Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz's centre-right CDU party in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.

Vladimir Putin will likely use the result to claim most Russians back the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, writes the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.

The groups have been active in Ethiopia's most populous regions for years and now say they will work together.

The body of Jabulile Ntimba was the ninth to be found recently in an area east of Johannesburg.

Undercover footage recorded by the BBC reveals he has been released after serving less than half his sentence.

His family asked for privacy during a "very difficult and painful time" following the model's death.