Germany's far-right AfD celebrate projected win in state election

Germany's far‑right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is celebrating exit‑poll indications that it will secure more than 44 percent of the vote in the Saxony‑Anhalt state election. The projected share exceeds what earlier opinion polls had forecast, and the party has described the result as a "historic outcome". AfD leaders cautioned that they will not know whether they have obtained enough seats to form a government until they see which of the smaller parties clear the five‑percent threshold required for entry into the state parliament. Jess Parker, reporting from Berlin, described the scene at the AfD headquarters where supporters reacted to the preliminary numbers.