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Poland's president, Karol Nawrocki, returned from a trip to Senegal after a confrontation at the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw. The tribunal's president, Bogdan Swieczkowski, and vice president, Bartlomiej Sochanski, were suspended by a new judge, Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, sparking protests and a standoff with police. The tribunal's existing leadership rejected the move, claiming their website had been unlawfully taken over. The crisis has deepened divisions in Poland, with the Catholic bishops calling for peace and reconciliation. The confrontation is the latest in a judicial dispute that has divided Poland for over a decade, now pitting President Nawrocki against Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government.
Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) detained six people suspected of working for Russian special services, according to Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland's minister-coordinator of special services. The detainees, including five Polish nationals and a Russian woman, were allegedly involved in supplying Russia with military-grade materials. Four of the six have been placed in pretrial detention on espionage charges, while the remaining two are under noncustodial preventive measures.
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