projected results from the german parliamentary elections show the social democrats ahead of the christian democrats by 2% of the vote. the general secretary of the social democrat said his party, led by the finance minister, olaf scholz, clearly had the mandate to govern. the british government is to suspend competition law in an attempt to ease disruption of petrol deliveries. a shortage of drivers sparked fears of disruption to fuel deliveries and thousands of petrol stations have run dry. ministers are also considering deploying the army to deliver petrol coupons. the united states have beaten europe to reclaim the ryder cup. the americans, led by steve stricker119 nine in wisconsin. it s the 27th time the us team has won the ryder cup.