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Deutschland beschuldigt russische Geheimdienste eines fehlgeschlagenen Drohnenangriffs auf dem Flughafen Leipzig. Russland wird auch hinter anderen Anschlägen und Desinformationskampagnen vermutet.
Deutschland beschuldigt russische Geheimdienste, für den fehlgeschlagenen Drohnenangriff auf dem Flughafen Leipzig verantwortlich zu sein. Auch hinter anderen, teils versuchten Anschlägen und Desinformationskampagnen wird Russland als Auftraggeber vermutet. Ein Gespräch mit dem russischen Schriftsteller und Journalisten Dmitry Glukhovsky über die Strategie hinter diesen Attacken. In Russland ist er wegen seiner Äußerungen zum Krieg in der Ukraine in Abwesenheit zu acht Jahren Straflager verurteilt worden.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Deutschland wird weitere Ermittlungen gegen russische Geheimdienste einleiten.
Likely · Within weeks
According to the current ZDF political barometer, the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt is well ahead of the CDU (23 percent) with 41 percent of the vote and would roughly double its 2021 result. An absolute majority is unlikely; a coalition would be necessary to form a government.

Cabaret artist Dieter Hallervorden called for people to vote for democratic parties in Halle, but sharply criticized Chancellor Friedrich Merz and despite this recommended the CDU. A new survey shows the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt with 41 percent, followed by the CDU with 23 percent. 26 percent of voters are still undecided. The state elections on Sunday could enable an AfD government, although other parties rule out cooperation.

The Trump administration has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a lower court ruling that blocks enforcement of new mail voting rules. Less than two months before the midterm elections, the Supreme Court is expected to decide quickly. The rules provide for the U.S. Postal Service to play a central role in controlling mail votes, including approving envelopes and delivering them only to citizens led by state electoral registers.

Three days before the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, the internal dispute in the CDU over how to deal with the left is escalating. The Chancellor is being hidden during the election campaign and the polls are bad.

During his second election campaign visit to Saxony-Anhalt, Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned of the economic and social consequences of a possible AfD state government. He particularly criticized the AfD's EU-critical stance and emphasized that projects such as the UPM biorefinery in Leuna would be called into question if the party wanted to leave the EU. During the visit, Merz had no direct contact with voters and did not take questions from journalists.
Ulrich Siegmund, 35, leads the AfD Saxony-Anhalt in the state elections. The party is leading in the polls, but its government program calls for abolishing the right to asylum, banning church asylum and ending inclusion in schools, while an institute calculates a funding gap of at least 2.2 billion euros annually. At the same time, 80 percent of migrants said in a survey that they would want to leave the country if the AfD came to power.