Latest news bulletin | August 24th, 2025 – Evening
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00:00Ukraine celebrated its 34th anniversary of Independence Day on Sunday,
00:08commemorating its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
00:13Ukrainian President Zelensky addressed the nation, calling for a just peace to its war with Russia.
00:19What our future will be is up to us alone, he said in a nod to the recent US-Russia summit in Alaska.
00:27Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was present at the event and is expected to meet with Zelensky.
00:34Norway also pledged its support for Ukraine, announcing a nearly €600 million military aid package for air defence systems.
00:43Meanwhile, Russia has accused Ukraine of starting a fire at a nuclear power plant in the western Kursk region.
00:50Kyiv has not commented on the attack and the fire has been put out without further incidences.
00:57At least 64 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza over the past 24 hours.
01:07Medical sources in Gaza hospitals say at least 16 were killed on Sunday, including 7 aid-seekers.
01:14They were travelling through a military zone south of the Strip, headed to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation hub near Khan Yunus,
01:21when Israeli soldiers opened fire on them.
01:23The Gaza Health Ministry says at least 2,000 Palestinians seeking aid from the group have been killed and some 14,000 others were wounded.
01:31Meanwhile, an already dire humanitarian catastrophe continues to worsen, as eight more Palestinians, including one child, died of starvation on Sunday.
01:41It brings the total malnutrition-related deaths to 289, including 115 children.
01:49The UN stresses many more are at risk of imminent death, as it warns that 90% of the roughly 2 million population are facing starvation.
01:57Israeli attacks, which have so far killed close to 63,000 Palestinians, have been intensifying ahead of an imminent planned occupation of Gaza City.
02:07Several European countries will be halting their postal services to the U.S. after Donald Trump scrapped a tax exemption on low-import goods worth less than 800 dollars, or 688 euros, last month.
02:25The White House said it is aiming to combat illegal and abusive practices, such as the importation of illegal drugs into the United States.
02:33Letters and small parcels under 100 dollars, or 85 euro, will not be affected.
02:40The UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Holland will temporarily suspend services as of next week, while Belgium already stopped shipping packages to the U.S. on Friday.
02:51Trump's announcement comes after the U.S. and the European Union agreed on a new trade deal ending months of uncertainty.
02:58A father and his young son were crowned winners of the 2025 tree-hugging World Championship on Saturday.
03:12Antti and his son Matty scored 42.5 points in the grand finals to seal the victory, beating out competition from around the world, including the U.K., Austria, Mexico and the United States.
03:25A team from Austria clutched the runners-up position, while third place went to a team from Scotland.
03:30The annual event was held in the Levy Halipu Forest in the Finnish Arctic.
03:35The Nordic country also played host to another entertainment event in the Air Guitar World Championship competition.
03:41The 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.
03:51Second place went to a Japanese contestant after a fiercely fought-out final.
03:55Rotio 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.
04:04It's the first time the title returns to Finland since the year 2000.
