Political shockwaves of this year look set to be felt well into 2017

The attacks on Berlin and in Ankara this week show that 2016 has not stopping shocking us yet. The ramifications will be felt for months, writes Peter Apps.

The killing of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey on Monday might have prompted knee-jerk comparisons to the 1914 assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, but it almost certainly won’t spark a First World War-type conflict.

The lethal truck attack that killed 12 in Berlin a few hours later, however, could ratchet up the prospect of yet another political shock in Europe.