Far-left, far-right score major victories in German state elections

Germany's far-left Die Linke (Left Party) won Sunday's election in Berlin while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) captured Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, delivering major gains to parties on the political margins and a severe setback to Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU).The results are putting new pressure on Germany's governing parties while raising immediate questions in Berlin over Left Party's relations with pro-Palestinian activists and allegations of antisemitism within parts of the party.Left Party finished first in Berlin with 25.7% of the vote, according to the provisional final result, more than doubling its support from the previous election.