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Poland Deploys Riot Police in Standoff Over Country’s Top Court

31 October 2026 at 14:08
After years of legal wrangling, judges backed by the current government suspended the chief justice, as a feud escalated with the right-wing party that last held power.

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Police officers guarding the entrance to the Polish Constitutional Tribunal court in Warsaw on Saturday.

French officials eye social media’s role in promoting unrest.

President Emmanuel Macron denied that the government had considered suspending online platforms, but he said they would have to be β€œvigilant” about preventing misuse.

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A protest in Nice, France, on Oct. 17. Far-right activists were arrested in the city last weekend after people in masks attacked protesters.

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31 October 2026 at 12:00

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 150, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy Halloween, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This week, I was in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee on a family vacation. It was delightful (and the reason this week's Installer is a little short). I've also been reading about job hunting and 30 Rock and crypto detectives, testing the DuckDuckGo browser after a bunch of you told me to add it to the list, watching the adorable new Pixar short over and over, getting caught up on VisionQuest, playing with my new Pebble Index …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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