06/06/2013 Newsround


06/06/2013

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Newsround. On the way this Thursday. The kids and the comedian on a

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mission to Downing Street. And why Bieber could be about to shoot for

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the stars. But first to another day of violence in Syria. This morning

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anti-government rebel groups took control of a check point near the

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border with Israel, only for government forces to overrun it

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later in the day. Tanks were used in raids on the area called the Golan

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Heights. It comes the day after the army won a significant battle for an

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important place called Qusair. Aid agencies say people there urgently

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need help and supplies. I've been looking at the toll the battle's had

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on the town. This is what a city destroyed by war looks like. Homes

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and shops are produced to Russell 's -- rubble. After weeks of intense

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battle between rebel fighters and government forces. -- Homes and

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shops reduced to rubble. The streets deserted. Most people have either

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run away or been killed. BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet was the

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first western journalist to arrive in Qusair after the Syrian

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government's army ended the battle by wrestling back control. This is

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what victory sounds like in Qusair. The guns being fired in celebration.

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The cars blaring their horns as they clog the central square. The Syrian

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army is declaring victory but at what a price. Qusair is now

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destroyed. Qusair is a small place, but important to both sides because

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of where it is. It's close to neighbouring country Lebanon,

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meaning whoever controls it can get vital supplies like weapons into

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Syria more easily. But for those trapped here there are few links to

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the outside world. Aid agencies say ordinary people are in desperate

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need of food, water and medical help. Those who can are leaving,

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split over who they support and who they blame.

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TRANSLATION: I thank God and the Syrian army that my family is now

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safe. But look at your city, it's gone, it's destroyed. I blame the

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rebels for my plight. They killed my brother. They killed children

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because we support the government. The battle for Qusair may be over

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for now. But the rebels say they'll be back and the war in Syria

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continues. And there will be a full programme looking at Syria and the

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role other countries are playing in the conflict at 6.55pm on Newsround.

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Next up,100 school pupils descended on Downing Street today in an

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attempt to tackle world hunger, and they had a little help from a

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celebrity supporter. Britain's Got Talent judge David Walliams

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accompanied the gang of kids who presented the Prime Minister David

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Cameron with a special petition asking the government to make

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addressing the issue a priority. The Enough Food For Everyone If campaign

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wants to raise awareness about how food that gets thrown away every

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year could be used to feed starving people in the world. We have come

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here today to stop world hunger. have come to make the point clear

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about her serious world hunger can be. We have come to persuade the

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government, to take it to the G8 meeting, to show how critical the

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crisis can be. Next to the monster shark catch that's making waves in

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America. A professional fisherman has got himself in hot water with

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conservationists after capturing an 11-foot long, 8-foot wide Mako shark

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which he thinks is a world record breaker. Rather than releasing the

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shark, he's kept it. But animal rights group say it's wrong because

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shark numbers are already under threat. Now ever wondered what a

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55-million-year-old monkey would look like? Well, there you go.

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Scientists in China have used ancient fossils to recreate the

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archicebus. They used inprints of its bones found last year to build a

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genetic picture that helps to explain more about how humans

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evolved. They reckon it ate insects, lived in trees and was hyperactive.

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Not too similar to me then. Now this guy might be used to mingling with

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the stars, but soon he'll literally be among them. Watch out for the

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flashes coming up. That's right. Justin Bieber's confirmed he's off

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into the stratosphere as one of the first passengers on a commercial

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space flight. He's likely to take off next year and could be joined by

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher. Always said that guy was

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out of this world. And sticking with the stars, Little Mix have made a

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little bit of history in America. Their album DNA went in at number

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four in the US charts. It's the highest chart debut a UK girl band

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has ever had. It sold more than 50,000 copies in its first week over

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there. And finally to the 102-year-old base jumping granny.

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