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• Germany: CDU/CSU rivals unable to break impasse on Merkel's successor
  Bavaria's Markus Söder has said the ball is in the CDU's court to decide on a chancellor candidate, and refused to take part in a snap CDU meeting led by rival Armin Laschet.
• How does the German general election work?
  On September 26, Germans head to the polls in a parliamentary vote that will determine the chancellor to succed Angela Merkel. DW breaks down the ins-and-outs of the Bundestag election process.
• What you need to know about Angela Merkel's CDU
  The CDU is not only Germany's leading party. It is also an institution that's very much the product of history. But has the CDU moved so far to the center that it is no longer truly conservative?
• Annalena Baerbock: The Green Party's candidate to succeed chancellor Angela Merkel
  Annalena Baerbock is said to be tough, talented and very ambitious. Now, Germany's Green Party has named her as its candidate for chancellor. Is she cut out for the job?
• Germany mourns 80,000 COVID dead in national service
  At a memorial event in Berlin, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told relatives of coronavirus victims that they are not alone in their suffering.
• Germany to offer refuge to Afghans who helped military
  As Germany prepares to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, the country's defense minister says Berlin has "a deep obligation" to protect those who might now be in danger.
• COVID: Testing times for Germany's retail sector
  In many German cities, shops have been allowed to reopen their doors. But it is mandatory for shoppers to provide a negative coronavirus test result before their shopping outing can even begin — and that's a problem.