CDU is polling at just 6–8% with eight days to go, the party could miss the 5% threshold entirely and be locked out of the state parliament for the first time.

Lead candidate has distanced himself from Chancellor Merz, who was booed at his only campaign stop.

AfD leads at ~38%, with the race polarized into an SPD vs. AfD contest that's crushing the CDU in the middle.

This comes two weeks after AfD's 44% landslide in Saxony-Anhalt.

Houthis called us and they don't want to fight with us.

They let us know they don't want us to go after them.

They are letting most ships go through.

I don't know if the British would be willing to travel that far. It's very far away; you are talking about weeks by boat.

I am sure I will be called into that potential disaster.

I will probably be able to settle that.

I would love to see Ireland unified.

It's going to happen eventually.

I think it would be a fantastic thing. How can it be bad?

If you look at Gaza, a lot of good relationships are taking place right now in Gaza.

It's been quite amazing. I think we have done a great job.

We very powerfully control the Hormuz Strait. Nobody saw that happening.

We are taking out, on average, 25 boats a day.

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Yemeni battalions were hollow, filled with "ghost names" at 20% real strength.

The UAE had pulled out in January after Saudi Arabia told them to leave, and Riyadh never replaced them.

"It's a Saudi-American f**k-up of epic proportions", a regional source said to CNN.

"The air support never came. And Mocha has now fallen." — senior Yemeni military source

"They don't need advanced weapons to close Bab al-Mandeb. They can just use a cannon on a car." — STC official Amr Al-Bidh

Iran now has pressure on both Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb simultaneously.

An adviser to Iran's supreme leader called it a "clear victory."

Houthis are already mobilizing eastward.

Source: CNN