Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Angela Merkel Set For Fourth Term

Exit polls in Germany show Merkel's centre-right party has emerged as the largest in federal parliament.

Exit polls in Germany show that Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right party will again be the largest in the federal parliament. Both major parties appear to have registered their lowest ever levels of popular support.

Also: Myanmar's army says it has discovered a grave with the bodies of Hindus it claims were killed by Rohingya militants, Millions of Kurds in northern Iraq prepare to vote on forming an independent state and a lost masterpiece by the Flemish painter, Rubens, worth about ten million dollars, has been found hanging on the wall of a stately home in Scotland.

(Photo: German Chancellor and Christian Democrat (CDU) Angela Merkel reacts to initial results that give the party 33% of the vote. Credit: Getty Images)

23 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 Sep 201718:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Sep 201718:06GMT