07/02/2016 Newsround


07/02/2016

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Hello, Jenny here, with your Sunday afternoon Newsround.

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We've got loads for you today, online and on TV.

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Here's what's coming up in the next six minutes...

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An awesome time-lapse of the first three months

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of Nora the polar bear's life.

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Keep watching for the strangest news stories of the week.

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This is Newsround.

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First, one of the biggest, most colourful carnivals

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in the world has started in Rio, in Brazil.

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More than a million people are expected in the city,

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to take part in the celebrations.

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People wear amazing costumes, and dance through the streets.

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The BBC's Julia Caniero is there.

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It's the first day in Rio and this is one of the many street parades

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or blocos that are happening across the city.

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is very traditional.

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They are playing the old carnival songs that people here grew up

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so there are many families here and this is a good example

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of how people in Brazil learn to enjoy carnival

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from a very young age.

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Well, the Rio Carnival is still going ahead,

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despite worries about a virus called Zika, which is spreading in Brazil,

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and other parts of South America.

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Doctors around the world are looking for ways to help the people

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there affected by it.

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Martin has been looking into what Zika is

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and how to fight it.

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Zika is a disease carried by mosquitoes.

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When a mosquito bites people, it can it spread the disease

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from person to person.

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The type of mosquitoes that carry the disease live in tropical

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countries, so it's not likely to affect the UK.

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When people do catch the virus, usually it's very mild,

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so mild that they don't know they were infected afterwards.

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You feel a bit unwell, like you've got a cold,

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but it's more serious if a woman is having a baby.

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Scientists say they think it may affect how a baby grows

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before it's born.

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Doctors around the world are now coming up with ways

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to try to deal with Zika.

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While scientists are making new medicines and vaccines to stop

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Zika virus, everyone is going to be working to make sure people don't

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get bitten by mosquitoes.

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They're going to be trying to get rid of the mosquitoes and that

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will actually stop a lot of different diseases.

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Let's get some sport now.

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You've been telling us who you think will win the Six Nations

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and it's turning into a battle!

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Menna thinks...

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But John thinks...

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But John thinks...

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Menna and John will be glued to their screens later,

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when Ireland and Wales meet for their match in about an hour.

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Ireland will be trying to make it three Six Nations

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title wins in a row.

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Wales came third last year.

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Owan is also a Wales fan.

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Owan is also a Wales fan.

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He says...

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And we've heard from Scotland and England fans, too.

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Robbie says...

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And Kieran says...

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And Kieran says...

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Thanks for all your comments.

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On to football now.

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Manchester United are away at Chelsea in today's 4 o'clock game

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in the Premier League.

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United are currently 13 points behind the leaders,

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Leicester, but a win against Chelsea later

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will keep them in the race for the top four.

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Next, sport doesn't come much bigger than the Superbowl.

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More than 100 million people, all round the world,

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will be watching the biggest American Football game of the year

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later, as the Denver Broncos take on the Carolina Panthers.

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And even though it's in America, there is a little bit of Britain

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in there, too.

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Panthers star, Graham Gano, was actually born in Arbroath,

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in Scotland, and although he grew up in the US, he hasn't

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forgotten his roots.

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My dream growing up was always to play for the Scottish national

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team and never to play football, so it's changed a little bit,

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but I'm really excited to have the jerseys now.

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And, finally, I'm going to put it out there -

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this could be the cutest thing you see this year.

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Meet Nora, the polar bear cub.

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At Columbus Zoo, in the US, they've been filming the first

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83 days of her life.

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From having a feed, and taking a nap, to playing with her toys,

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Nora has been having an awesome time.

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The full time-lapse is on our website.

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I know I'll be watching it, on repeat, all afternoon.

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Next up, something strange.

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Very strange.

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Here's our round up of the week's weirdest news stories.

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Enjoy.

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What do you do if a zebra escapes from your zoo?

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Staff at Japan's Ueno Zoo have a pretty good plan.

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They practised by getting one of their staff to dress up

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as a zebra and try to escape capture.

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They managed to trap the...ahem...

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animal with a net, ready to take it back to its enclosure.

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Are you a cat or a dog person?

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That's the question we asked all week, after the release

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of a new BBC Two documentary

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called Cats v Dogs, Which Is Best?

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Martin and I even did our own little survey at a school.

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Guess who won?

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MIAOWING AND BARKING

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Team Dog!

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CHEERING

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Finally, have you ever wondered what the sound

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of rhubarb growing is?

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I know I have.

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SNAPPING

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Catch that?

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This is what's known as Rhubarb Triangle

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in West Yorkshire, where they've been celebrating the arrival

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of the first rhubarb crop of the season with

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a special exhibition.

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Let's hear that one more time...

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SNAPPING

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Something else very strange for you online -

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dogs in fancy dress!

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You do not want to miss it, especially the one dressed

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as a hot dog.

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4 o'clock Club is up next on CBBC.

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Goodbye from the weekend team.

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Newsround's back tomorrow morning!

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