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AfD falls short of majority in Saxony-Anhalt as Donald Trump wants to erase New Mexico from the map

From Rzeczpospolita · () Polish

Translated from Polish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The AfD won 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt, its strongest result in a German local election, but fell three seats short of a majority in the 83-seat state parliament after the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance cleared the electoral threshold.
  • North Korean state media said the 5,000-ton destroyer Kang Kon had entered service as part of the country’s nuclear response system and would support deterrence in the Sea of Japan.
  • Donald Trump posted a map of New Mexico with its name crossed out and suggested renaming the state “New America.”

The AfD achieved its strongest result yet in a German local election, taking 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt. Even that record score did not give the party control of the state parliament: it fell three seats short of a majority after the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, or BSW, crossed the electoral threshold.

The AfD holds 39 of the Landtag’s 83 seats and cannot count on a coalition with any other party that entered parliament. The BSW has not ruled out cooperating with the AfD on individual parts of its election program, but it says it will not join an AfD-led government. The new Landtag must meet by October 6.

nuclear response system

· Kim Jong UnKim described the new Kang Kon destroyer as part of North Korea’s nuclear response system.

The result also marked a painful defeat for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats, or CDU. The party won 17.2%, its worst result in a Saxony-Anhalt election and 19.9 percentage points below its 2021 performance.

decisive retaliatory strike

· KCNAThe North Korean state news agency described the destroyer’s planned role in a conflict.

North Korean state media, meanwhile, reported that the country had commissioned a new missile destroyer capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Leader Kim Jong Un called the Kang Kon part of a “nuclear response system” and said North Korea would continue modernizing its navy. The official KCNA news agency said the ship would serve a deterrent mission in the Sea of Japan and deliver a “decisive retaliatory strike” if conflict broke out.

Kim also said that “if the enemies try to use armed force against us, I will order you to use absolute force that will be most lethal to the enemy,” KCNA reported. The 5,000-ton Kang Kon is a sister ship to the Choe Hyon, commissioned three months earlier. It overturned during a launch attempt last May but was repaired, and strategic cruise missiles were fired from it in July.

If the enemies try to use armed force against us, I will order you to use absolute force that will be most lethal to the enemy.

· Kim Jong UnKim warned of North Korea’s response to an armed attack, according to KCNA.

In the United States, Trump posted a map of New Mexico on Truth Social with the state’s name crossed out. He suggested calling it “New America,” writing that many people had proposed the change and that the new name would be “more prestigious and beautiful for residents.”

New America

· Donald TrumpTrump suggested renaming the U.S. state of New Mexico.
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Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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