NATO condemns drone incursions into Polish airspace
The World
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🗓️ 10 September 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Last night, more than a dozen drones believed to be from Russia flew into Poland’s airspace, and at least four of them were shot down by Polish and allied NATO aircraft. While the incident drew condemnation, the Kremlin has not confirmed or denied that the drones were Russian. Also, 24 years after the 9/11 attacks, the detention center at Guantanamo Bay remains open, despite promises by former presidents to shut it down. And, divers have successfully removed a single, abandoned fishing net, one of the largest pieces of so-called "ghost gear" ever recorded, from a marine-protected area off the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Plus, a look back at an initiative in the UK that normalizes support for parents of newborns.
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| 0:00.0 | Poland and its European allies did not hesitate to shoot down Russian drones in Polish airspace last night. |
| 0:12.5 | It's most likely not an accident that these drones made it to Poland. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 0:17.0 | And I'm Marco Wurman. Today, Poland fights back. |
| 0:20.0 | Also on the program, a check-in on the U.S. |
| 0:22.0 | military prison in Guantanamo Bay. There's no interest in closing it at this point. |
| 0:26.3 | And the detainees still there. The five men who are accused of the 9-11 attacks are still here, |
| 0:32.0 | still haven't gone to trial, charged for 18 years. Plus, off the coast of Mexico, a huge fishing net that put marine life in danger is finally out of the water. |
| 0:43.8 | We have 17 divers in the water. You can see everywhere. Just pulling nets. |
| 0:47.4 | All those stories and more are coming up today on the world. This is The World. |
| 0:59.5 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 1:01.0 | And I'm Marco Wurman. |
| 1:02.2 | It is good to be with you. |
| 1:03.8 | Last night, more than a dozen Russian drones entered Poland's airspace. |
| 1:07.7 | Several of them were shot down by Polish and allied NATO aircraft. It is the first time a |
| 1:12.0 | NATO country has shot down Russian drones. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Poland is closer |
| 1:18.0 | to war right now than it has been since World War II. NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta |
| 1:23.9 | condemned what he called Russia's reckless behavior. A full assessment of the incident is ongoing. |
| 1:31.3 | What is clear is that the violation last night is not an isolated incident. |
| 1:37.3 | To get a fuller sense of where things stand now, I spoke earlier with Philip Bernardich. |
| 1:41.3 | He heads the German Marshall Funds, Warsaw office in Poland. |
| 1:45.4 | People woke up this morning with check-ins from folks, and those are the people that didn't |
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