Footage showed her turning around after laying wreaths at a former execution wall at Auschwitz when she appeared to stumble and almost fall backwards.

Ursula von der Leyen was under investigation for doling out millions of euros on consultants for defence contracts. The German defence ministry has been accused of sabotaging investigation attempts.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was presented with a mirror as she met with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Friday.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (pictured) announced she would not seek the top job when Merkel stands down at next year's German election.

The swing towards right-wing ideology began as a backlash to the 2015 migrant crisis, when Chancellor Angela Merkel threw opened Germany's borders to some one million migrants.

The Robert Koch Institute, a German government agency responsible for disease control, made the claim on Tuesday as it strengthened the threat risk for Germany from 'moderate' to 'high'.

Angela Merkel urged Germans to heed the stringent confinement measures imposed this week as the number of infections soared over 11,000 today, including 28 deaths.

A restart of the Bundesliga could be pushed back a week to May 16 as clubs nervously wait for Chancellor Angela Merkel's verdict. 

Germany 's number of coronavirus cases has dropped following five days of rising infections after the government eased the country's lockdown measures earlier this week.

The German head of state, accompanied by Chancellor Angela Merkel, stuck to social distancing guidelines at they laid down their wreaths yesterday at the Neue Wache Memorial in Berlin.

A Las Vegas newspaper has unearthed documents relating to a speaking engagement Hillary Clinton will undertake at a University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation fundraiser.

The FBI is investigating how thousands of Democratic National Committee emails were hacked, a breach that Clinton's campaign claims was committed by Russia to benefit Donald Trump.

The campaign says it 'can't know for certain' that the leak is the work of Russian president Vladimir Putin - but it keep suggesting it.

Some of Sen. Bernie Sanders' progressive supporters want to pull Sen. Tim Kaine from the vice presidential slot and insert someone to the left of him instead.

Comedian Sarah Silverman exposed the fissures in the Democratic Party by telling the raucous crowd that while she felt the Bern it was time to support Hillary Clnton.

Democrats managed to find some flags for the main stage at the Democratic convention after the lack of an old fashioned Stars and Stripes was noticeably absent from the stage.

For more than 30 years, he has given speeches on huge political stages. But many critics thought Clinton's address at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia was long and dull.

The Pitch Perfect-inspired a cappella cover of Rachel Platten's Fight Song was unveiled at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last night. Elizabetrh Banks is pictured.

Donna Brazile, 56, looked comfortable in her new role as interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, dancing off the stage after her speech.

Sarah Silverman's Twitter account was hacked on Wednesday after declaring in her speech at the Democratic National Convention that she would support Hillary Clinton for president.

Since his first appearance as a presidential candidate in 2008, Obama's looks have changed dramatically - and he isn't embarrassed to admit it.

Wasserman Schultz, who was forced to resign from her position at the weekend, looked unhappy as she watched the president during his speech in Philadelphia on Wednesday evening.

Ralph Lauren, a close friend of Hillary Clinton, created the Democratic nominee's widely-praised ivory suit, with a member of his press team confirming his involvement over the weekend.

The Bureau has been accused of preventing the DNC from reducing the number of emails and documents released by Wikileaks - prompting the resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Trump tweeted Monday: 'The Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign. Big advantage in Electoral College & lost!'

Surprisingly, nearly 40 per cent of those who took the Drudge Report survey chose House Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the 38-year-old congresswoman from Hawaii, as the debate's runaway winner.

Embarrassed debate moderators jumped to a premature commercial break at the beginning of Wednesday night's second hour when NBC left the first hour's moderators with hot mics backstage.

Democratic presidential candidates broke with one another at the second presidential debate over decriminalizing illegal border crossings, effectively leading to an open border.

The second night of the second Democratic debate kicked off at 8pm Wednesday in Detroit, Michigan, featuring front-runners Kamala Harris and Joe Biden at center stage.

Protesters were removed after they demanded Bill de Blasio fire Daniel Pantaleo, who put Eric Garner in a deadly chokehold, while another hit Joe Biden on immigration.

Tulsi Gabbard, who serves in Hawaii's National Guard, is taking two weeks off the campaign trail to participate in a training exercise as her presidential bid struggles to gain momentum. 

Donald Trump on Friday blamed Congressman Seth Moulton's exit from the Democratic presidential race for the drop in the Dow that occurred after his morning Twitter blitz against China. 

The 47-year-old former Texas congressman's campaign was running out of cash rapidly despite beginning like a rock star. He was at 1 per cent in the polls before he quit.

Some of Kamala Harris' own aides and supporters have gone nuclear on her sinking presidential campaign as her star power in the Democratic 2020 primary has faded. 

Kelly Mehlenenbacher, the former state operations director on Kamala Harris' presidential campaign who quit to join rival Mike Bloomberg's bid for the White House, left behind a stinging resignation letter.

California senator Harris traded Twitter blows with the president hours after dropping out. She will be a juror if a Senate impeachment trial goes ahead as is widely expected.

Joe Biden is likely to take Florida in their primary elections next week as polls released Thursday show him in a massive lead against rival Bernie Sanders.

Bernie Sanders got salty with a reporter on Capitol Hill Wednesday when asked about the future of his 2020 presidential campaign.

Chloe Lattanzi is busy honing her skills ahead of her appearance on Channel 10's Dancing with the Stars next month.

Dean Wells is joining the cast of Dancing With The Stars next month.

Dean Wells addressed speculation he was gearing up to be the next Bachelor.  

Chloe Lattanzi is keen to step out from her mother Olivia Newton-John's shadow, as she prepares to debut on Dancing With The Stars on February 9.

Chloe Lattanzi revealed this week she dedicated her Dancing With The Stars debut to her mother, Olivia Newton-John.

Angie Kent has gone from finding love on the Bachelorette to showing off her moves on Dancing With The Stars. 

Dean Wells was the first celebrity voted off Dancing With The Stars on Sunday night. 

Chloe Lattanzi has described her Dancing With The Stars journey as a 'rebirth' for her 'self worth'.

Chloe Lattanzi has been showing off her incredible dance moves on Dancing With The Stars.

Grant Denyer has slammed Married At First Sight, as it continues to dominate television ratings this year.

Chloe Lattanzi was eliminated from Dancing With The Stars on Sunday night's episode.

KC Osbourne has indicated she might like to go on Dancing With The Stars.