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The UK's competition watchdog has confirmed that the two Google businesses will be subject to 'pro-competition' digital markets rules

Israel's government has agreed to implement the first phase of the US plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip. The terrorist organisation Hamas had previously agreed to US President Trump's proposal, which provides for the withdrawal of the Israeli army and the release of all Israeli hostages and around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Commentators voice scepticism and hope.

Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai (71) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Krasznahorkai, who has achieved worldwide fame with novels such as "Satantango" and "Melancholy of Resistance", had already won the International Booker Prize in 2015. He is a controversial figure in Hungary because of his harsh criticism of Viktor Orbán's government.

The winners of the 2025 Nobel prizes have been announced by the Swedish and Norwegian institutions responsible for awarding them. Four of the ten winners in the categories of physics, chemistry, medicine and literature come from the US, two from Japan and one each from the UK, France, Australia and Hungary. The media discuss the significance of the awards as "Nobel Prize Week" draws to an end.

Panos Routsis, the father of a 22-year-old victim of the Tempi train crash in February 2023, ended his 23-day hunger strike outside the Greek Parliament on Tuesday after the Prosecutor's Office ordered new DNA and toxicological tests to confirm his son's identity and the exact cause of death. The investigation into the tragedy in which 57 people died remains a highly emotional issue in Greece.