More than 200,000 protesters have demonstrated in Munich against far-right extremism ahead of the German general election.

Fresh protests against the extreme right drew massive crowds in Germany on Saturday, including 250,000 people in Munich, authorities said, as the country heads for clutch elections. Another protest in the northern city of Hanover drew 24,

As Germany prepares to host the Munich Security Conference later this month, two German political parties are to be excluded from this year's gathering, according to the chairman of the defence forum.