Far-right AfD achieves historic win in German local election.

Germany's far-right party, the AfD, has won its first district council election in the central German town of Sonneberg, with candidate Robert Sesselmann winning 52.8% of the vote. The victory is a major breakthrough for the party, which mainstream parties have refused to cooperate with in coalition agreements. Critics fear the idea of the AfD wielding political power in any measure and say the party is xenophobic and anti-democratic.