U.S. Vice President Mike Pence accused European powers on Thursday of undermining Washington's crack down on Iran by trying to break U.S. sanctions against Tehran, in remarks that were likely to further strain transatlantic relations.

The European Union's top diplomat Federica Mogherini said on Thursday the U.S. and EU share common views on several issues despite some tension with Washington over its decision to pull out of a nuclear deal with Iran.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Thursday for a new era of cooperation on the Middle East and said no country could afford to stay on the sidelines in tackling regional challenges such as Iran, Syria, Yemen and Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Kazimierz Kujda has resigned from his function as president of the National Environmental Protection Fund. This comes after it was revealed that he cooperated with the communist-era secret police. Only time will tell if his successor will have to be vetted because it seems that Kujda avoided the procedure after changes in the vetting laws.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called a U.S-backed Middle East conference with foreign ministers from leading Arab countries a "historical turning point" in tackling the threat from Iran.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said resolving Middle East challenges was not possible without "pushing back against Iran.

The two-day conference on the Middle East, co-organized by the United States and Poland, kicked off on Wednesday afternoon in Warsaw.

Both pro-Palestinian and pro-Iran demonstrators took to the streets outside Warsaw's Royal Castle, where the Middle East security conference was being held, protesting Netanyahu's presence at the talks and the United States' reinstatement of sanctions against Tehran.

A U.S.-sponsored Middle East conference aimed at building a coalition against what Washington sees as the threat posed by Iran also produced signs of a warming of ties between Israel and some Arab countries on Wednesday.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence praised Poland on Wednesday for its commitment to "protecting the telecoms sector from China", as part of a concerted push by the United States to convince its allies to exclude tech giant Huawei from telecoms projects.

U.S. President Donald Trump's attorney and former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, called for Iranian regime change on Wednesday ahead of a U.S.-backed Middle East summit in Warsaw.

The United States is in talks with Poland over Warsaw's request for more American troops on its soil, but no decision has been taken so far, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, as Washington weighs potential military threats from Russia.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said his country would always stand with Poland as the country's defence minister signed an agreement confirming delivery of a new rocket artillery system on Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged to keep Europe free despite "Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine" as he addressed military leaders on Wednesday at the NATO base in Orzysz, Poland. Pompeo said Russia plans to dominate Europe and reassert its influence, making it imperative that the NATO alliance remain "indispensable for the protection of the free peoples of Europe." U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled his low regard for NATO, a 70-year-old military alliance that joins the United States and Canada with allies in Europe. Trump has threatened to withdrawal U.S. interests from the alliance, despite overwhelming support from Congress to remain.

The U.S. act of using state power to suppress Chinese enterprises and intervening in economy by political means is unfair and immoral, a spokeswoman for Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

Chinese telecoms firm Huawei is ready to work with the Polish government on additional steps to build trust, Andy Purdy, chief security officer at Huawei Technologies USA, said on Wednesday.

Foreign ministers and senior officials from 60 nations gather in the Polish capital Warsaw on Wednesday where the United States hopes to ratchet up pressure against Iran despite concerns among major European countries about heightened tensions with Tehran.

U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Poland on Tuesday and laid out the agenda for a conference on the Middle East saying "the risk that has emanated from the Middle East for far too long."

"I'm sure that it will be a very good conference. This, of course, is a conference on peace in the Middle East. Major focus, according to our Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is gonna be on Iran. I think that's a very appropriate focus because the major problem in the Middle East is Iran," said the former Mayor of New York City and current attorney to President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani. Watch the full interview for TVN24 BIS' anchorman Piotr Kraśko.

The European Union produced 17.5 percent of its power needs from renewable sources in 2017, while 11 of the bloc's 28 members had already achieved a 2020 goal of 20 percent or more, the latest data released by Eurostat showed.

Speed skater Natalia Maliszewska is the first Polish World Cup winner in the 500 metre short track. She told us just how excited she is to compete in the World Championships which will take place in March.

The balance of trade for Poland is starting to slip. Polish wages are up in 2018, but the outlook for shopping mall traffic is looking bleak. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Williams unveiled a new title sponsor and a new livery for 2019 on Monday at its Grove headquarters.

Three people from the former management of Poland's state-owned fuel giant PKN Orlen were detained on Tuesday, including the former chairman of the board, Jacek K. The detained persons are suspected of a large-scale mismanagement, informed the National Public Prosecutor's Office.

The United States is fine with companies competing in global markets but it must be done in an open and transparent way, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday when questioned about the role of Chinese firms such as Huawei.

On Wednesday Poland will sign a contract with the United States for the HIMARS artillery rocket system. The deal is for 414 million dollars, which is more than 1,5 billion zlotys. HIMARS is a ground-to-ground system capable of hitting targets at a range of 300 kilometres.

"It’s not about dispute over judiciary anymore, but about drawing out the decision until the European elections, in order to play Poland politically," said Poland’s Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro regarding Tuesday’s proceedings in the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ). The Advocate General of the ECJ is expected to issue an opinion regarding the case on the 11th of April.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that U.S. missile defence systems did not violate the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).

There will be travel restrictions in Warsaw and more inspections at the borders. Until Friday two security alerts regarding terrorism and cybersecurity will be in effect. This is all concerning the Middle East security conference which is set to take place on Wednesday and Thursday.

Gerald Birgfellner, the Austrian businessman that has accused Jarosław Kaczyński of fraud spoke to investigators on Monday. He has secretly recorded the chairman of Law and Justice after working on a project to build two towers worth over 1 billion zlotys and then not getting paid for his services.