Scholz worried by far-right wins in German state election

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called the results of two regional elections that saw big wins for the far-right AfD and losses for his coalition "bitter" and urged mainstream parties to form governments without "right-wing extremists".

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the first far-right party to win a state legislature election in Germany since World War II with its result in weekend voting in Thuringia.

It came a close second behind the conservatives in Saxony.