What to know

• Polling is underway in the German capital Berlin and the largely rural state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania for regional elections. BothS1
• Polling is underway in the German capital Berlin and the largely rural state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania for regional elections. Both elections are seen as a test for Germany's centre-right Chancellor Friedrich Merz. He has already scheduled a crisis meet...S2