Here's a rundown of all the news you need to start Saturday, including Polish President Karol Nawrocki aborting an Africa trip and returning to Warsaw as a power struggle erupts over control of the Constitutional Tribunal; Türkiye formally nominating OSCE Secretary-General Feridun Sinirlioglu as a candidate for UN secretary-general; and the US State Department approving a possible $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 MSE missiles to Ukraine.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki aborted a flight to Senegal and returned to Warsaw as rival groups of judges disputed control of the Constitutional Tribunal, after orders appeared on its website to temporarily remove its president, Bogdan Swieczkowski, and vice president Bartlomiej Sochanski, in a move the tribunal rejected as illegal and a "coup."
Judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska said she ordered the two to stop their duties, while police said they were deployed for possible threats to judges and had not entered the building.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said "restoring the rule of law is our duty," while opposition Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski called the events a "coup against the Constitutional Tribunal."
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski defended the police action as aimed at letting duly elected judges resume the court’s work, while US Ambassador Tom Rose urged restraint, calling the situation "very serious."
Türkiye formally nominated Feridun Sinirlioglu, secretary-general of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, as a candidate for UN secretary-general, after the latest Security Council straw poll ended inconclusively, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources.
In a nomination letter transmitted by Türkiye's UN envoy Ahmet Yildiz to the presidents of the General Assembly and the Security Council, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cited Sinirlioglu's more than 40 years in diplomacy, including as foreign minister and UN envoy, saying he possesses "the experience and culture of consensus required to lead the United Nations Organization."
The US State Department approved a possible sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles and related equipment to Ukraine at an estimated cost of $2.1 billion, saying the cost is "funded entirely by partners and allies" and that "no US funds are involved in this sale."
Ukraine will pay with donations from Canada, Germany and Norway via the JUMPSTART program and national funds financed by the EU’s Ukraine Support Loan, according to the agency, with Lockheed Martin as principal contractor.
The approval comes days after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine has received an average of 12 Patriot interceptors per month from the US this year, while needing to intercept around 150 Russian ballistic missiles per month.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described solidarity among Turkic states as a "strategic necessity" amid global upheaval and urged efforts to turn the Turkic world into a major hub for trade, transport and energy, saying the Middle Corridor will shape future trade, in an address at the 13th Heads of State Summit of the Organization of Turkic States.
- Four Italian troops were killed and 11 injured when an Italian army Chinook helicopter crashed in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Brcko district during an EUFOR Althea mission.
- China rejected a New York Times report alleging that an executive tied to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gathered intelligence for Beijing, calling the claims "unsubstantiated."
- Lawmakers in the Philippines' Bangsamoro autonomous region elected Abdulraof Macacua as chief minister with 51 votes to 27 for Murad Ebrahim, ending more than seven years of interim rule.
- Qatari mediators returned to Tehran in a renewed bid to negotiate a deal to end the US-Iran war, coordinated with Washington.
- New York state police will investigate sexual assault complaints at Cornell University under an agreement announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul, following criticism of the school’s handling of a former student’s allegation that she was gang-raped at a fraternity house.
- EU member states will accelerate the release of 42.6 million barrels from strategic oil reserves, about half of it diesel, to help contain rising energy prices, EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen announced.
- China said it conducted the first takeoff and landing of its GJ-21 stealth drone from the Sichuan, a Type 076 amphibious assault ship fitted with an electromagnetic catapult.
- French authorities have opened 83 investigations into alleged police and gendarmerie misconduct since the start of the high school protest movement.
- A Lithuanian university found plagiarism and other academic integrity violations in Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius' 2015 doctoral thesis and gave him six months to correct them.
- Opposition figure Yair Lapid said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "no way" to form a government after Israel's election, where KAN reported his bloc won 53 seats to the Change bloc’s 48 and Arab parties’ 19, short of the 61 needed for a majority.
- Finland will establish a military space operations center at the Finnish Air Force headquarters in Tikkakoski on Jan. 1, to oversee its military space activities and coordinate cooperation with NATO, Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen announced.
- Japan's Foreign Ministry said unauthorized access to its systems may have compromised 3,600 records containing personal information, including names and email addresses.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez acknowledged that "trust in high-speed rail has been shattered" after a collision near Urda killed at least 69 people earlier this week, the country's second major high-speed rail disaster this year.
- The UN refugee agency launched a $50 million winter appeal, warning that an estimated 9 million people in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Syria and Lebanon will need additional assistance in the coming months, UNHCR official Dominique Hyde told reporters.
- Flydubai has extended its suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv until Nov. 30, after initially halting service on Sept. 30 following an alleged attempt to seize one of its aircraft carrying 174 Israelis.
- Oman’s navy evacuated 25 crew members from the Panama-flagged vessel RIT1 after it was attacked and caught fire about 1.6 nautical miles off Musandam, the Omani Maritime Security Center said.
- Dockworkers in 21 countries staged strikes and demonstrations at 113 ports under the slogan "We don’t work for war," protesting the use of commercial ports for military purposes and arms transfers to Israel.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due in Istanbul for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on cooperation, the Russia-Ukraine war and Black Sea security.
- Pope Leo XIV has cast a mail-in ballot in Chicago for next week’s US midterm elections, reportedly making him the first sitting pontiff to vote in a secular, democratic election.
- Saudi Arabia announced it is suspending travel to and entry from Kenya, including all visa types, as a precaution against Ebola.
- The European Commission proposed an additional €45 billion ($50 billion) in financial assistance to Ukraine for 2027 under the EU’s €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan package, with €13.3 billion for budgetary support and €31.7 billion for defense industrial capacity.
- Eurocontrol expects European air traffic to grow 1.7% to 11.2 million flights in 2026, down from a projected 2.7%, as Middle East conflicts cost the sector around 110,000 flights.
- Turkish club Fenerbahce Tarfin signed Canadian NBA veteran Dwight Powell, 35, on a contract through the end of the 2026-27 season.
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ottawa and the EU are seeking the "deepest possible partnership, short of accession," telling a Canada-EU summit in Montreal that closer ties would boost economic opportunities and reduce dependence on other global powers.
- US Central Command denied an Iranian claim that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps destroyed a US unmanned surface vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, saying all such vessels in the Middle East are accounted for.
- The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone launched at the Medina region, the fourth reported Houthi attack targeting Saudi Arabia.
- A vessel caught fire after being struck by an unidentified projectile 40 nautical miles south of Iran’s Lavan Island in the Gulf, with all crew reported safe, the UKMTO said.
- Turkish defense company Havelsan signed a memorandum of understanding with the Defense Industries Corporation of Nigeria to expand cooperation across the defense and technology fields, including command and control, unmanned systems and cybersecurity.
- US President Donald Trump said Washington does not yet know whether a North Korean hacker group was behind the security breach at Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, telling reporters: "We’re looking at that."
- The UN Security Council renewed the mandate of its Libya support mission for another year by a 13-0 vote, but a US-drafted resolution on Western Sahara failed after Russia used its veto.
- The Israeli army declared the Ain Deir Baha neighborhood in Hebron a closed military zone as its offensive in the occupied West Bank city entered an eighth day, displacing thousands of Palestinians and detaining dozens, witnesses told Anadolu.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned a ban on Russian ice hockey teams from international competitions, ruling that the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) had failed to provide sufficient evidence to justify the suspension, which was imposed after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022.
CAS said the federation’s arguments involving "safety, security and other concerns" were "not supported by sufficient evidence," following an appeal by the Russian Ice Hockey Federation.
The ruling requires the IIHF to reinstate Russian teams for the 2026-27 season, including the men’s and women’s World Championships, though it remains unclear whether restrictions will apply to national flags, uniforms or the playing of Russia’s national anthem.
Romano Floriani Mussolini, the great-grandson of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, scored his first goal for Lazio in a 6-2 victory against Sassuolo, helping the club move provisionally to the top of Serie A.
The 23-year-old right-back converted a low cross from Kenneth Taylor in the 16th minute to make it 3-1, with the goal initially ruled out for offside before being awarded after a video assistant referee review.
The win extended Lazio’s unbeaten Serie A run to nine matches, leaving them level with Inter Milan on 25 points at the top of the standings.
Türkiye’s tourism revenue climbed 2.4% year-on-year to a record $51.28 billion in the first nine months of 2026, according to Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy at a news conference at the Ataturk Cultural Center in Istanbul.
The country welcomed 49.13 million visitors during the period, with Russia topping the source markets at 5.7 million, followed by Germany with 5.17 million and the UK with 3.2 million.
Average spending per night rose 4.6% year-on-year to $107.70 across all visitors, with foreign tourists spending an average of $119.90 per night and expatriate citizens spending $72.20.
Activision Publishing apologized for using real footage of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and pledged to remove it, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The footage, showing the aftermath of the disaster that killed 159 people in Seoul’s Itaewon district, appears in the opening scenes of the game as part of a fictional North Korean invasion of South Korea.
"We deeply apologize to the victims and their bereaved families who must have suffered, as well as to everyone who we have caused concern," the company said in a notice to South Korean reporters, adding the footage will be removed in an update set to roll out on Nov. 12.
The game makers said they had not intended to evoke tragic events or disregard the pain caused by the disaster.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced it is managing a security incident, pledging to cover all user losses and saying it has reserved more than $6.34 billion in company funds, including its Secure Asset Fund for Users, to protect customer balances, with $5 billion held in the exact impacted token assets.
"Your funds are safe; Binance is covering the impact of this incident, not you," the exchange said in a statement.
Google parent Alphabet lost over $500 billion in market capitalization after revealing that artificial intelligence search summaries are denting its core advertising sales, with shares dropping nearly 13% to a six-month low and its market valuation falling to $3.46 trillion from $3.97 trillion.
Although quarterly revenue grew 25% year-on-year to $127.6 billion, net profit plunged 25%, and free cash flow turned negative, with outflows exceeding $9 billion due to surging AI investments.
Amazon shares also fell 6% in after-hours trading after the retailer posted an 11% rise in sales to $201 billion alongside negative free cash flow of $42 billion.
Pope Leo said institutions are needed to put ethical principles into practice to guide the development of artificial intelligence, stressing that the technology must serve the common good and that certain decisions should never be delegated to machines, speaking at a Vatican gathering on the future of AI.
"The future of AI is not pre-determined; machines are tools, not people; certain decisions cannot ever be delegated; intelligent technologies must be directed to the common good," he was quoted by Vatican News.
The pope said that since human beings develop AI, its future relies on the choices humanity makes, adding that "we have the responsibility to guide, change, and, when necessary, reject its applications."
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