03/08/2016 Newsround


03/08/2016

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Good morning, Ayshah here at Newsround HQ

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The remote island with no teachers around and

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great news for the world's rarest big cat.

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So, we are two days from the official start

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of the Rio Olympic Games and there's already some sport kicking off today

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with women's football matches happening later.

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Most of Team GB are busy preparing at their training

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The BBC's David McDaid is there and sent us this report

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Team GB have come here and they have turned this place into

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75% of the British team will come to use the facilities

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here and around the city before they head to Rio.

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The team spent over an million pounds to make sure they have

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everything they need in order to be in peak condition at the Games. One

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lad who will be going for gold will be Ashley McKenzie. He could win a

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gold in judo on the very first day of competition. Let's bring it on.

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That doesn't faze me one bit. I am relaxed and ready to go and ready

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for my family and friends at home to support me. GB's women rugby sevens

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team are also playing on the first day. It is the first time this board

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has been played at the Olympic Games and the captain thinks it is a big

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deal for women's sport. It is a big deal that women can watch this and

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think, I could be an Olympian playing rugby. That is exciting. It

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was not the case when any of us were growing up. The athletes are ready

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for Rio where the Olympics begin in just a couple of days' time.

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We're all really excited at Newsround about the start

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of the Games, a lot of us might be supporting Team GB,

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but there's also a whole new team to look out for.

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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

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the world, we are going to represent you guys in a really good picture

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and I hope everyone will continue to achieve their dreams.

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The refugees will take part in three sports - athletics,

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They'll compete under the Olympic flag and that symbol

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will be next 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

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told us that we could be given that opportunity.

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The athletes and Olympic organisers hope that

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by taking part in the Games, they can be a symbol of hope

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and highlight the problems faced by refugees around the world.

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As two of the world's rarest big cats have been born

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There are less than 300 Amur snow leopards left in the world,

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The cubs are the second pair born to mum Kristen and dad Davidoff

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and the zoo is really excited about their arrival.

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This is extremely good news because they are critically

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There are less than 70 of these animals left in the wild

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so they are on the brink of extinction and they are

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threatened mostly by illegal hunting and poaching of their skin,

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So the long-term hope is that we will safely be able

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to reintroduce some Amur leopards back into the wild to help

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reinforce the population that is already there.

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We've been asking for your wizardly reviews of Harry Potter

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The new script from JK Rowling was released at the weekend and Maya

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Brilliant, superb, couldn't be any better.

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I thoroughly enjoyed Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

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It hooks you in, and it is written in script,

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And I read it quicker than any book ever before.

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I give it six stars out of five. No spoilers, Harry Potter fans.

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And get online because there's still time to send us your

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And you can see what other Potter readers have to say about it too.

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To find a teacher for a tiny island off Scotland.

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The island of Muck in the Hebrides is home to just seven pupils.

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They're struggling to someone to come and teach there so parents

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The kids spoke to the BBC's Lorna Gordon about their perfect teacher.

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I would want a teacher that knows how to garden,

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a teacher that knows how to teach lots of things.

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I would like a fun, imaginative and happy teacher.

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That's all from Team Newsround this morning, Naz is back at 4.20pm

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with all the latest. Join us then.

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