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Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump's Sweeping Tariffs; Ukrainian Delegation Meets U.S. Envoy Witkoff in New York; Israel Strikes Gaza City ahead of Takeover; Modi, Putin and Xi to Meet in China; Trump's Praise of Authoritarian Leaders Raises Global Questions; Fed Court Says Deportation Expansion Violates Due Process; Backlash over Uganda's Deal to Take Rejected U.S. Migrants; Italian Revenge Porn Facebook Page Taken Down; Grimsby Town Manager Discusses Win over Manchester United. Aired 4-5a ET

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KIM BRUNHUBER, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Welcome to all of you watching us around the world. I'm Kim Brunhuber. This is CNN NEWSROOM.

Trump's tariffs rejected; a federal appeals court ruling the president overstepped his authority when he implemented sweeping global tariffs.

And a summit of strongmen, Putin. Kim and Xi, prepare to come together in public for the first time to solidify their partnership against Western influence.

Plus, a bitcoin bull, Eric Trump making a big push in Asia's booming crypto market.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Live from Atlanta, this is CNN NEWSROOM with Kim Brunhuber.

BRUNHUBER: We begin this hour with the uncertainty about the future of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on goods from other nations. On Friday, a federal appeals court struck down many of those tariffs, saying Trump unlawfully used emergency powers to impose the import taxes.

And the court noted that the power to tax belongs to Congress. Still, the ruling won't take effect until October and that gives the Trump administration time to file an appeal with the Supreme Court.

The president posted on social media all tariffs are still in effect and he added that it would be a total disaster for the country if these tariffs ever went away.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MAGGIE HABERMAN, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: The president has used a lot of emergency powers in a lot of situations that many who are watching don't think qualify as emergencies.

This was one that was always going to be difficult. And the further it got along down the process, the U.S. is going to end up in a position, if the Supreme Court upholds this ruling. And it is almost certainly going to go to the Supreme Court.

The U.S. is now going to be in a position of having to pay people -- countries, excuse me -- back for tariffs. That gets very complicated.

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BRUNHUBER: We get more now from CNN's Katelyn Polantz.

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KATELYN POLANTZ, CNN CRIME AND JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: A federal appeals court has decided that the tariffs that Donald Trump issued toward Mexico, China and Canada at the very beginning of the Trump administration, those are illegal.

This is a big ruling against the Trump administration saying that Donald Trump just did not have the authority he thought he at that time to issue the sweeping tariffs that he did.

That's because at that time he said that the U.S. was under a national emergency because of fentanyl and drug trafficking and organized crime across the southern border at the United States. And that was the impetus for tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico.

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals that's based in Washington In a 7, 4 decision on Friday, they said that is just far too much of magnitude in issuing tariffs under this particular emergency authority that Donald Trump said he had at the time, it was not done correctly by the White House.

They do note that the president does have emergency powers around financial restrictions toward other countries and they were even used at times like after September 11, 2001, those terrorist attacks in the U.S. But this, what Donald Trump was trying to do this year, it just doesn't fly with this federal court.

Now it doesn't mean, though, that all of the tariffs are blocked. There are many tariffs that this court is not striking down at this time. They weren't part of this court case.

And there isn't a resolution right away on whether all of the tariffs from the beginning of the Trump administration will be blocked, the ones that were under these emergency powers responding to drug trafficking coming into the United States.

What happens next is very likely appeals. We do expect there to be a push by the administration to continue to argue for the tariffs and especially for the presidential authority. And this court said that a lower court will have to decide whether

there needs to be a more restricted view of what would be blocked. Whenever they look at this case, it will go back down potentially to the lower court as well. Back to you.

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BRUNHUBER: Ukrainian authorities say Russia launched a large-scale attack overnight. Video shows crews fighting fires and destroyed buildings and paramedics rushing to care for injured residents in Zaporizhzhya.

Ukraine's air force said it shot down most of Russia's 537 drones and 47 missiles. Officials say at least three people have been killed and 37 wounded in the last 24 hours. Now it comes as top Ukrainian officials say they met with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff to, quote, "push forward real diplomacy" at a Friday meeting in New York.

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Witkoff was also briefed on the massive Russian attack on Kyiv earlier this week. Ukraine's president says the death toll from that air assault has now risen to 25. World leaders and officials are denouncing the strikes as Kyiv calls for direct talks with Vladimir Putin.

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JOHN KELLEY, ACTING U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TO THE U.N.: The latest drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, which resulted in numerous civilian casualties and damage to residential areas, the offices of the E.U. delegation in Kyiv and the building which houses the British Council, cast doubts on the seriousness of Russia's desire for peace.

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BRUNHUBER: And joining me now live from Paris with CNN's Melissa Bell.

So Melissa, let's start with those latest strikes.

What are we learning?

MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, at.

Least three people.

Killed. And again, a lot of.

Frustration being expressed by President Zelenskyy. Bear in mind.

This is only a couple of days after, of course. The second largest aerial assault on.

The Ukrainian. Capital since.

The full scale invasion began.

Kim. And this.

Even as.

Everyone had been.

Looking ahead.

To this Monday deadline for a meeting, the deadline.

Set by president Trump.

For.

A meeting to.

Be said between President Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin.

Now that has never seemed further away. And you can hear the frustration in President Zelenskyy's words, reacting again to a night of more than 500 aerial assaults across Ukraine.

Speaking to the fact that, even as the time should have been used to prepare this leaders' meeting, Vladimir Putin has in fact been using that time to carry out massive assaults on Ukraine.

There are calls from the German and French leaders now for added sanctions on Moscow, with president Macron speaking on Friday, Kim, about the fact that, should this deadline on Monday come and go, president Trump will have been played by President Putin once again.

So very barbed remarks there about how president Trump should take this failure to get these two leaders together. President Putin is on his way this weekend to China for a summit and military parade there.

And there's very little to suggest that we are any closer today to peace talks than we were at any point these last few months or weeks, Kim. So a lot of frustration there on the part of President Zelenskyy. A lot of anger on the part of European leaders.

The question now, I think, is how president Trump reacts beyond Monday and what we imagine will be the failure to bring these two leaders together and make any progress toward ceasefire talks or peace talks at all.

Is there then a will to carry on trying to broker a peace deal or does he simply disengage entirely? -- Kim.

BRUNHUBER: Yes, that's the question. Melissa Bell in Paris, really appreciate that. Thank you so much.

Israel is carrying out strikes on the edge of Gaza City. The Israeli military has declared it a dangerous combat zone. Israeli troops are expected to move in and take over the city in the near future. The new strikes have many Palestinians fleeing for safety. Meanwhile, a source familiar with the matter says Israel is preparing

to stop humanitarian airdrops over Gaza City and reduce the number of aid trucks entering northern Gaza. The head of the U.N. Agency for Palestinian Refugees says the Gaza City takeover will lead to more death and suffering. Here he is.

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PHILLIPPE LAZZARINI, COMMISSIONER GENERAL, UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY: It has to stop immediately. As you know, people living in Gaza are now in a state of famine, which has been declared about a week ago.

And now we are talking about a major military offensive with a total evacuation of an extremely weakened population.

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BRUNHUBER: On Friday, the Israeli military recovered the bodies of two Israeli hostages. One of them is Ilan Weiss. The second has yet to be identified. CNN's Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond has more.

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JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Well, Israeli military bombardment and artillery shelling of Gaza City is indeed ramping up as Israel prepares for a full-scale invasion of Gaza City, where nearly one million people live and are now at risk of being forcibly displaced.

The Israeli military indeed carrying out a number of strikes that have set off huge plumes of smoke, particularly in the northern part of Gaza City, much of this seems to be a precursor for ground troop movement into that city.

As we know right now, there are Israeli troops that are operating just north of Gaza City in Jabalya, as well as in the southern Gaza City neighborhood of Zeitoun. It's not clear how close we are to that ground troop movement actually happening in Gaza City.

But the Israeli military now declaring Gaza City a, quote, "dangerous combat zone."

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Ending the temporary 10 hour per day tactical pauses that were meant to allow humanitarian aid to flow in. In terms of that part of Gaza City, those tactical pauses effectively over now in Gaza City.

As an Israeli military official tells me, these are the initial stages of this Gaza City operation. 59 people have been killed over the course of the past day, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

But, of course, there are the broader risks of exacerbating the already awful humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a result of this military operation with nearly a million people at risk of being forcibly displaced and Gaza City, of course, already gripped by famine, according to U.N. experts.

Now Israeli troops also operating elsewhere in Gaza and have recovered the bodies of two Israeli hostages. We only know the identity of one of those hostages so far.

His name is Ilan Weiss, he is 56, years old. He was killed in Hamas attack on October 7th on kibbutz Be'eri and his body was then taken into Gaza and has been held as a bargaining chip until now. But his body has now been returned to his family and will finally be able to get a proper burial.

The fate of so many other hostages still hangs in the balance, though, there are now 48 hostages remaining in Gaza, 20 of whom are believed to be alive. But we know, of course, that the conditions in which they are being held in are desperate -- Jeremy Diamond, CNN, Tel Aviv.

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BRUNHUBER: The U.S. says it won't grant a visa to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas for September's U.N. General Assembly. A State Department official says Abbas and about 80 other Palestinian officials won't be allowed into the country.

The move will severely limit the Palestinian presence at the assembly. A number of countries have said they'll use the event to recognize the Palestinian state. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation called the move discriminatory, said it contradicts international law and called on the United Nations to take urgent action.

We'll be back with more here on CNN NEWSROOM. Please do stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: Three major world leaders are meeting this weekend in China. Each is under pressure from the U.S. Chinese leader Xi Jinping will host more than 20 world leaders, including Russian president Vladimir Putin, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. It begins on Sunday in Tianjin.

President Trump will be absent but the U.S. is likely to be very present in conversations. Indian leader Narendra Modi is expected to attend just days after the Trump administration imposed a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods.

Karishma Mehrotra is the South Asia correspondent for "The Washington Post," and she joins us now from San Francisco.

Good to see you again. Thank you so much for joining us here. Really appreciate it. So we're seeing Modi heading to China for the first time in seven years, right after Trump slapped those massive tariffs on India.

Is this Modi sending a message to Washington?

KARISHMA MEHROTRA, SOUTH ASIA CORRESPONDENT, "THE WASHINGTON POST": I do think there's been a series of actions that India has taken that, at least in optics, shows a bit of a lean toward both China and Russia in the moments after the tensions between U.S. and India have risen.

So I do think that many actions from India can be seen as a signal that India wants to hedge its bets and make other friends. But I would caution to say I don't know if we can say it's a massive strategic shift toward China yet. But yes, I do think it's a signal.

BRUNHUBER: One of the bones of contention between the two is president Trump accusing India of fueling Putin's war machine by buying Russian oil. So explain to us why Modi is willing to cross Trump on this issue.

MEHROTRA: Yes, I think India and Russia have had a very strong historical relationship and many strategic experts and thinkers in India do believe that Russia's been far more reliable for India than the U.S.

I will say that India's imports of Russian oil were more opportunistic at a moment after the war began. But I also think that the tensions between U.S. and India are not only about the oil. The oil seems to be making a lot of the news right now.

But Trump has also been very upset that India has not given him credit, that he has claimed several times, for stopping the conflict between India and Pakistan back in May. So we've had a series of issues that have occurred between India and the U.S.

And the Russian oil is one of them. But I do think a lot of it comes from Trump's anger on other issues with India at this moment.

BRUNHUBER: Yes. I mean, the issue of not getting credit seems like a particularly petty one but perhaps not surprising, given Trump's predilections. We seem very far away from those moments of those -- the bromance between Modi and Trump.

Trump seems now to be pushing India into China's arms, which is exactly, I assume, what the U.S. didn't want to happen.

Are we watching American foreign policy backfiring here in real time?

MEHROTRA: Yes, I do think that much of how you've characterized it is probably true. The largest reversal in relationship has probably happened with India. You're right that Modi and Trump seem to have such a strong personal relationship that has taken a massive downturn so quickly.

And it has coincided with India's thaw with China that occurred, started occurring, mind you, before Trump won but has really picked up steam in the in the recent months. But again, I will say that, while you could read this as failure of America's foreign policy, India has a lot of hesitation before immediately befriending China.

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There are a lot of issues that India and China, including an unresolved border, that are not going to be easy to just brush under the rug. And I would be surprised if India were to make a strong strategic shift away from America and toward China. So I guess we still have to watch and see how much leverage just does an India relationship actually hold.

How much does this actually signal a failure of American policy?

We still have to see. A lot can change, as we know with this administration. But yes, I mean, we've seen so much change so quickly that I think many of us are very surprised with the direction that geopolitics has taken all of a sudden.

BRUNHUBER: Yes, absolutely. Let's talk about the context here.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, is it basically becoming the anti-America club that China and Russia have been long dreaming of?

MEHROTRA: Yes. I mean, the irony really is that BRICS has been called that anti-American club for a long time. The SEO was planned much before this change in geopolitics and so is getting a lot of attention now because the timing.

Really, I think your question would apply more to the BRICS. And I do think a bit of an irony of the situation is that many of the countries in the BRICS are the ones who are facing Trump's ire the most. And it seems to be creating a bit of a cohesion between Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa.

So I would say that the fact that, at SEO, you have Putin there, you have Xi there and you have Modi, is significant. Now how it comes out with the joint statement, what we see they agree on or not agree on will answer some of your question of how quote-unquote, "anti- American" it is.

But it isn't a small thing that these top leaders are there without Trump.

BRUNHUBER: Yes. We'll be watching to see what comes out of this. Karishma Mehrotra, thank you so much for speaking with us. Really appreciate it.

MEHROTRA: Thank you.

BRUNHUBER: China's military parade on Wednesday is parading to mark 80 years since the end of World War II and it's sure to be a spectacle. It will also be a remarkable event for the authoritarian leaders who will gather on the reviewing stand. Will Ripley looks at the challenge they pose to the democratic West.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Two of the world's most powerful strongmen, China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin, greeting each other in grand, opulent pomp and ceremony.

President Xi once whispered they were driving history's change together. A rare glimpse into how both men see themselves, toasting a vision of a new world order, one less dominated by the United States.

Years earlier, they were flipping pancakes together. Xi gifted Chinese pandas to Russia. They marked Xi's birthday with ice cream and cake.

Sometimes the more reserved Chinese leader even went in for the hug. Just this spring, she was in Moscow watching Putin's military parade.

Now the roles reverse. Putin heads to Beijing for Xi's massive parade across Tiananmen Square, side by side once again.

What must this moment be like for Vladimir Putin?

JILL DOUGHERTY, FORMER CNN MOSCOW BUREAU CHIEF: I think he's happy. I think he's happy that he is out on the world stage. He is now with his friends.

RIPLEY: But this time, Putin is not just shoulder to shoulder with Xi. Now North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un joins the picture. Putin's newest partner. They signed a defense pact in Pyongyang. Kim has supplied weapons and thousands of troops for Putin's war in Ukraine.

There is a real value to having the three of them together face to face, isn't there?

DOUGHERTY: It's crucial to be in the same room. Just that idea, here we are, you know, against the West and the West is doing terrible things and we're going to undermine them. I think that brings them together, kind of bonds them in many different ways.

RIPLEY: For Putin, Kim provides vital military support. For Kim, it's cash and validation. And now, a rare seat at the table with two of the world's nuclear superpowers, appearing together in public for the first time.

And looming over all three, U.S. president Donald Trump. He's been praising the strongman for years.

TRUMP: Putin, very smart. President Xi is a brilliant man. How smart is Kim Jong-un?

RIPLEY: Today, the stakes go far beyond flattery. With trade, Ukraine and nukes causing tension, Xi, Putin and Kim are closing ranks.

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Their shared mission chip away at Washington's dominance, challenged the U.S.-led order that has defined global power for decades.

You can imagine the conversations behind closed doors. What pressure points does Trump respond to?

Can Xi use his influence?

Can Putin exploit his outreach?

Can Kim secure another summit?

Will they all meet together someday?

They don't know what Donald Trump will do next. Maybe even Donald Trump doesn't know. And that unpredictability will almost certainly be a topic of discussion behind the scenes as they all prepare to stand together on the same stage for the very first time -- Will Ripley, CNN, Taipei.

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BRUNHUBER: A plan to transport migrants from the U.S. to Uganda is moving forward and sparking criticism. We'll talk to an expert about what it means for a nation that already houses a huge refugee population. Stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: Welcome back to all of you watching us around the world. I'm Kim Brunhuber. This is CNN NEWSROOM.

Recapping our top story, A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday struck down many of president Donald Trump's tariffs, saying he unlawfully used emergency powers to impose the import taxes. The ruling won't take effect until October. That gives the Trump administration time to file an appeal with the Supreme Court.

Another federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's latest effort to speed up deportations of migrants already living in the U.S.

In a sharply worded ruling, the judge said the plan violated the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of due process. The policy aimed to expand so- called expedited removals. Those have long been limited to migrants caught near the border but now officials want to apply them nationwide.

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The judge wrote that the administration's argument that undocumented migrants have no constitutional protections would put everyone at risk.

Hundreds of Guatemalan children in U.S. custody may soon be sent back to their home country under a new Trump policy. Critics and immigration advocates warn the move puts vulnerable children in greater danger. CNN's Priscilla Alvarez has more.

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PRISCILLA ALVAREZ, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: The Trump administration is planning to send back hundreds of Guatemalan children in U.S. government to their country of origin, what sources have described to me as an unprecedented move.

Now the children that we're talking about here are those who arrived to the United States unaccompanied, meaning that they, for example, arrived to the U.S. southern border without a parent or legal guardian.

When that happens, they are put in the care of the Health and Human Services Department. And while they're in care, officials work to place them with U.S.-based family members while those children go through their immigration proceedings.

And an immigration judge determines whether they are afforded special protections in the United States. What this program does, however, according to the sources I've talked to, is send back more than 600 children who have been identified to their country of origin; in this case, Guatemala.

Now according to sources, these children are believed to not have a parent in the United States, though they may have another family member. They do have family in Guatemala.

Now this has raised alarm among advocates who work with these children because they say that the United States law does provide special protections for these children and that the process does need to run its course.

By plucking them out of government custody, they may not get protections that they might otherwise be afforded. They also note that, in some cases, children are fleeing conditions at home; for example, with their parents or because their parents can't keep them safe from worsening conditions at home.

So there are multiple factors that play into this, which is stirring concern. Now in some cases, there are children who do choose to voluntarily depart the United States but, even in those cases, immigration judges are involved to help the children, help a child understand what decision they're making to leave the United States.

Now the administration did not respond to requests for comment. The senator, Ron Wyden, has been asking the administration to immediately cease the program, citing whistleblower accounts.

But for now, the sources I've spoken with say that the plan is full steam ahead, a plan that, again, has not been done before -- Priscilla Alvarez, CNN, Washington.

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BRUNHUBER: An East African nation is coming under fire over its new migrant deal with the U.S. Uganda approved a Trump administration plan to take in migrants whose asylum bids have been rejected. Now it's not yet known how many deportees will be sent from the U.S.

But Uganda is already home to Africa's largest refugee population. Uganda has stipulated that unaccompanied minors and those with criminal records would not be accepted in the country and would prefer to only take in African citizens.

Well, that could complicate the U.S. plan for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador. The Trump administration wants to send him to Uganda. But a judge has halted his removal for several more weeks.

Joining me now from Nairobi, Kenya, is Nicodemus Minde. He's a researcher with the Institute for Security Studies.

Thank you so much for being here with us. Really appreciate it. Good to see you again. So Uganda has already nearly 2 million refugees.

Why do you think president Museveni agreed to take in even more people from the U.S.?

NICODEMUS MINDE, RESEARCHER, INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES: I think the deal, of course, there is no clear conditions that have been. Outlined and especially what Uganda. Stands to benefit.

But all that we are doing now is speculation. But one of the. Biggest speculation is Uganda intends to improve its relations. With Washington after a previous stint of sanctions.

So the aim is to, of course, improve the relations between Uganda and the United States. And, of course, there are also speculations that the deal could encompass other, financial incentives as well as visa, as well as tariff benefits that will come from this particular deal.

BRUNHUBER: So there are some sort of quid pro quo but we just don't know exactly what the terms are, I guess. There's an election upcoming in Uganda.

I mean, how do ordinary Ugandans feel about all of this?

MINDE: Well, one of the issues that has also come out is the fact that this particular agreement or deal has not passed through parliament. And, of course, there has been some form of criticism that has come from the opposition, who view that the deal ought to have been passed through Uganda's parliament for approval.

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So if you are to gauge probably that in terms of what the Ugandan people particularly feel, we may not know exactly. But I think there is, of course, some form of disagreement as to why this deal did not pass through parliament for discussion and approval.

So you can say that there's some form of, you know, public disagreement of some kind because the deal did not pass through or was not discussed through official channels.

BRUNHUBER: Yes. And I mean, you know, we're talking about, in Uganda, one of the world's poorest countries. Now we don't know the number of migrants that they'll be taking in. So we don't know the true cost of what it would cost Uganda. But surely that's a consideration, too. I imagine people aren't exactly thrilled about that.

MINDE: Exactly. One of the -- so the agreement to the deal is still very fuzzy. So, yes, you've highlighted the three conditions, which include no criminal record or are not accompanied by minors. And, of course, preferably from African countries.

But one of the things that is not coming out very clear is the timelines in which this deal is going to start. Of course, the Ugandan officials have actually said that it is a temporary agreement. But again, in terms of the benefits, clear benefits, it's still very fuzzy. It's still subject to speculation.

And again, there is, of course, the question that Uganda is going into an election in January 2026 and, of course, there is belief that, by Ugandan agreeing to such a deal, it could be a way that the administration there are trying to shield itself from criticisms once the elections start.

The electoral process, of which most of the time the electoral process has oftentimes been very, very, you know, authoritarian and human rights have also been of high concern in Uganda.

BRUNHUBER: Let's widen this out, take a more continental view. I mean, it's not just Uganda here. A couple of other African countries have already taken in U.S. deportees. Rwanda has just agreed to do it the other day.

There seems to be a certain amount of anger about the continent becoming, you know, a dumping ground for America's unwanted migrants, especially, as we've talked about, since we don't know, in most cases, what the countries are getting in return here.

MINDE: For sure.

Other than Rwanda, the other countries, South Sudan and, of course, Eswatini. And there's been a lot of concern, of course, the issue to do with the legality, of course, of the deportation on which you have highlighted from the United States' point of view.

But, of course, also in the larger context of international law and, of course, international refugee law and, of course, international human rights law, all these are subjects of concern, especially on the principle of non-refoulement, in which is an important principle in refugee law.

Where, you know, the deportees, you have cited the case of Abrego Garcia. There's, of course, there's a concern from the United States that, for instance, maybe there is an attempt to -- for him to take a plea. But again, from the African context, there is, of course, the

fuzziness that comes with this. But, of course, there's also another question of the safety of these deported immigrants who may come.

Most of these countries, as you have highlighted, there's been concern about the human rights record. And, of course, there's, of course, there's also the issue of the issue of their safety in terms of these countries, in terms of how they have operated in their previous past.

So all these are criticisms that actually come with this Uganda-United States deal in the broader context, as you put it, actually, rightly put it. It is the question of the perception that they are being dumped into the African continent.

BRUNHUBER: Last question for you, a very general one for -- curious to get your perspective there from Nairobi. Take the temperature for me on Donald Trump's relationship with the continent so far.

How is his second term being viewed so far?

MINDE: Well, if you are to look at his first stint as president, he didn't go very well with the African continent. Of course, there were those very harsh words that were said against the continent.

And, of course, this has come also with big tariffs that have been announced, that have hit the continent hard. And we have also seen the treatment, of course, of the South African head of state while he was on visit to the White House in general.

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So you can understand that therefore is not so very good relationship between, for example, the (INAUDIBLE) how Africa views Donald Trump in the larger context. But again, these are just very personal views; might not necessarily project what (INAUDIBLE) actually view Donald Trump.

BRUNHUBER: Yes. A very large continent with so many different views. But appreciate getting yours on this. Nicodemus Minde in Nairobi, thank you so much. Really appreciate it.

MINDE: Thank you very much.

BRUNHUBER: All right. After the break, the Trump family capitalizes on the soaring popularity of cryptocurrency. We'll have a special report from Hong Kong coming up. Please stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni says she's disgusted by a website reportedly posting fake pornographic images of prominent women. The site was shut down on Thursday, claiming users are the ones who were breaking the rules. CNN's Barbie Nadeau has more from Rome.

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BARBIE LATZA NADEAU, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has expressed her disgust and anger after the discovery of a website containing altered photos of her and other prominent Italian female leaders in intimate situations.

The big question now is whether the existing revenge porn laws, which came into effect in 2019, will cover this, since those laws are designed to protect women in domestic violence situations and stalking situations.

This is quite different because many of the images that depicted these female leaders, including Meloni and her sister, along with the female head of the opposition party and many female actors and influencers, are altered images of them taken at political rallies or in press reports.

Now Meloni said she was disgusted by the site and called for strong punishment for those involved, either posting or even those commenting on the post. Now this comes after a Facebook page called Mia Moglie or My Wife, which had 32,000 members, was removed by Meta last week.

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That came after police found that mostly men were posting intimate photos of their wives, girlfriends and even sisters without their consent.

And activists now say there are even more of these sites online and on social media.

Police say they have collected information on many of the members of both these sites and have asked anyone to come forward if they know of other sites. They are determining what, if any, laws have been broken and just who should face justice -- Barbie Nadeau, CNN, Rome.

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BRUNHUBER: State media in Indonesia say three people are dead after authorities say protesters set fire to a regional parliament building during a demonstration. Reports say victims were allegedly trapped in the burning building and two people were injured when they jumped out of the building.

Hundreds of Indonesians have been protesting after a civilian died after being hit by a police car. Demonstrators also protested lawmakers' pay and are calling for police reform.

After earlier skepticism, U.S. President Donald Trump is now a fan of bitcoin. The currency hit a record high this month. And now his son, Eric, has encouraged attendees of a bitcoin conference to buy right now. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout has this report from the conference in Hong Kong.

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ERIC TRUMP, VICE PRESIDENT, TRUMP ORGANIZATION: Everybody wants bitcoin. Everybody is buying bitcoin.

KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): Eric trump is hyping crypto in Hong Kong just as bitcoin is on fire.

In August, the digital asset hit a record high of $124,000.00. Crypto is booming on the back of policy support from Eric's father, U.S. president

Donald Trump and fans here at bitcoin Asia are all in.

ROCKSTAR DEV, DEVELOPER: bitcoin is just better technology for money.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: bitcoin is definitely going to play a very big part of the future.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it is going to be higher and higher.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We love bitcoin.

STOUT (voice-over): The Trump family has piled into crypto through a range of investments, including World Liberty Financial, Trump's very own meme

coin and American bitcoin set to start trading in September.

Chinese crypto mogul, Justin Sun, famous for paying over $6 million for a banana duct taped to a wall, pumped $75 million into World Liberty tokens.

Afterwards, U.S. securities regulators hit pause on their civil fraud case against him.

HILLARY ALLEN, LAW PROFESSOR, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: There are no limits on the opportunities that there are to seek favor with the person issuing

those crypto assets.

STOUT (voice-over): After arranging Trump to speak at his conference last year --

TRUMP: I want to thank David Bailey for inviting me.

STOUT (voice-over): Bailey is bringing the party to Hong Kong.

DAVID BAILEY, BITCOIN INVESTOR: China is one of the biggest bitcoin mining locations in the world. They have one of the biggest user bases of bitcoin

in the world. Their citizens own a huge percentage of the bitcoin. They are a bitcoin superpower and you know, my word of advice to China would be to embrace being a bitcoin superpower, just in the same way that the United States is embracing it and own it.

STOUT (voice-over): In 2021, China banned crypto trading and mining over financial stability concerns but sands are shifting.

STOUT: In August, Hong Kong became one of the first markets in the world to regulate issuers of fiat-backed stablecoins, that's crypto-

linked to real world currencies like the U.S. dollar. It is all part of a bigger bid for this Chinese city to become a digital assets hub.

ALLEN: The FOMO, the desire to be a hub comes from this, I think general sense in our society that we have that you need to be the leader in

whatever the latest hot technology is, because that's how you get progress, that's how you get growth.

There are a lot of negatives for society and really the primary legal use case is speculation.

STOUT (voice-over): "The New Yorker" estimates President Trump and his family have made over $2.3 billion from crypto ventures.

E. TRUMP: This is the time to buy. Volatility is your friend. Buy right now. Shut your eyes. Hold it for the next five years and you are going to

do terrifically well.

ROCKSTAR DEV: People love to hear Eric Trump. So I personally am not a big fan but you know, like what he is doing for bitcoin, I appreciate it.

STOUT (voice-over): Judging from the hype here, they are banking on more upside to come in Asia -- Kristie Lu Stout, CNN, Hong Kong.

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BRUNHUBER: Well, it's an upset that few saw coming. Manchester United knocked out of the League Cup by fourth-tier Grimsby Town. And what Grimsby's manager has to say about the win. That's coming up after the break. Stay with us.

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BRUNHUBER: Well, it's an upset for the ages after fourth-tier football team Grimsby Town pulled off the seemingly impossible, knocking Manchester United out of the League Cup. It all came down to penalty kicks, with Grimsby Town edging Manchester 12-11.

The day after the match, CNN "WORLD SPORT"s Patrick Snell caught up with Grimsby manager David Artell. Listen to this.

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DAVID ARTELL, MANAGER, GRIMSBY TOWN: I can't lie, I have seen the tweet from Bayer Leverkusen and it's things like that that makes last night's experience a little bit surreal. But one that I think we fully deserved.

There was one gripe that I had with the players afterwards that we should have beaten them in 90 minutes. We had two goals disallowed. But overall we've got to be immensely proud and pleased with the outcome of the game and how we performed on the night.

And we haven't lost a game this season. We're seven games in. It's the best start for a number of years. But then as a football club, we haven't lost at Blundell Park to Manchester United for 105 years. So we had a real long history to protect.

Although I know we haven't played them for 77 of them years. But we certainly hadn't lost to them in the in the other 40-odd. So it was a terrific night and hopefully, hopefully it makes the whole football world sit up and take notice of our football club.

PATRICK SNELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Oh, yes.

ARTELL: And watch as our journey progress.

SNELL: What does it all mean to you, Grimsby Town Football Club, and indeed the people of Grimsby in that region?

ARTELL: Yes. Look, we spoke about before, you know, I'm pretty certain maybe three or four or five years ago nobody had heard of Wrexham. And certainly across the pond. And probably nobody's had agreement (ph) until last night.

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But knife fight (ph) last night against an absolute, you know, giant of the footballing world that makes people sit up and take notice. So rather than just talking about it, we've got to turn up on a -- on a match day and perform. And we certainly did that last night. And hopefully people will start to look where Grimsby are on the map.

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BRUNHUBER: A company in Abu Dhabi is swimming in cash by offering surfers expensive but perfect waves. Surf Abu Dhabi opened last October, giving surfers a chance to ride the longest artificial waves in the world.

Their wave pool is 690 meters long and filled with 80 million liters of water from the Arabian Sea. An underwater wing and pulleys generate the breakers. The company hopes to turn Abu Dhabi into a global surfing destination.

But be prepared to shell out. Each surfer is guaranteed six perfect waves for a little less than $1,000.

Archeologists have found pieces of the past they believe could link climate change to an ancient civilization's decline. They found a small sculpture of two toads and other figures near the Peruvian city of Caral.

Archeologists say the figure date back 3,800 years and appear to be in a state of malnutrition because of climate change. They say climate change eventually caused the decline of ancient Caral and other civilizations.

All right. That wraps this hour of CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Kim Brunhuber. I'll be back with more news in just a moment.