Germany Election: Merkel Re-elected, but Nationalists Rise

Germany Election: Merkel Re-elected, but Nationalists Rise

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Projected results in Germany show dramatic losses for the two main parties, and the emergence of the right-wing nationalist party. Also, the government in Myanmar says it’s discovered a mass grave in Rakhine state which contains the bodies Hindus who were killed by Rohingya militants; millions of Kurds in northern Iraq are expected to vote on forming an independent state, and a a lost masterpiece by the Flemish painter, Rubens, is found hanging on the wall of a stately home in Scotland.