Thursday 11th September 2025. Poland Russian drones. Sweden child crime. EU state of union. Indonesia floods. China reserve...

World news in 7 minutes. Thursday 11th September 2025.

Today: Poland Russian drones. Sweden child crime. EU state of union. Indonesia floods. China reserve. Hong Kong bill veto. Cuba power. United States megachurch leader. Congo Ebola. Botswana wealth fund. Africa school meals.

With Juliet Martin

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is send seven World News in seven minutes.
I'm Juliet Martin and today is Thursday, the eleventh of
September twenty twenty five. Starting in Europe today, Poland shot

(00:28):
down suspected Russian drones which entered its airspace yesterday morning.
This is the first time a NATO member has fired
during the war in Ukraine. Poland said that nineteen objects
had entered its airspace during a Russian air attack on

(00:51):
Ukraine and that it shot down those that might be
a threat. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the country
is quote the closest we have been to open conflict
since World War II, though there is quote no reason
to believe we're on the brink of war. A number

(01:14):
of NATO leaders have condemned the violation of Poland's airspace.
Russia has denied responsibility. Sweden plans to lower the age
of criminal responsibility. According to Prime Minister Off Christensen, the

(01:35):
current age limit is fifteen, and the number of under
fifteen year olds suspected of murder, aiding an a betting
murder or attempting murder was ninety three in the first
half of twenty twenty four. According to official data. The

(01:55):
country has seen an increase of crime gangs recruiting children
using social media. Christensen said children are being ruthlessly exploited
by criminal networks to commit serious crimes. Both to protect
these children and their potential victims, the government is taking

(02:19):
action against this type of cynical exploitation. European Union President
Urshula vonder Lyon gave the annual State of the Union
address to the European Parliament yesterday. She said Europe is
in a fight for its future.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
Europe is in a fight, a fight for a continent
that is whole and at peace, for a free and
independent Europe, A fight for our values and our democracies,
a fight for our liberty and our ability to determine
our destiny for ourselves. Make no mistake, this is a

(03:07):
fight for our future.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
Asia. In Indonesia, at least nine people have died in
floods in Bali. Heavy rain on Tuesday and Wednesday caused
flooding which caused nearly two hundred people to be evacuated.
Roads have been closed and two buildings in den Passa

(03:34):
were destroyed. China will create a national nature reserve at
the Scarborough Shoal China and the Philippines disagree over the
sovereignty and fishing access of the Scarborough Shoal in the
South China Sea. China's State Council said the nature reserve

(03:58):
will be quote an important guarantee for maintaining the diversity,
stability and sustainability of the Atolls natural ecosystem. In Hong Kong,
lawmakers have vetoed a bill that would have allowed same

(04:18):
sex partnerships. The bill would have granted rights to same
sex couples who had registered their relationship overseas. In the
Legislative Council, seventy one lawmakers voted against the bill and
fourteen voted in favor. LGBTQ groups and Amnesty International had

(04:43):
called on the government to allow registered partnerships for all
same sex couples the Americas. In Cuba, the power grid
collapsed yesterday for the fourth time in less than a year.
According to authorities, the collapse caused ten million residents to

(05:09):
lose power. Citizens were already experiencing daily blackouts, which could
last more than sixteen hours a day. In the United States,
the leader of a Mexican megachurch has been charged with
sex trafficking. Lalus del Mundo church has five million followers

(05:34):
around the world. Leader Nasson Juaquin Garcia is already serving
a sixteen years and eight months sentence for sexually abusing
three girls. Under the new charges, he could face life
in prison. Africa, in the Democratic Republican of Congo, population

(06:02):
movement is being restricted to control the spread of ebola.
The Health ministry declared an outbreak of ebola last week
for the first time in three years. Botswana has established
a new sovereign Wealth Fund to help boost economic diversification,

(06:26):
job creation and support state companies. Botswana has been experiencing
an economic slump due to the downturn in the global
diamond market. The new fund will invest abroad and in
Botswana to generate returns which aim to drive economic growth

(06:49):
and According to the World Food Program, countries in Sub
Saharan Africa have provided school meals for around twenty million
more children in the last two years. The number rose
by nearly a third to reach eighty seven million in
twenty twenty four. Ethiopia, Rwanda, Madagascar and Chad increased their

(07:17):
provision by six times. A report by the World Food
Program said that the statistics show quote a significant shift
from reliance on foreign aid. That's your world news in
seven minutes. If you enjoy this podcast, please tell your

(07:37):
friends about us. You can get in touch with us
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sending an email to podcast at senseven dot org. I'm
Juliet Martin. Tomorrow you will be with Stephen Devinchenzi. Have
a great day.