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The UK's Supreme Court has ruled that the refusal of a Belfast baker couple to make a cake for gay activist Gareth Lee with the slogan "Support Gay Marriage" was not discriminatory. The bakers had rejected the slogan and not the customer, the court said justifying its decision. Not all commentators agree with this line of argument.

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been missing without a trace for around a week now. Turkish media have published images of a "death squad" that allegedly killed him in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. According to the Washington Post the US intelligence agencies knew about the planned attack. World leaders are remaining silent about this crime, commentators complain. But some believe this will soon change.

The EU's environmental ministers have agreed on a compromise for CO2 emissions limits for new cars. They are to be 35 percent lower compared to 2021 levels by 2030. The EU Parliament had demanded a reduction of 40 percent, while the German government insisted on no more than 30 percent. Whereas for some the compromise doesn't go far enough, others ask whether it can be implemented at all.

Police in Belgium have raided the offices of ten top-league football clubs as part of a major probe into tax fraud, money-laundering and match-fixing. They arrested numerous prominent suspects, including Ivan Leko, manager of Belgium's reigning champion FC Brugge. What consequences will the probe have for football in Belgium and across Europe?

After the presidential election in Bosnia and Herzegovina the president of the Republika Srbska, Milorad Dodik, has won a seat on the country's three-person presidency. The Bosnian Serb nationalist wants the Serbs to secede. Željko Komšić, a moderate who is controversial in Croatia, is taking Dragan Čović's place as the representative of the Croats. Commentators take a closer look at the two politicians.