Latest news bulletin | August 24th, 2025 – Morning
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00:00Protesters took to the streets across the UK on Saturday to demonstrate against hotels housing asylum seekers.
00:10In Liverpool, crowds could be seen carrying the St George's Cross and Union Jack flags.
00:17Police could be seen leading people away from the Abolish Asylum System protest, a term coined by right-wing political parties.
00:26Demonstrations were also set to take place in other cities including Bristol, Newcastle and London.
00:35This week, a temporary injunction blocked housing asylum seekers in a hotel on the outskirts of London, reigniting the debate.
00:44Counter-protests were also held.
00:48Several European countries will be halting their postal services to the US after Donald Trump scrapped a tax exemption on low import goods worth less than 800 dollars or 688 euros last month.
01:07The White House said it is aiming to combat illegal and abusive practices such as the importation of illegal drugs into the United States.
01:16Letters and small parcels under 100 dollars or 85 euro will not be affected.
01:22The UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Holland will temporarily suspend services as of next week, while Belgium already stopped shipping packages to the US on Friday.
01:33Trump's announcement comes after the US and the European Union agreed on a new trade deal, ending months of uncertainty.
01:41Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's ex-partner Ghislaine Maxwell says US President Donald Trump was, quote,
01:55not inappropriate with anybody after a transcribed interview with the court last month was released.
02:02The Trump administration has faced pressure to disclose information about Epstein, with whom Donald Trump was friendly.
02:11Maxwell also told US officials that a much-discussed client list does not exist.
02:22At least 30 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Saturday.
02:27Eyewitnesses say Israeli missiles targeted a displacement camp in the southern city of Khan Yunus, killing at least 14 people.
02:34Health officials at the Nasser hospital say their bodies were admitted into the morgue on Saturday afternoon
02:40and added that more than half of them were women and children.
02:43A separate attack in the north of the enclave killed at least five people who were seeking aid.
02:48The attack happened near the Zikkim crossing where Israeli troops reportedly opened fire on the approaching Palestinians.
02:55The Zikkim crossing is where hundreds of UN convoys and other agencies' trucks carrying aid are lined up waiting to enter the strip to distribute food and other basic necessities.
03:05At least 10 more Palestinians were killed in other Israeli attacks elsewhere in the enclave.
03:10The Gaza Health Ministry says the death toll has now surpassed 62,600 people since the beginning of the Israeli offensive 22 months ago.
03:18Many more are at dire risk of losing their life, as the UN warns that over 90% of Gaza's 2 million population are on the brink of starvation,
03:27as Israel continues to limit the flow of food and aid into the besieged territory.
03:36A father and his young son were crowned winners of the 2025 tree-hugging world championship on Saturday.
03:43Antti and his son Matty scored 42.5 points in the grand finals to seal the victory, beating out competition from around the world,
03:51including the UK, Austria, Mexico and the United States.
03:56A team from Austria clutched the runners-up position, while third place went to a team from Scotland.
04:01The annual event was held in the Levy Halipu Forest in the Finnish Arctic.
04:06The Nordic country also played host to another entertainment event in the Air Guitar World Championship competition.
04:12The finals of that event was held on Friday, where Finnish air guitarist Apo the Angus Rotio clinched the title in front of his home crowd in the central city of Ulu.
04:22Second place went to a Japanese contestant after a fiercely fought-out final.
04:27Rotio clinched the title by a razor-thin 0.1 margin in an extra air-off round after the top two competitors were tied after two rounds.
04:36It's the first time the title returns to Finland since the year 2000.
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