ZEIT live board (ARD/ZDF Hochrechnung, Stand 19:00): AfD 44.3% (+23.5 vs ’21), CDU 18.3% (−18.8), turnout 78.0%.
Same board: Linke 9.2%, SPD 8.7%, Grüne 8.7%; BSW 4.8% under the 5% line; FDP 2.4%.
Seat sketch on that board: AfD allein 41 of 83 (majority 42); CDU+SPD+Grüne+Linke (Duldung) 42.
Why it matters —First major eastern Landtag night of the cycle lands with AfD more than doubling 2021 and the CDU collapsing under 20% — whether 41 seats become 42 (or BSW tips the math) decides if Magdeburg gets an AfD majority or a razor-thin democratic-bloc arrangement.
heise: ~1.44 million Berliner Verwaltungs files have been in the darknet since Friday; impact may be wider than first described.
heise: a Steuerungseinheit plans to contact affected people; Grünen-Fraktionsvize von Notz floated personnel consequences if security was inadequate (via Handelsblatt, cited by heise).
Why it matters —A state-capital admin dump is now a national accountability story on the same night Magdeburg dominates the airwaves.
Company: Mission “Onward and Upward” lifted from Andøya at 22:12 CEST Sep 5; first commercial European company to deliver satellites to orbit on only its second flight.
HN still hot Sunday (~425 pts) on the primary press URL.
Why it matters —Morning’s lead is still the tech/space story of the day — now as confirmation coverage rather than the first flash.
