03/08/2016 Newsround


03/08/2016

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Hello, you're watching Newsround this Wednesday morning,

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Great news for the world's rarest big cat and could Rio's stinky water

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So, we are two days from the official start

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of the Rio Olympic Games, but there's already some

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There are some women's football matches happening later -

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Sweden are first in action when they take on South Africa

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in the Olympic Stadium. The men's games start tomorrow.

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And over the next couple of weeks we are going to see the world's best

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And this Olympics you need to look out for some new faces -

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because there's a whole new team taking part - Jenny has more.

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Two weeks, 42 sports, 206 countries competing in the world's

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Rio 2016 kicks off this week, but this year there's a new team

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For the first time, a team of ten refugees have been selected

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Refugees are people who have had to leave their own countries

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Athletes from the team are hoping to inspire others like them.

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For the refugees in Brazil and all the refugees around the world, we

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are going to represent you guys in a really good picture and I hope

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everyone will continue to achieve their dreams.

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The refugees will take part in three sports -

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They'll compete under the Olympic flag and that symbol will be next

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to their names in competitions, rather

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They'll also be taking part in the opening ceremony,

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marching in front of host country Brazil.

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For many years, they have been here and nobody told us that we could be

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given that opportunity. The athletes and Olympic

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organisers hope that by taking part in the Games,

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they can be a symbol of hope and highlight the problems faced

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by refugees around the world. But while the Rio makes its final

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preparations for the games, one of the biggest challenges it

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faces is a stinky problem in Brazil's waterways.

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Here's Naz. This is Guanabara Bay,

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where Olympic events like sailing will be taking place.

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But take a closer look. Rubbish like bags and bottles,

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as well as sewage are making Polluted water has been a problem

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in Rio for a long time, because of poor conditions in areas

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where lots of people live. Sewage and waste run into rivers,

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and into the sea. When Rio won the right to host

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the 2016 games they promised to sort But with days to go,

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some scientists are worried about the bad water quality -

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and that it could make athletes ill. who come into contact with this

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water will get infected, TRANSLATION: Basically,

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almost 100% of the people who come into contact with this

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water will get infected, but only some of those

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people will get sick, because it depends on how good

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their body is at fighting disease. Team GB say that they're not

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too worried - they have rules to keep them safe,

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including strict cleaning routines every time they've

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been in the water - and other athletes

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are doing the same. I'm

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not really worried about getting sick because I'm washing my

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sailing clothes after I'm very careful on the water

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that I don't swallow it. made ill by the water,

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and everyone will be Two Amur snow leopards -

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believed to be the world's rarest big cat - have been born

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at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire. There are only about 270 of them

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left in the world, The cubs, that don't have names yet,

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are the second pair born to mum Wizard news now -

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at Newsround online, we're asking for your video reviews

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of Harry Potter the Cursed Child - Barney has been in touch

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to tell us what he thinks. I'm Barney and I've got the new

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Harry Potter book and I like it because Harry's son is so opposite

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Harry because he is in Slytherin and Harry was in Gryffindor.

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And if you head online there's still time to send

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That's all for now, but don't worr,y we'll be back in half an hour.

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