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World in brief: August 30, 2024
Sahra Wagenknecht (left) Chairwoman of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), Katja Wolf, Thuringian BSW State Chairwoman and top candidate for the state election in Thuringia 2024, and Christian Leye, BSW General Secretary, stand together on stage after an attack with red paint at the election campaign event on Domplatz, in Erfurt, Germany, August 29, 2024
[Martin Schutt/dpa via AP]
GERMANY: Anti-war politician Sahra Wagenknecht said she would not be intimidated after having red liquid hurled at her at a campaign event in the central state of Thuringia.
With state assembly elections taking place tomorrow, Ms Wagenknecht’s BSW is polling in third place, with 18.4 per cent, behind the far-right AfD and the Christian Democrats but ahead of all three of Germany’s ruling coalition parties.
JAPAN: The Defence Ministry wants a record-breaking 8.5 trillion yen (£44 billion) military budget for 2025.
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