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#security-policy

Latvia's parliament has approved a new coalition government that will lead the European Union and NATO member country in the coming months after its predecessor collapsed following an argument over its handling of stray drones suspected to be from Ukraine. By a margin of 66 deputies in the 100-seat assembly, lawmakers on Thursday confirmed 47-year-old centrist Andris Kulbergs as prime minister, who will lead the Baltic nation of more than 1.8 million people until parliamentary elections on October 3.

"Everyone should take their cue from us, instead of criticising us," he said at the Munich Security Conference, after US Vice President JD Vance used his address at the annual gathering last year to attack European policies on immigration and free speech. "I believe that Europe is inherently strong and can be made even stronger yet," he added.

His career is, in itself, a map of both the transformation and the limitations of states in the face of organized crime: he played a key role in the downfall of Colombia's major cartels in the 1990s; led the intelligence services during the moments of greatest threat to his country; spearheaded police reforms that professionalized criminal investigations; and, as vice president, participated in the construction of peace agreements that marked a turning point in Colombia's recent history.

The protests, which took place under the banner of "Generation Z" in the style of other such youth movements around the world, were prompted in particular by the murder of an anti-crime mayor earlier this month. "Carlos did not die; the government killed him," chanted demonstrators in Mexico City, referring to the late mayor of Uruapan in the western state of Michoacan, who was shot dead at a public Day of the Dead (Dia de Muertos) event on November 1.

The administration of former president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (20182024) was marked by the rise of the army, which carried out an extraordinary territorial deployment, supported by the growth of a new force, the National Guard. Originally conceived as a police body at the start of his term, the National Guard grew increasingly militarized, generating considerable controversy among experts and civil society organizations.

In early May, when Poland's presidential election campaign was in full swing, US President Donald Trump received right-wing conservative presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office. The two men posed together for a photo, which caused a sensation online, and Trump bade farewell to Nawrocki with the encouraging words "You will win." The support of his idol proved to be a boost for Nawrocki, who went on to narrowly win the election.

"While remote work is more widespread and socially accepted now, that hasn't meant the industry has fully adapted its security practices to match," he explains. "If anything, the risks have grown because more people are working from home, often on networks that aren't secure. "Many questions remain. Where are your employees working? What networks are they joining? Are their devices locked securely?

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and several experts believe that it is highly likely that a number of US B61-12 gravity bombs were delivered to a US air force squadron last week, the first US nuclear deployment in the UK since 2008.