Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD picking up more than 38% of the vote in one state.

"We must not resettle the population of Gaza to Egypt," Scholz said at a campaign event ahead of ... called for countries to prevent further escalation in the Middle East and work to ensure ...

West Germany was a capitalist democracy with a prosperous economy, while East Germany was a communist country with a very poor economy. The border between East and West Germany shut in 1952 ...