Politics● ElevatedSep 18 · Sep 18, 2026, 6:15 PM
Fact Check: False video alleges Berlin votes destroyed
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from DW News [en] · Western Europe
A video claiming to show AfD postal ballots being destroyed has gone viral ahead of Berlin's September 20 election. DW Fact Check examines the footage, the accounts sharing it and how widely it is really being viewed.
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