05/08/2014 Newsround


05/08/2014

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Hi guys, Jenny here with all the news you need to know this

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The giant mud slides making their way through Northern Ireland.

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Andy Murray says he's back to his best.

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First to Gaza, in the Middle East, where there's been

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an agreement to stop the fighting between Israel and Palestinian

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In the last hour Israel says it's taken

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It comes after four weeks of heavy fighting there,

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The ceasefire has been in force since 6am this morning,

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and it's hoped there may be further talks between the two sides soon.

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And remember there's more information about what's going on in

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Gaza, on the Newsround website - You can watch Hayley's report on how the

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conflict is affecting children, on both sides, and find out about the

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full history of the fighting, in our special guide page.

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Next - the first live TV debate on whether Scotland should become

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independent, from the rest of the UK, will take place tonight.

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The campain leaders, on both sides of the vote, will go head to head to

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try and convince people to vote Yes or no, on the issue.

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Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, who wants independence,

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and the leader of the no campaign, Alistair Darling, will debate in

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The referendum vote takes place on September the 18th.

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The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has told Newsround it's important

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to remember the positive effects World War One

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Yesterday lights were turned off across the UK to mark 100 years

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since Britain became involved in the conflict.

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And at a special ceremony in Belgium, Mr Cameron spoke to Ricky

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about the changes the war brought about, and how he's been explaining

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How do you explain what's up? It can be difficult but explaining them,

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you are trying to explain it, it can be hard for people to comprehend,

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but that is important. We try to remember what war was about. When we

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looked at these graves, they came here because these countries were

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being overrun, and they were fighting against one paragraph. They

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believed it was just. We have to explain that to the children. Roger

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children fascinated by what happened? When you till the about

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how all the people were, who volunteered, and some of the

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horrible things that happened, they do get interested. And it is

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important for you to be here today? It is important to commemorate those

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people who gave the place. It is important that we find other ways to

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solve problems than war. But the war changed the world, in some

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libraries, but also in some good ways, advances in medicine and the

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vote for women. Thank you. You can find out more about World

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War One on the Newsround website. Including what the soldiers wore

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in battle, how many people fought and died,

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and the special story of Horace - In other news, a 15 billion

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master-plan, to improve trains and roads in the north of England, is

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being unveiled today. Five cities - Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester,

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Newcastle and Sheffield - have joined forces to try and get money

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from the government, to make transport in the region better and

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compete with London. The plan includes new 125 mile per hour

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trains between the cities. Next to the major mudslides caused

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by heavy rain in Northern Ireland. This video shows a thick river

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of sludge, as tonnes of mud and rocks poured down a hill onto

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a road in County Antrim. As much as five centimetres

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of rain fell within a few hours. And finally Andy Murray says he's

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back to his best after a disappointing 2014 so far. The

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tennis star says he's feeling much better, after struggling with back

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problems earlier in the year. He's competing in his first event since

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losing at Wimbledon this week. I was not able to train as much because it

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is a recovery process. Now I can start training again, 100%. That's

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all from me, Newsround's back right here at 4.20pm.

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