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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Greens are set to more than double their vote in Hamburg as they continue a nationwide surge German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has suffered its worst-ever result in regional elections in the city-state of Hamburg, exit polls suggest.The conservative CDU is suffering a leadership crisis after party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced her resignation earlier this month. The Greens made big gains, while the centre-left SPD is set to remain the largest party. The far-right AfD may fail to win any seats, if it polls less than 5%.The party is currently represented in all…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Some 1.1 million people were killed by the Nazis at Auschwitz Several Jewish groups have criticised Amazon for fictitious depictions of the Holocaust in its new series Hunters.The online retail giant has also been denounced for allowing the sale of anti-Semitic propaganda books.Amazon did respond immediately to criticism of Hunters but told the BBC it was "listening to feedback" about controversial book sales.Hunters, a 10-part drama series, follows a team of Nazi hunters in 1970s America.The show, starring Al Pacino, has been accused of bad taste and "Jewsploitation" for its depiction of fictional atrocities during…

Strong winds carrying sand from the Sahara have affected airports in the Canary Islands. Poor visibility led to AENA, Spain's airport operator, cancelling, suspending or diverting flights. The country's national weather service has warned that winds of up to 120km/h (75mph) could hit the Canaries until Monday. The winds have also affected ferry services, and hampered efforts to fight a wildfire in Tasarte, Gran Canaria.Read More

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAround 50,000 cannot enter or leave several towns without special permissionItalian officials have cut short the Venice Carnival as they try to control what is now the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in Europe. Authorities in the Veneto region said the event would end later on Sunday, two days earlier than scheduled. Italy has by far the highest number of coronavirus cases in Europe, with 152. Three people have died. Italy has imposed strict quarantine restrictions in two northern "hotspot" regions close to Milan and Venice. About 50,000 people cannot enter or…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Voter turnout was slightly more than 25% in Tehran Iran has seen the lowest turnout in a parliamentary election since the 1979 revolution, with 42.6% of eligible voters casting their ballots.Officials had banned thousands of contenders, many of them reformers. Hardliners are set for big gains in the first vote since US sanctions resumed.Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described Friday's turnout as stunning, as he said Iran's enemies had tried to put people off voting by exaggerating the coronavirus outbreak."This negative propaganda about the virus began a couple of months ago and grew larger ahead…

NASCAR star Ryan Newman, in a statement released Sunday, acknowledged that he suffered a head injury from crashing on the final lap of the Daytona 500, but looks forward to getting behind the wheel again.Newman was hospitalized Monday night in what Roush Fenway Racing officials called serious but not life-threatening condition.He walked out of the Daytona Beach hospital roughly 42 hours after the crash, appearing unscathed. Ryan Newman (6) went airborne after crashing into Corey LaJoie (32) during the Daytona 500. (AP)Roush gave its first detailed account of the ordeal. The crash sent him hard into a wall before he…

President Trump teased Democrats following a significant win by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the Nevada Caucuses and a Washington Post report that Russia was trying to help Sanders win the Democratic primary race.Sanders' victory Saturday -- his second after being narrowly edged out in Iowa -- has the Democratic establishment reeling, with former Vice President Joe Biden looking to turn things around quickly after finishing a distant second. Trump offered some free advice."Are any Democrat operatives, the DNC, or Crooked Hillary Clinton, blaming Russia, Russia, Russia for the Bernie Sanders win in Nevada. If so I suggest calling Bob…

Judge Judy said she would fight politicians trying to revolutionize the U.S. "to the death" while stumping for presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg in Oklahoma City earlier in February."[Bloomberg] understands how to tweak the things that are wrong with America," Judge Judy told KOKH FOX 25. "America doesn't need a revolution. It's the most perfect country in the world, and those people that are trying to change it and revolutionize it don't have a chance, because I'll fight them to the death.""Don't get on the wrong side of the judge, that's the message," Bloomberg chimed in.Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders was called as…

Six people were killed – including three children – after a head-on collision on Interstate 95 in Georgia early Sunday, according to officials.The Georgia State Patrol told Fox 5 the deadly crash happened around 2:05 a.m. near the Exit 76 on-ramp to the interstate in Liberty County, located about 30 miles south of Savannah.Officials said a Lexus RX350 with Florida license plates driven by 77-year-old man had been traveling in the wrong direction in the left lane on the interstate. The Lexus then struck head-on a Nissan Rogue with an adult female driver, adult passenger and three children inside.HAWAII'S DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD, WHERE 11 SKYDIVERS…

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