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Good afternoon news fans, I'm Ricky with Monday's top stories. Coming | :00:14. | :00:22. | |
up today: I have got more on the plans to stop these guys from being | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
hunted to extinction. And who will join Helen and Barney? We'll speak | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
to Dick and Dom about their search for a new Blue Peter presenter! | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
First to what's being described as a huge step forward in the fight to | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
protect the world's elephants. Thousands of these animals are | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
killed every year because their tusks are extremely valuable and | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
Thailand is one of the countries right at the centre of the ivory | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
trade. Now the Thai Prime Minister has promised to change her | :00:44. | :00:47. | |
country's laws to ban the sale of ivory. | :00:47. | :00:54. | |
A message of warning from one of the world's most recognised faces. | :00:54. | :01:00. | |
We can see the populations of these creatures or an entire species | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
disappear from the wild. We must not let this catastrophe unfold. | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
That's the message Prince William gave to a big meeting in Thailand. | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
Officials from countries all over the world are in the capital, | :01:11. | :01:13. | |
Bangkok, to discuss how they can control the illegal trade of | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
endangered species. They've got two weeks to work out what needs to | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
change to protect thousands of plants and animals across the | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
planet. One of the biggest issues is the ivory trade. Ivory from | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
elephants' tusks is used in Asia to make precious ornaments and | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
jewellery, and can be worth a lot of money. Trading elephant tusks | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
between countries is already illegal. But one of the big changes | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
to come from the meeting is that Thailand's Prime Minister has | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
promised to change her country's law to ban the sale of ivory there. | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
There are around 6,500 elephants living in Thailand. At the moment | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
Thai law says that ivory taken from these animals can be sold legally | :01:46. | :01:56. | |
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there. But campaign groups say it means tusks are illegally smuggled | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
in from Africa, meaning between 50 and 100 African elephants a day are | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
being killed to meet the demand. There is still a lot to be done, | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
but a big politician in a country like Thailand has made this | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
decision, so people with power may follow in her steps as well. | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
Conservationists are saying that the Thai Prime Minister wasn't | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
completely clear on the details. is a big step forward. The | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
statement she made was a bit vague in terms of when it would be banned | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
by. But the fact at this meeting that the Prime Minister stood up | :02:31. | :02:34. | |
and said that is a step forward. But with all eyes on Thailand, the | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
pressure's mounting to make sure wildlife stays protected for future | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
generations. OK next, the Queen left hospital | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
this afternoon after staying overnight to be monitored for | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
symptoms of a stomach bug gastroenteritis. She was taken to | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
hospital yesterday as a precaution to make it easier for doctors to | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
see how she was doing. The Queen, who's 86 years old, is normally in | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
fantastic health and this is the first time for ten years she's had | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
a stay in hospital. Forget X Factor and The Voice, we | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
have news today of a talent show with the ultimate prize. Blue Peter | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
is looking for a new presenter and the winner's going to be chosen by | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
you! A brand new show will find someone to join Barney and Helen. | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
Contestants will have to complete a different challenge each week, | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
trying to impress a panel of judges to get through to the grand final. | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
Richard and Dominic otherwise known as, Dick and Dom, will be hosting | :03:20. | :03:26. | |
the new show. Welcome to the Newsround sofa, guys! | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
Exciting stuff - tell us more about these challenges, what will | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
contestants have to do? What are you looking for in a BP | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
presenter, what are the most important qualities? The CBBC | :03:35. | :03:44. | |
viewer will be kicked -- picking the new presenter. These challenges | :03:44. | :03:51. | |
will be assault courses, cookery programmes. But at you guys will be | :03:51. | :04:01. | |
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choosing some of the challenges as well. When can we see this show? | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
is going to be on over the summer on the CBBC channel. Blue Peter is | :04:08. | :04:14. | |
so important, do we think this presenter will be iconic? They have | :04:14. | :04:24. | |
a tough act to follow with these two. But it retouched the viewer. | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
We want to know what challenges you think should be in the programme. | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
What's the best way to find the perfect Blue Peter presenter? Let | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
us know on the website. Is Blue Peter presenter the best | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
job in the world? Well how about being a Chief Funster? It's one of | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
six jobs offered today by the Australian Tourist Board, which | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
they describe as being the best jobs in the world. The Chief | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
Funster will be in charge of organising big parties and concerts | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
in Oz. If you don't fancy that you could try being an Outback | :04:48. | :04:51. | |
Adventurer or a Koala Caretaker! That's it from me for now, but | :04:51. | :04:54. |