diff --git a/client/package-lock.json b/client/package-lock.json
index 36ff8f2..455510d 100644
--- a/client/package-lock.json
+++ b/client/package-lock.json
@@ -8308,7 +8308,7 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-Yd3UES5mWCSqR+qNT93S3UoYUkqAZ9lLg8a7g9rimsWmYGK8cVToA4/sF3RrshdyV3sAGMXVUmpMYOw+dLpOuw=="
     },
     "newsroom-core": {
-      "version": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#b3eb0869b835f966b2ec6c64683f9adf9d09bd94",
+      "version": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#ba780950fd0625905f8a1e0f37c09e24ee25cad7",
       "from": "github:superdesk/newsroom-core#develop",
       "requires": {
         "@dnd-kit/core": "^6.0.8",
diff --git a/server/cp/__init__.py b/server/cp/__init__.py
index 17a6a97..3b85720 100644
--- a/server/cp/__init__.py
+++ b/server/cp/__init__.py
@@ -9,5 +9,9 @@
 # AUTHORS and LICENSE files distributed with this source code, or
 # at https://www.sourcefabric.org/superdesk/license
 
+import logging
+
 HEADLINE2 = "headline_extended"
 CORRECTION = "correction"
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
diff --git a/server/cp/cem.py b/server/cp/cem.py
index 407a805..8130150 100644
--- a/server/cp/cem.py
+++ b/server/cp/cem.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import logging
 import requests
 
 from typing import Literal
 from flask import current_app as app
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 session = requests.Session()
 
 
@@ -20,9 +22,15 @@ def send_notification(_type, user, id_key: Literal["_id", "email"] = "_id"):
     }
     if user.get("company") and id_key == "_id":
         payload["company"] = str(user["company"])
-    session.patch(
-        url,
-        timeout=5,
-        json=payload,
-        headers=headers,
-    )
+    try:
+        session.patch(
+            url,
+            json=payload,
+            headers=headers,
+            timeout=int(app.config.get("CEM_TIMEOUT", 10)),
+            verify=bool(app.config.get("CEM_VERIFY_TLS", True)),
+        )
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err:
+        logger.error(err)
+        return
+    logger.info("Notification sent to CEM")
diff --git a/server/features/mgmt_api_topics.feature b/server/features/mgmt_api_topics.feature
index 0864862..31a1237 100644
--- a/server/features/mgmt_api_topics.feature
+++ b/server/features/mgmt_api_topics.feature
@@ -117,3 +117,42 @@ Feature: Management API - Topics
         """
         When we get "/topics"
         Then we get list with 1 items
+
+    Scenario: Validate if navigation exists
+        When we post to "/topics"
+        """
+        {
+            "label": "topic1",
+            "company": "#companies._id#",
+            "topic_type": "wire",
+            "query": "topic1",
+            "is_global": true,
+            "user": "#users._id#",
+            "navigation": ["619277ef8bbbbfac6034aab7"]
+        }
+        """
+        Then we get response code 400
+
+        When we post to "navigations"
+        """
+        {
+            "name": "navigation1",
+            "description": "navigation1",
+            "order": 1
+        }
+        """
+        Then we get response code 201
+
+        When we post to "/topics"
+        """
+        {
+            "label": "topic1",
+            "company": "#companies._id#",
+            "topic_type": "wire",
+            "query": "topic1",
+            "is_global": true,
+            "user": "#users._id#",
+            "navigation": ["#navigations._id#"]
+        }
+        """
+        Then we get response code 201
diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index fa30240..6c4b46a 100644
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ blinker==1.4
     #   raven
     #   sentry-sdk
     #   superdesk-core
-boto3==1.28.71
+boto3==1.28.73
     # via superdesk-core
-botocore==1.31.71
+botocore==1.31.73
     # via
     #   boto3
     #   s3transfer
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ pyhanko-certvalidator==0.22.0
     # via
     #   pyhanko
     #   xhtml2pdf
+pyjwt==2.4.0
+    # via superdesk-core
 pymemcache==4.0.0
     # via superdesk-core
 pymongo==3.11.4
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ pyparsing==3.1.1
     # via
     #   httplib2
     #   pyrtf3
-pypdf==3.16.4
+pypdf==3.17.0
     # via xhtml2pdf
 pypng==0.20220715.0
     # via qrcode
@@ -323,9 +325,10 @@ redis==4.5.5
     #   superdesk-core
 regex==2020.7.14
     # via superdesk-core
-reportlab==3.6.6
+reportlab==3.6.13
     # via
     #   newsroom-core
+    #   superdesk-core
     #   svglib
     #   xhtml2pdf
 requests==2.31.0
@@ -362,9 +365,9 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   oauth2client
     #   python-bidi
     #   python-dateutil
-superdesk-core @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/superdesk-core.git@develop
+superdesk-core @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/superdesk-core.git@v2.7.0-rc1
     # via newsroom-core
-superdesk-planning @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/superdesk-planning.git@develop
+superdesk-planning @ git+https://github.com/superdesk/superdesk-planning.git@v2.7.0-rc1
     # via newsroom-core
 svglib==1.5.1
     # via xhtml2pdf
diff --git a/server/settings.py b/server/settings.py
index 99aa4e7..d07af13 100644
--- a/server/settings.py
+++ b/server/settings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import pathlib
 from flask_babel import lazy_gettext
+from superdesk.default_settings import strtobool
 from newsroom.web.default_settings import (
     env,
     CLIENT_CONFIG,
@@ -274,6 +275,8 @@
 CEM_URL = os.environ.get("CEM_URL", "")
 CEM_APIKEY = os.environ.get("CEM_APIKEY", "")
 CEM_PLATFORM = os.environ.get("CEM_PLATFORM", "MyNP")
+CEM_VERIFY_TLS = strtobool(os.environ.get("CEM_VERIFY_TLS", "off"))
+CEM_TIMEOUT = int(os.environ.get("CEM_TIMEOUT") or 10)
 
 DEFAULT_ALLOW_COMPANIES_TO_MANAGE_PRODUCTS = True
 
diff --git a/server/theme/theme.css b/server/theme/theme.css
index 3610614..3b22a5d 100644
--- a/server/theme/theme.css
+++ b/server/theme/theme.css
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
     /* CORE: TYPOGRAPHY */
     --font-family-core--sans: "Lato", sans-serif;
     --font-family-core--serif: "Titillium Web", sans-serif;
+
+    --color-background:     hsl(0, 0%, 97%);
     --badge-bg-highlight1:  hsl(356, 72%, 46%);
     --color-primary:        hsl(356, 72%, 46%);
 
@@ -43,11 +45,13 @@
 
 
     /* COMPONENT: SIDENAV */
-    --sidenav-color-bg:                 hsl(0, 3%, 15%);
-    --sidenav-color-item-bg--active:    hsl(356, 72%, 46%);
-    --sidenav-color-item-fg--active:    hsla(0, 0%, 100%, 1);
-    --sidenav-color-badge-bg:           hsla(0, 0%, 98%, 1);
-    --sidenav-color-badge-fg:           hsl(356, 72%, 46%);
+    --sidenav-color-bg:                     hsl(0, 3%, 15%);
+    --sidenav-color-item-bg--active:        hsl(356, 72%, 46%);
+    --sidenav-color-item-fg--active:        hsla(0, 0%, 100%, 1);
+    --sidenav-color-badge-bg:               hsla(0, 0%, 98%, 1);
+    --sidenav-color-badge-bg--active:       hsla(0, 0%, 98%, 1);
+    --sidenav-color-badge-fg:               hsl(356, 72%, 46%);
+    --sidenav-color-badge-fg--active:       hsl(356, 72%, 46%);
 
     /* COMPONENT: BUTTONS */
     /* // Primary */
@@ -74,6 +78,12 @@
 
     /* COMPONENT: MAIN FOOTER */
     --footer-size--height: 48px;
+
+    /* COMPONENT: ALERTIFY NOTIFIER */
+    --ajs-message-color-bg--success: hsl(0, 3%, 15%);
+
+    /* COMPONENT: SEARCH RESULT PANEL (Tags list) */
+    --search-result-tags-list-color-bg: var(--main-header-color-bg);
 }
 
 .navbar__logo img.navbar__logo-img--fr {