# Europe Today: Merz under pressure again as Ukraine launches biggest strike on Moscow

https://mins.news/en/video/66950

- euronews, 2026-09-21 07:03 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GROOiK_x0j8

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure after his CDU party suffered a disastrous result in Sunday’s German state elections. Ukraine meanwhile launched its biggest-ever drone strike on Moscow. The programme also looks at rising Iran-US tensions and Meloni’s plan to ban burqas and niqabs in schools.

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