The AfD on Tuesday became Germany's first far-right party to win the post of speaker in a state parliament since World War II, when its candidate was elected in an eastern region. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) took nearly 44 percent of the vote last month in Saxony Anhalt state in the former communist East Germany, easily beating the centre-right CDU of unpopular Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Newly elected state lawmakers gathered for the first time Tuesday in parliament in the state capital Magdeburg to elect a speaker, with the AfD's candidate Tobias Rausch winning 48 votes, with only 29 against...