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German Chancellor: 'Disastrous' state elections

German Chancellor Merz vows to stay on despite state election results.

The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, says he takes full responsibility for what he's called a disastrous showing for his party in state elections.

Ukraine has targeted Moscow with hundreds of drones - in what Russian officials described as the biggest such attack on the city so far in the war.

The Liberal Democrats have urged the government to cut fuel duty by ten pence a litre until December - to help people with the cost of living.

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