Merkel's CDU suffers worst ever result in Hamburg elections

Chancellor’s party slumped to third while far-right AfD scraped back in despite Hanau attackVoters handed German chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) their worst ever result in Hamburg on Sunday, punishing them for flirting with the far right in an eastern state and descending into a messy leadership battle.Preliminary results also showed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) just scraping into the state parliament, only four days after a racist gunman killed 11