GERMANY: Anti-war politician Sahra Wagenknecht said she would not be intimidated after having red liquid hurled at her at a campaign event in the central state of Thuringia.

With state assembly elections taking place tomorrow, Ms Wagenknecht’s BSW is polling in third place, with 18.4 per cent, behind the far-right AfD and the Christian Democrats but ahead of all three of Germany’s ruling coalition parties.

JAPAN: The Defence Ministry wants a record-breaking 8.5 trillion yen (£44 billion) military budget for 2025.