The election in Saxony-Anhalt is an important test not only to gauge support for the AfD but also to assess the effectiveness of the defences against the extremist pincer movement – from both the right and the left – that fuels anti-Semitism. A double test for the future of Germany and indeed of Europe 

The far-right party has secured over 44 per cent of the vote, whilst the CDU has plummeted below 20 per cent. The formation of the next government will be a nail-biting finish.

According to initial projections, the far-right party is expected to exceed 40 per cent. The CDU is predicted to fall below 20 per cent.

The Russian attack on the SBU whilst Trump’s envoys are travelling to Moscow is not a sign of peace. Nor does the pace of missile production in the Kremlin’s factories indicate a willingness to negotiate. Figures 

James Orr, who was implicated in the television investigation into funding for Reform UK, has resigned. He was the party’s ideologue, championing God, country and flag. A Cambridge professor who compared Orbán to Bismarck

In Italy, no hotelier has written: ‘Russian tourists are welcome if they disagree with Putin’. With the Israelis, that distinction strangely disappears and everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. In their case, discrimination flouts the law