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Live. Europe Today: AfD's win piles pressure on Merz as Ukraine scrambles to fund the war

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Chancellor Merz faces growing pressure a day after the AfD's historic win in Saxony-Anhalt. Ukraine, meanwhile, faces a mounting economic challenge to keep funding its war against Russia, and in Serbia, thousands attended Ratko Mladić's pompous funeral yesterday

Laura Fleischmann reports live from Berlin, a day on from the AfD's landslide in Sunday's Saxony-Anhalt election and as pressure builds on Chancellor Merz.

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Interviews with Béla Anda, communications expert and former German government spokesperson; and Tymofiy Mylovanov, former Ukrainian Economy Minister.

Shona Murray breaks down the meeting of the so-called Ukraine Defence Contact Group, taking place today amid the urgent need for Ukrainian air defence.

Mared Gwyn looks at the fallout from Monday's funeral for convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić in Belgrade, after the EU condemned the military-honours send-off as incompatible with EU values and "an important test" for Serbia's membership bid.

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