03/12/2015 Newsround

Ricky here bringing you up to speed on all of today's top stories.

On Newsround this afternoon:

The new way to have a drink in space.

Plus, the plan to serve up a new version of bake-off.

Stick with us.

But first, today the UK has started attacking

the group that calls itself Islamic State in the country of Syria.

It's after 24 hours of arguments and debates.

Here's Ayshah with a look back at what's happened.

British planes have been taking off to drop bombs in the country

of Syria, where a war has been going on for many years.

The bombs are aimed at an extremist group

which calls itself Islamic State or IS,

which carried out attacks on the French city of Paris last month.

Yesterday, politicians here in the UK voted

to attack Islamic State in Syria.

The Ayes to the right 397, the Noes to the left, 223.

The Ayes have it.

People who support the decision say it is the best way to deal with

Islamic State but others say it will make the situation worse, and people

in Syria who have nothing to do with Islamic State could be killed.

Well, if you've got questions about what

this all means then send them in to the Newsround website and we'll get

a BBC reporter to answer them.

There's also lots more info about the air strikes. And what

Islamic State is online too.

Let's get some other top stories now.

A special space probe's been launched into orbit to find out

more about how gravity works.

The Lisa Pathfinder will carry out experiments in space, including

what happens when stars explode.

Sticking with space, Nasa has designed

a special cup that allows astronauts to drink normally in orbit.

Because there's no gravity up there it's usually difficult to

keep any liquid in a cup or glass.

But this high-tech design uses special curves to keep the drink in.

And a new spin-off of the Great British Bake-Off has been announced.

The show called creme de la creme will see professional chefs

competing to create a range of mini-treats.

Next let's talk about the future of planet earth, and what you guys

think we can do to improve it.

Right now countries around the world are involved in a big meeting

about how to stop climate change.

So Ayshah's been to see kids at a special school

in Bristol to get their ideas.

Climate change is important to me because the world needs to be

a greener place for everyone to live in.

Because I like fluffy animals and if the water is rising and it is

getting warmer, it may melt all of the cold animals' habitats.

I think it is important because if we don't act fast,

our world will get really hot and we don't want that to happen.

We are here in Bristol because it has been named

as European Green Capital in 2015.

The kids in the city gets special lessons all about the environment.

What are they doing to help?

At school we had a committee and they go around

every classroom and recycle all the paper, cardboard, plastic.

We do monitoring where we turn off the lights to make sure

it doesn't get too hot.

At home I sometimes rely on my parents to recycle stuff.

Last month, I asked my mum if I could keep my

Fanta bottle to make a rocket ship.

guys do if they were in charge?

I would say reduce the amount of fossil fields we use in cars

and vehicles.

What would you say to the leaders in charge?

I would say if one species of animal got endangered, there is nothing we

could do so act fast, David Cameron.

All we need you to do is to help recycle and we can save the world.

My message would be to clean our oceans.

Why?

Because there is a lot of pollution going in it.

I would say, David Cameron, if you listen to a child's opinion,

it could change the world.

There's more about climate change and what world leaders are hoping to

achieve at that meeting on the Newsround website.

And that is also where to check out the newly discovered ancient,

Star Wars dinosaur giraffe fossil.

Intrigued? You should be.

But finally, to the baby panda twins enjoying

a pretty cool birthday treat.

These two celebrated their first birthday at a zoo in Japan with a

special pink cake made out of ice.

That's about it from me now though.

We're back tomorrow morning.

Have a great night.