Overview

• A WDR prognosis reports the CDU at about 34% in North Rhine-Westphalia’s municipal elections, ahead of the SPD at 22.5%, the AfD at 16.5% and the Greens at 11.5%.
• Die Zeit’s analysis notes the AfD roughly tripled its previous result yet remains far from governing, with most voters unwilling to entrust it with power.
• London experienced its largest right‑wing demonstration in decades, organized by Tommy Robinson, which deteriorated into violence with police attacked by bottles, fireworks and flares, according to the Guardian and the BBC.
• Domestic strain features include a patient facing €38,047 for an approved cancer medication with no payer identified and months‑long Bafög delays in Thuringia that students say are causing hardship, even as the Studierendenwerk defends its work.
• Germany captured the European basketball title with an 88:83 win over Turkey, led by Dennis Schröder’s team.