Germany steps up controls at borders in response to "irregular migration'

Germany's interior minister has announced that controls at all of the country's land borders are to be stepped up in an attempt to confront what it called "irregular migration" after a recent spate of suspected Islamist attacks.

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The new regulations are due to start next Monday and to be in place for an initial six months, before being reviewed, Nancy Faeser said in a statement.

The move comes after Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), campaigning heavily against migration, this month became the first far-right political party since the Nazi era to win a state election in Germany. It comes ahead of a second round of emergency talks on migration policy due to be held on Tuesday in Berlin between the coalition government, opposition parties and federal states.