Merz has, for now, ruled out forming a coalition with the far-right.

Manchester City have suffered a fresh injury blow with manager Pep Guardiola confirming Portugal central defender Ruben Dias has been ruled out for "three or four weeks" with a muscle injury.

He declined to give details of those plans, but defence sources say he has not ruled out sending UK troops to Ukraine to help train.

But he has not ruled out dancing again in the future.

“While disease effects cannot be ruled out entirely, neurosurgical resections ultimately represent the only opportunity to investigate human synapses,” the authors explain in their paper.