The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has blamed dehydration after she was seen shaking during a rendition of her national anthem. Merkel was welcoming the newly-appointed Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to the Germany capital. However, she grinned widely when later asked by reporters about her condition during the red-carpet reception for Zelenskiy. 'Since then I’ve drunk at least three glasses of water, which I apparently needed, and now I’m doing very well,' she said at a press conference

Source: The Guardian June 18, 2019 13:07 UTC