NATO intercepts Russian jets in Estonian airspace
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
NATO has intercepted Russian jets in Estonian airspace. The Kremlin denies that an incursion took place but it comes after similar incidents in Poland and Romania. Also: President Trump announces visa changes and a potential TikTok deal, the co-founder of the Palestinian-led BDS movement talks to the BBC, Notre Dame's bell towers reopen to the public, how brushing your teeth helps protect against cancer, and are dogs smarter than we thought?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.4 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.8 | I'm Alex Ritson, and at five hours, GMT, on Saturday the 20th of September, these are our main stories. |
| 0:20.3 | NATO intercepts Russian jets in Estonian airspace. |
| 0:24.9 | President Trump announced his visa changes amid a clampdown on immigration. |
| 0:29.9 | Notre Dame's bell towers reopen to the public. |
| 0:35.1 | Also in this podcast, how brushing your teeth helps protect against cancer and... |
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| 1:00.8 | First it was Poland and Romania. |
| 1:03.6 | Now Estonia has become the latest NATO member to have its airspace violated by Russia. |
| 1:09.3 | The defence minister Hano Povka told us three |
| 1:12.8 | Russian jets were intercepted by NATO pilots and forced to flee. |
| 1:17.3 | We were in a very close contact with our allies, not only with Finland, but also with Sweden. |
| 1:23.2 | And we had a situation under the control, but yes, it is unprecedented that for 12 minutes the Russians were in our airspace. |
| 1:31.2 | But there was a very good coordination among different countries. |
| 1:34.7 | Estonia is seeking urgent talks with NATO amid rising fears of Russian incursions. |
| 1:40.5 | The government said the Kremlin is increasingly testing its neighbours' borders. |
| 1:44.9 | Russia claims its fighters did not violate Estonian airspace, |
| 1:49.1 | but surely flying there for 12 minutes couldn't have been an accident. |
| 1:52.6 | That's the question I put to our global affairs reporter Danny Aberhart. |
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