06/09/2011 Newsround


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Evening, news fans. Hayley and Ricky in the studio for Tuesday's

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Newsround. Sit back, because we've got loads to tell you about. Coming

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Rescuers fight to save a whale stranded on the Lincolnshire coast.

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Plus, we chat to the British athletics world champ who's already

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aiming even higher. Motivation isn't a problem. Obviously, I have

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won every major Championship apart from the Olympics. I want to put

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that right and get a gold medal in from the of the home fans.

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But before all that, we're taking you back to the famine in East

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Africa because for many people out there, the hunger crisis is getting

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even worse. There's a warning that three-

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quarters of a million people could die in the next few months unless

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they get urgent help. It's especially bad in Somalia which has

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also been torn apart by war. But a new radio show is trying to help

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the most vulnerable people, and earlier today, I went to visit

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their London studio. This special radio show is called

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Rescue. It's hoped it'll be a lifeline to the millions of

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refugees in East Africa who are fleeing the famine.

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These are the people they're trying to reach - families who have left

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their homes in search of food and water. The team from BBC Somali

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have been speaking to refugees and answering their questions, from how

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to register at a refugee camp to bigger issues about the amount of

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aid getting through. Many of these people do not know what to expect.

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They're fleeing from famine, and in some cases, a conflict, but they

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have never been to the new areas they're going to, and they have

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never been in this situation, and we try to focus on what their needs

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are. The problem in East Africa isn't getting any better - the

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drought is worsening. And aid agencies say they still can't reach

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some of the worst affected areas in Somalia because of on-going

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fighting. But the real difficulty is reaching the Somalis. Not

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everyone has a radio, and getting the message out there is proving to

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be tough. When I visited Daadaab in Kenya - which is the biggest

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refugee camp in the world - I noticed many people had mobile

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phones. They're easy to get hold of and don't cost very much. Yusuf

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told me he hopes to broadcast the show to mobile phones so that even

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more people can get the vital information they need to survive.

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Next to an incredible sea rescue. A 23-year-old woman has been pulled

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to safety after falling overboard from a ferry 20 miles out at sea.

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It happened last night on a crossing from Newcastle to the

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Netherlands. These are the pictures taken from the RAF rescue

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helicopter. It was pitch dark, and the woman was in the very cold

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water for 20 minutes. But thanks to the quick thinking of the captain,

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who reversed the ferry, she was found and bought back onboard. She

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was then lifted to the helicopter and taken to hospital. She's now

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back home - incredibly just suffering from the cold and

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swallowing too much sea water. must have had some fairly slick

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drills to get them out of the water in the time they did. You can't

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imagine how difficult it is to find a head in the Black Sea, even with

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all the equipment we've got. I think they did extremely well to

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get her out in time. Rescuers have also been working all

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day to try to free a young whale that got stuck on a shore in north

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lincolnshire Things weren't looking good first thing this morning when

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most of its body had sunk into mud. Over 50 people, including the RSPCA,

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had to work fast to free the nine metre calf. And brilliantly, they

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did it! The whale is now free and will hopefully be re-united with

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its mother who was apparently spotted swimming nearby. Wildfires

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are raging across Texas. More than 1,000 firefighters are trying to

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contain it. Some are so fierce, it's proving impossible to control.

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They're spreading and fast. This wildfire is now 16 miels wide and

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has destroyed almost 1,500 homes. It's too big to tackle from the

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ground, so helicopters have been called in. Texas has had its worst

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drought for 50 years, so the dry land combined with high winds means

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the fires are starting quickly. So far over 5,000 people have been

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forced to leave their homes - some in a real hurry. There was a

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volunteer fire department truck coming through on the loud speaker

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telling everyone to evacuate now, coming up and down the street,

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getting louder each time. It's surreal. You think about it. It's

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in every board game you ever did - what would you do if you had 15

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minutes to evacuate? You never think it's going to happen to you.

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Sure enough, it is. Firefighters are desperately trying to get the

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situation under control, but say the next 48 hours will be crucial.

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Britain's medal winners are back home from the Athletics World

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Championships in South Korea. They flew in last night. Mo Farah

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returning a star after his brilliant gold in the 5,000 metres

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and silver in the 10,000. Get used to seeing his face an awful lot

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between now and next year's Olympics.

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And we've managed to catch up with the other big winner of last week,

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Dai Greene. He became the first Brit to win the 400 metres hurdles

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in more than 40 years. You've got your medal with you. Let's have a

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quick look at that. What will you be doing with that when you get

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home? I don't know. I have only just got a new house, so I'll

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probably stick it on the mantlepiece on display for everyone.

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I don't want to leave it out of my sight for the moment. You looked so

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calm crossing the line. You have to believe you will win. The way it

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panned out wasn't perfect, but I was just happy to come away with

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the victory. I always believed I could win. How do you stay fresh

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and keep focused with around a year to go to the Olympics? I have a

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tiger on my back after last week's exploits. I have to focus on my

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training. I have a great coach, and he'll keep me on the straight and

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narrow, he will. Motivation isn't a problem. Obviously, every

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Championship is par for the Olympics, so I want to come away

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with a gold medal in front of the home fans. Will you watching the

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England-Wales game closely? course I will. I will be cheering

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on Wales. My girlfriend is English. How does that work out? I cheer for

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one team. She cheers for the other. Whoever cheers loudest wins. There

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will be lots of shouting at the telly tonight. England and Wales go

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head to head at Wembley. Despite being a massive 113 places below

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England in the FIFA rankings, Wales manager Gary Speed's hoping his

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side can upset England's Euro 2012 qualification. And England boss

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Fabio Capello certainly isn't expecting an easy game.

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It's a tough game because the Welsh are playing really well. I watched

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the game as they played against Montenegro. They played really well

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in the counterattack. It will be a really dangerous game.

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And good luck to Scotland and Northern Ireland who have must-win

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games against Lithuania and Estonia tonight too.

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