Former German Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt, dies

Helmut Schmidt, the former Chancellor of West Germany, has died at the age of 96 in Hamburg, Germany.

A prominent figure in German politics, he held the position of chancellor from 1974 to 1982 and saw Germany rise as a European and economic power and was an original supporter of the single currency euro.

Our Europe Correspondent Anna Brugmann reports.

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