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Polish President Vetoes Judicial Reform

President Duda says the controversial laws would not "deepen the sense of justice".

The President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, has announced he is vetoing controversial laws which would have given the government extensive power over judicial appointments. The changes sparked large-scale protests across Poland and put Warsaw on a collision course with the European Commission. We get reaction from a Polish Supreme Court justice and a member of parliament for the governing party.

Also in the programme: A Nigerian governor says President Buhari will be back in the country in two weeks; and what happened in Fallujah after Islamic State militants were driven from the Iraqi city?

(Image: Polish President Andrzej Duda during a press conference in the presidential palace in Warsaw. Credit: EPA/Pawel Supernak)

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Mon 24 Jul 201713:06GMT

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