Voters in Saxony-Anhalt in eastern Germany have been going to the polls in an election which the populist, far-right anti-immigration party AFD are expected to win comfortably.

Saxony-Anhalt election could break mainstream parties’ longstanding firewall against the anti-migration AfD party, delivering a blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz

Exit polls show it winning 44% of vote, but too early to tell if victory will pave way for country's first far-right state government since WWII, as all major parties have ruled…