The country’s government is centrist, with deep ties to Brussels. Its new president is a Trump-backed nationalist. That reflects a broader struggle.

Amidst escalating global tensions, Ukraine launched drone strikes on Russian air bases, damaging aircraft ahead of peace talks. Concerns about nuclear escalation have resurfaced, prompting European nations to prepare for broader conflict.

Poland was voting on Sunday in a tight presidential election that will determine whether the country cements its place in the mainstream of the European Union or turns toward Donald Trump-style nationalism.

Karol Nawrocki, a historian and former boxer, will be Poland’s next president. Nationalist forces in the United States and Europe had been rooting for him: Mr. Nawrocki was supported by President Trump, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary and George Simion, a right-wing politician in Romania who recently lost a presidential election.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exit poll in Poland’s presidential runoff on Sunday shows the two candidates are very close and that the race is still too close to call. The results could set the course for the nation’s political future and its relations with the European Union.

An exit poll in Poland's presidential runoff shows the two candidates in a statistical tie with the race still too narrow to call.

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Poland is set to hold a presidential runoff election on Sunday between two candidates offering starkly different visions for the country’s future

POLAND’S PRESIDENTIAL election, which pits a centrist liberal against a hard-right nationalist, has been watched closely all across Europe. A liberal win would cement Poland’s newfound influence in the European Union’s mainstream;