026, 23:25-23:31
- 23:42
Claim Ratko Mladic buried with military honours in Belgrade as EU condemns glorification
Serbia has been in EU membership negotiations for more than a decade.
BBC News, Verified Live, 7 September 2026, 23:42-23:47
- 24:02
Claim Ratko Mladic buried with military honours in Belgrade as EU condemns glorification
Mladic was buried with military and state honours.
BBC News, Verified Live, 7 September 2026, 24:02-24:12
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