15/01/2014 Newsround


15/01/2014

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Hi, I'm Ricky, with your evening Newsround.

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First, the United Nations have said that half of Syria's population is

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now in urgent need of aid. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says

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the UN has launched its biggest ever appeal and so far around one and a

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half billion pounds has been donated. But he says this amount

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isn't even half what they need to deal with the crisis. 9.3 million

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Syrians are thought to be affected by the war, which has raged for

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nearly three years now. Next to a row about smartphone apps

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that turn plastic surgery into a game, which a charity has said are

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"dangerous". Players are shown a figure of a girl and are invited to

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make her thinner using surgery. Apple and Google both removed a

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version aimed at kids aged nine and older, but earlier this afternoon we

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told you that a very similar version was still available aimed at kids

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aged 12 and above. Since then, Apple appear to have removed that one,

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too. The eating disorder charity Beat told Leah earlier that games

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like this are sending a bad message. We are very concerned about this app

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because we know how dangerous it can be for young people to feel bad

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about themselves and their bodies and we don't sell -- see how this

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can do anything but add to that. An app has to be approved. What do you

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think about that? If this really has gone through an approval process, I

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don't think it is vigorous enough. It doesn't take into account the

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serious consequences of people having access to this. They should

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have a more responsible attitude. Google told us that they: "don't

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comment on individual apps but will remove apps that breach guidelines".

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As for Apple, we've asked them several times today whether they

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feel the plastic surgery game is appropriate for kids, but we've so

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far heard nothing back. Next, Liam Payne has said sorry

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after a pic was posted on Twitter of him balancing on the edge of a

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balcony hundreds of feet up a tall building. The pic has been taken

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down, but the 1D star tweeted: Note to anyone going sea kayaking:

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it's generally a good plan to steer clear of a 20-tonne whale. This

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happened in Norway last week. A humpback whale came up for air right

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next to this guy's kayak! He said he didn't realise he was sitting on the

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whale's back and didn't have time to be afraid.

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Last up, head online to see some amazing pics from the air of Sochi's

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Winter Olympic venues. And check out our interview with

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British slopestyle skier and medal hopeful James Woods.

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That's it. Newsround is back in the morning. Bye!

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