The Daily Update: These are the 2019 Nobel Prize winners

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The theme of the day: Nobel Prizes 2019

Anyone heading to the Google homepage today could see a woman surrounded by swirling book pages. The woman's name is Bertha von Suttner. Google dedicated her own doodle, because: exactly 114 years ago, the Austrian writer was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Today Nobel Prizes were awarded again. The Nobel Peace Prize this year goes to a man, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

"I believe that peace is a matter of the heart, peace is a work of love, peace is hard work."

With these words, Ahmed accepted the award. He is honored, inter alia, for his role in the peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea. He is considered a reformer. Read a portrait here.

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Berit Reiss-Andersen and Abiy Ahmed (m.) Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize

However, relations between the two countries have recently deteriorated again, Abiy also made with racist vocabulary for headlines. Here you can read more about it.

From medicine to chemistry: Twelve scientists will be awarded during the evening. An overview of the winners and their achievements can be found here.

And then, just before the ceremony, there was another attack from the sidelines: Turkish President Erdogan criticized the election of Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke. He attacked Handke now as a "racist person". The prize would honor violations of human rights.

Handke's attitude to the Yugoslav conflict and his partisanship for the Serbs had sparked a debate before the ceremony. Ultimately, it is about the question of whether Handke plays down a genocide in his texts.

That, of all people Erdogan expresses this criticism of Handke, seems absurd. Finally, critics accuse the Turkish leader of human rights violations.

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The quote of the day: "The coal exit comes too late, the CO2 price is too low, which is more than insufficient"

For example, the climate researcher Niklas Höhne rates the German climate policy in SPIEGEL. The research team of the "Climate Action Tracker" (CAT) evaluated the climate policy of the countries at the UN Climate Summit in Madrid. And shows that the global temperature will rise by three degrees Celsius to 2100, if the current policy does not change. Germany receives from the CAT a "high insufficient".

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German open pit: "The coal exit comes too late" (archive photo)

News: What you need to know today

• Finland's new Prime Minister Sanna Marin has been sworn in - as the youngest head of government in the world. The most important positions in the Finnish government and the coalition that supports it will in future also be held by women.

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The 34-year-old Sanna Marin, here next to the resigned Prime Minister Antti Rinne

• Vladimir Putin has threatened Angela Merkel with the expulsion of German diplomats. After two Russian diplomats were expelled from Berlin, the Russian president threatened to take similar steps. The diplomatic relations between Germany and Russia are heavily burdened by the Berlin Tiergartenmord.
• What sets the British apart from Brexit: Although Brexit dominates the election campaign in Britain, for some voters other issues are more important. What concerns the citizens - and what the parties offer.
• A man shot several people in a Czech hospital. Others are seriously injured. The alleged suspect is dead according to police, the background is unclear.
• Most building societies advise bad. The result is the Stiftung Warentest. The offers are often "bad grotten".
• The Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson is dead. She died at the age of 61. Together with Per Gessle she formed the duo Roxette. They had world hits like "It Must Have Been Love" and "Listen to Your Heart".

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Died at the age of 61: Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson

Opinion: The most discussed comments, interviews, essays

A celebration of hypocrisy: The SPD has new chairmen, which hardly anyone knows, sells old demands as "new time" and is interested in little except himself. The party is stuck and feels well. An essay by Nils Minkmar.

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Ukraine's President Selenskyj, Chancellor Merkel, French President Macron and Russian President Putin at the Ukraine summit in Paris

Maximum benevolence: After three years of silence, the heads of state of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany are talking again, even agreeing on small but important steps. With the Paris Summit on the Donbass conflict they show: The Normandy format works. An analysis by Christian Esch.

There are more interest rates than you think: Do you have to buy stocks today? Are there other ways to increase your money? Or should one leave the work completely? Harald Schmidt has answers. Here is the video.

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Stories: The most read texts at SPIEGEL +

When does Olaf Scholz throw it? The vice-chancellor is the most popular politician in the country, but his own party did not want him at the top. His time as Finance Minister expires.

H'all God, all king: He has billions, has re-introduced polygamy and sends subordinates to ideology training. So power-conscious is Thailand's ruler.

"The first year was hard for us": they emigrated to Brazil full of euphoria. Six years later, the miners live again in the German bath Homburg. What happened?

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The returnees: Matthias and Neunza Bergmann

My evening: the recommendations for your end of workday

What you might look like: Champions League. As CL winner Liverpool goes in the evening as the first of Group E in the last group duel against the Austrians. "I'm already in competition mode," said coach Jürgen Klopp before the game, "I can tell you that." Because the race is tight: Liverpool leads only one point before the SSC Naples, Salzburg can still move into the second round. From 18.55 on TV on DAZN and in the SPIEGEL live ticker.

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Barra Island in the south of the Outer Hebrides: A guide has just appeared on Scottish islands

How you could detox: In this merciless week of Christmas, I've picked out a tip that cleans you from reading all the crap while reading, the prosecco and the white wine on ice, the decent cigarettes and the speculum the chef donates Has. Click through the Scottish Islands photo gallery to see mountains, water, white sand, dolphins and otters. Otter? Yes, they are there too.

I wish you a nice finishing time.

warmly

Maria Stöhr from the Daily Team

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