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phones and other devices. we ll get reaction. we are into the home straight of the german election. the vote is on sunday, which will mark the end of angela merkel s 16 years as chancellor. and the latest poll shows it s the social democrats leading narrowly her conservative cdu. this is the latest kantar poll, the spd led by 0laf scholz are down one point at 25%. support for the cdu/csu alliance led my armin laschet, who is running in place of angela merkel is up one point at 22%. the greens led by annalena baerbock slip one point to 16%. and the business friendly free democrats of christian lindner remain on 11%. guiding you through the election this weekend here on the bbc