Germany's far-right AfD clear frontrunner in eastern state vote

German voters headed to the polls on Sunday for a key regional election in the ex-communist east where the far-right, anti-immigrant, Moscow- and Trump-friendly AfD is expected to secure an easy majority. Our correspondent Nick Holdsworth tells us...

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Germany's far-right AfD clear frontrunner in eastern state vote

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