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Live from NPR News in Washington on Kwerva Coleman, NATO and Polish warplane scramble to shoot down several Russian attack drones that flew into Polish airspace today. Poland's president says he'll request that NATO invoke Article 4 of the NATO Treaty that calls on all members to meet and discuss what happened. NPR's Joanna Kikis reports from Kiev. Poland's leaders are calling the encouraging of Russian drones into Polish airspace, quote, an act of aggression. Residents in regions bordering Ukraine were told to seek shelter. Ukrainian president Volodyemir Zelensky said the airspace violation was no act. accident. Ukrainian security analyst Hanishelist agrees. So we understand that it is a deliberate policy

of checking air defense and the procedures of NATO countries how they will react to this. Because the weak reaction immediately will encourage them to the continuous action and increase of such activities. Moscow's envoy in Poland says there's no proof the drones are Russian and that Russia has no interest in fighting with Poland. Joanna Kekhesas and PR News, Kiev. President Trump says he'll release a statement today about Israel's attack yesterday on the capital of Qatar. Israel struck a building in the city of Doha, saying it was targeting Hamas leadership. Six people were killed. None were Hamas leaders. President Trump says he's not happy about the strike, and other nations have condemned the attack. Majad al-Ansari is the spokesman for Qatar's

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We are talking to all of our partners in the region and beyond to take a very strong position against the actions of Prime Minister Netanyahu that has driven Israel into being a faria and rogue state in the region. He spoke to NPR's morning edition. The U.S. Supreme Court says it will consider the case of President Trump's extensive tariffs. He imposed the levies earlier this year using an executive order. Two lower federal courts have decided the tariffs are illegal. They said Trump needed authorization from Congress.

President Trump's emergency declaration allowing him to take control of the Washington, D.C. Police Department expires today. But federal intervention in the city's affairs will likely continue. From member station W. AMU, Alex Coma reports. President Trump said federal control of the D.C. police department was needed to address crime in the city. And most crime rates have fallen over the last few weeks, according to D.C. police. But many of these numbers were falling before Trump's intervention. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has pushed back. against Trump's decision to temporarily take over the department. She remains concerned about preserving

the city's limited self-government. It has been clear that our autonomy has kind of been in the crosshairs. That's our North Star. Trump has also ordered many federal agents in the National Guard into the city. He isn't expected to remove them anytime soon. For NPR News, I'm Alex Koma in Washington, D.C. On Wall Street and pre-market trading stock futures are lower Dow futures are down, more than 50 points. This is NPR. Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth has been in Puerto Rico this week, along with joint chiefs of staff chairman General Dan Cain. Hegsett posted a video online. This comes as the Trump administration is increasing attention to drug cartels operating in the Caribbean Sea.

Last week, President Trump said the U.S. struck a vessel in the Caribbean that had come from Venezuela. He said the ship was part of a drug operation. The Federal Aviation Administration is, again, warning airlines that lithium batteries are dangerous on planes. The batteries are in devices from phones to hearing aids to laptops. They can start fires. A new moon has been discovered orbiting the planet Uranus. From Northwest Public Broadcasting, Lauren Patterson has more. At just six miles in diameter, the newest moon discovered orbiting Uranus is also the smallest. That's according to University of Idaho physics professor Matthew Headman, who was part of the team

led by the Southwest Research Institute that made the discovery. Hedman says the 13 rings encircling urinus are exceptionally narrow, and the icy giants' moons are orbiting so closely that their gravitational poles can tug on each other, leading to collisions. It indicates we don't really understand what's going on in this system, and that tells us there's still a lot about how things are going on in space that we still need to learn. He says understanding more about how the moons interact could

help scientists learn more about the physics of asteroid belts. For NPR News, I'm Lauren Patterson in Moscow, Idaho. And I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News, from Washington.