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Conservatives and Social Democrats have suffered double-digit losses in the elections to the legislature in the German state of Hesse. However, since the Green Party achieved its best result ever, the CDU-Green Party coalition could still remain in power. The result ups the pressure on the government in Berlin, commentators say, and voice doubts that it will be able to stay in power for much longer.

Erdoğan, Macron, Merkel and Putin have agreed at their summit meeting on Syria in Istanbul on the key points of a political process in the war-torn country. A constitutional committee is to be up and running in Geneva by the end of the year. What are the chances of finding a solution in this format?

A radical political shift in Brazil: the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has won the run-off vote in the presidential elections with a clear majority of 55.5 percent. Bolsonaro made headlines during the campaign because of his attacks against homosexuals, women and black Brazilians and plans to put army officers in charge of key ministries. Commentators explain why the majority supports him despite this.

A man entered a synagogue and shot eleven people in the US state of Pittsburgh on Saturday. The police have arrested the suspected killer, a right-wing extremist who had been spreading anti-Semitic slogans on social media. Commentators ask, also in view of the bombs discovered last week: what is behind all the hate and violence in the US?

Czechs and Slovaks are marking the founding of their erstwhile joint state 100 years ago this week. Czechoslovakia ceased to exist when it was split in two 25 years ago but it left an indelible mark, commentators say.