Benefited from one of the typical electoral snowballs of politics in times of social networks and ideological polarization, the hard-right candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, won the first round of the Colombian elections held on Sunday. Gustavo Petro, the incumbent president, has cast doubts on the result and assures that he will not accept it until it is officially confirmed by the judges overseeing the process.

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the Army on Monday to attack targets in Dahiye, the Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut. According to a statement released by his office, the decision was made together with the Defense Minister, Israel Katz, in response to the “repeated violations of the ceasefire” by the Shiite militia and the attacks launched against cities in northern Israel.

There are no oxygen tanks. The United States has backtracked on its intention to cancel the deployment of 4,000 soldiers in Poland, but this does not change its plans to progressively withdraw its conventional defense capabilities in Europe. The Pentagon wants to accelerate the troop withdrawal from bases on the continent and could present its plans to allies in a few weeks, which will force European countries to agree on replacing the US deterrent capability and embrace the idea of a more European NATO.

Next year around this time, several candidacies will have already been presented for the North American presidential elections in November 2028. Campaigns are increasingly expensive and complex, and nothing can be left to chance.