Some very significant news coming out of the small Arabian gulf state of Bahrain. The country received its first-ever papal Visit this weekend. Today, Pope Francis hosted a mass for Catholics who came to Bahrain's national stadium from all over the Persian Gulf region.

After 63 days Tomasz Sobania reached Barcelona. He started his journey in Gliwice (Silesian Voivodeship) and ran 60 marathons to reach Camp Nou in Barcelona.

Poland will not have to adhere to budgetary constraints when it comes to aid it has offered to Ukraine and social support programmes in the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war, the finance ministry has told PAP.

A European Commission (EC) spokesperson confirmed on Friday that the Commission had received a letter from Poland requesting a suspension of fines imposed on Warsaw by the European Court of Justice (CJEU).

Puma-22 is the largest exercise of the Visegrad Group troops this year. About 2,000 troops from the Visegrad countries as well as those from the US and the UK are taking part in the Puma-22 military exercise starting in Nowa Dęba, southeastern Poland, on Friday.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has stated after a phone conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu that Poland and Israel will take joint steps to strengthen political, economic, cultural, and social relations.

Poland and Lithuania will strengthen bilateral defence cooperation under a new agreement signed in Vilnius on Friday by the commanders of the two countries armed forces. The document was signed by Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army General Rajmund Andrzejczak and Lithuania's Chief of Defence General Valdemaras Rupsys.

"Some of the Confederation's politicians made very outrageous statements about the war in Ukraine and undermined the threat from Russia against Poland. I completely disagree with this, as I have said many times, criticizing attitudes like this [...] We are seeing a sharp increase in Russian imperialist inclinations, as well as attempts to increase German hegemony in Europe, and that is why we are telling Poles that we must create a strong nation, and thus a great Poland - strong economically, and, above all, militarily and morally," Robert Bąkiewicz, president of the March of Independence association, says in an interview with “Gazeta Polska Codziennie.”

Iga Swiatek won against French tennis player Caroline Garcia (6) 6:3, 6:2 in her second group match at the WTA Finals tournament in Fort Worth, USA. The encounter lasted just one hour and 23 minutes. The Pole is one step away from advancing to the semifinals of the tournament.

Jozef Iwulski unlawfully sentenced a young oppositionist under martial law. For this, IPN (Institute of National Remembrance) prosecutors want to charge him with communist crimes. Despite this, he continues to rule at the Supreme Court. "A person who was sentenced to many years in prison for proclaiming the demand for democracy cannot hold this position," opposition activists who were sentenced by judges like Iwulski during the communist era write in a special appeal.

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said a verification commission should investigate the potential involvement of Polish politicians in making the country overly reliant on Russian energy.

Hubert Hurkacz lost to Danish tennis player Holger Rune 5:7, 1:6 and dropped out in the second round of the ATP-ranked Masters 1000 event in Paris. The Pole thus lost his chances to advance to the season-ending Masters' tournament in Turin.

The State Forests have seized and secured the property - a plot of land from the Skubianka precinct in the Serock municipality, which the Embassy of the Russian Federation leased from the Jablonna Forestry District. The encroachment was the result of the Russian side's failure to respond to numerous ineffective calls for the property. An inventory of the property has begun in the area of the centre.

The government has adopted a resolution on nuclear power plants in Poland. The first will be built by Westinghouse using American technology, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced. According to the schedule, construction will start in 2026, and in 2033 the first unit will start operating.

North Korea launched more than 100 artillery and ballistic missiles at the Sea of Japan on Wednesday. For the first time since the end of the Korean War in 1953, Pyongyang ballistic missiles fell off the coast of South Korea.

Last week, Russia suspended the grain deal, thus preventing the export of Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea basin. Following negotiations initiated by the UN and Turkey, Russia decided to reverse this decision. Authorities in Ankara report that Ukrainian ships are to resume their voyages tomorrow.

On November 2, the Catholic Church remembers in the liturgy all believers in Christ who have departed from this world and are now in purgatory. The belief in the existence of purgatory is one of the dogmas of the faith proclaimed at the Council of Lyon in 1274. All Souls’ Day is a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed.

World No.1 Iga Swiatek won against Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina (8) 6:2, 6:3 in her first group match at the WTA Finals tournament in Fort Worth, USA.