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Political situation in Latvia
Latvian Prime Minister resigns: “But not giving up”

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina is resigning, Reuters reports.

According to Bloomberg, the announcement comes after the Progressive Party announced that they will leave Silina’s coalition government.

– I am resigning, but I am not giving up, Silina says during a press conference in Riga.

Silina’s announcement means that the government falls with just a few months left until the election in October.

Political situation in the UK
Health Minister Streeting resigns: Lost confidence in Keir Starmer

UK Health Minister Wes Streeting is resigning, he says on social media. In a letter handed to Keir Starmer, he writes, among other things, that he has lost confidence in the leadership.

“You will not lead the Labour Party at the next election.”

Yesterday, sources told several British media that Streeting would resign on Thursday – and that his plan is to challenge Starmer for the leadership. No such plan is stated in Thursday's letter. 

Security around the Baltic Sea
Ukrainian drone team ran over Swedes in NATO exercise

In a simulated drone attack on Gotland during the recently concluded Aurora 26 military exercise, the invited Ukrainian soldiers "crushed" Swedish troops. This is stated by a 24-year-old Ukrainian drone pilot for the AP.

The Ukrainians were invited to train the Swedes and other NATO allies on how best to defend themselves against drones.

The drone pilot says that the Swedes would have been dead if the war game had been real.

- They had to interrupt the exercise three times, he says.

Another soldier adds that Sweden has potential, but that its tactics and knowledge must be improved. The news agency describes it as something of an awakening for NATO.

All Western countries must quickly improve their drone warfare skills, says Sweden's Commander-in-Chief Michael Claesson. Drawing on Ukraine's experience and expertise is probably "the quickest way to learn that lesson," he says. 

Political situation in Cuba
Cuba's energy minister: Oil and diesel are now completely out

Cuba has now completely run out of both diesel and heavy fuel oil, announced the country's energy minister, Vicente de la O. In a statement to state media, he said that the country's electricity grid is now in a critical state.

- We have no reserves.

In the past week, the number of power outages in the capital Havana has skyrocketed. In some neighborhoods, households have only had power for two hours a day, Reuters reports.

Since the beginning of the year, neither Mexico nor Venezuela - Cuba's most important oil suppliers - have exported fuel to the island. US President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs on countries that support Cuba.

The serious situation in the country has led to large protests on Wednesday.

Corruption in Ukraine
Zelenskyy's former chief of staff arrested on suspicion of corruption

Ukraine's anti-corruption agency has requested that Volodymyr Zelenskyy's former chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, be arrested as part of an ongoing corruption investigation, Suspilne reports.

Yermak has previously been suspected of being involved in a corruption scandal in which the equivalent of one billion kronor is believed to have been embezzled from the Ukrainian nuclear power monopoly Energoatom.