15/11/2012 Newsround

It's Thursday 15th November, Leah and Ricky here with tonight's

Newsround. Yep, we've taken over BBC One. We're live, it's just

after five, coming up... He's in charge of more than one

billion people, China's new leader. A work of art, the best goal ever?

We look at how Zlatan did it. And we take a look at the world's

First, though, we're talking about this man. He may not look familiar,

but today he was put in charge of one of the most powerful countries

in the world. Xi Jinping is China's new leader, so who is he and why do

you need to know? I've been looking into this one.

China. It has the world's second biggest economy and is home to more

than a billion people. And with millions of Chinese people living

around the world, like here in Manchester, the country's influence

can be seen in many places. Because it's so powerful, the decisions

made by its leaders have a huge impact on countries all over the

world. So everyone wants to know what the new leader Xi Jinping

thinks, but no-one knows much about him. He's seen as a new type of

leader for China. One of the reasons why, it may sound strange,

is because he smiles a lot. That's seen as a good sign that he's more

in touch with people. He likes US war films and his wife is a famous

country singer. All this is important because the majority of

people in China didn't actually get to choose their new leader. The

country has just one party, the Communist Party, a huge

organisation with more than 80m members. Every ten years, some of

the top party members meet to decide who their new leader should

be. But really it's just for show. The real decisions are made by the

older party leaders well ahead of the gathering. When Xi was growing

up, the party governed almost every aspect of people's lives, but over

the last ten years China has changed a lot. Citizens are now

more critical of the government and expect more from them. For a long

time, the government has controlled what people read and watch. Access

to websites like Facebook is restricted and even channels like

BBC World are sometimes censored. Damian Grammaticas's report that we

have just seen was broadcast on BBC World news in the last few hours.

The Chinese cut out all those interviews with dissidents, it is

something they really do not like. There is still a huge difference

between the rich and the poor in China, and people are hopeful that

Xi is the leader to do something about it.

Now if you were watching Newsround two years ago, you might remember

seeing scenes like these. They were caused by a big explosion at an oil

well off the coast of America. Now the company responsible for the oil

spill has been ordered to pay billions of dollars by an American

court. 11 workers died in the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the

Gulf of Mexico. The oil leak took months to fix, and during that time

millions of barrels of oil leaked into the sea, damaging wildlife. BP

will pay a record fine of more than �2bn to the US government.

That's on top of billions pounds its already paid out.

Next up, was it the greatest goal ever? Despite being 30 yards from

goal and facing the wrong way, Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic

scored this beauty last night, giving Sweden a 4-2 win in their

brand-new national stadium. Steven Gerrard said it was the best he'd

ever seen. Roy Hodgson described it as extraordinary. So how did he do

After a long ball over the top, Joe Hart did not clear the ball FA, but

that did not seem a problem until the giant striker, Zlatan

Ibrahimovic, launched this into the air, making contact with the ball

80 ft off the ground. He has a black belt in taekwondo, which is

why people say he can jump so high. From 30 yards away, the ball

reached a height of 25 feet. Ryan Shawcross could not keep it out,

and it went across the line for his fourth goal of the night. No wonder

he is celebrating! But we will not Now, when ten-year-old Martha put

pictures of her school dinners online, she never imagined it would

help her raise thousands of pounds for children in Africa. But after

her blog Never Seconds became an internet sensation, she asked the

millions of readers it attracted to donate money. Now Martha has

written a book about her journey from Scotland to Malawi to see how

the cash she raised is being spent. She told Nel it all started because

she would always came home from school hungry. We were having

pieces, hot dogs and stuff, they were not healthy and they were

quite small as well. So we thought what we could do about it. Have

your school dinners changed since she started writing the blog?

now we are allowed as much bread, fruit and salad as we want, and we

can come back for more fruit. Next, let's show you some dramatic

pictures recorded in Japan yesterday. These tornados were

captured sweeping across the ocean. They lasted for about ten minutes

before disappearing when they reached the coast. Tornados are

rare in Japan, but forecasters are warning people to watch out for

more strange weather. A story of epic proportions now.

Seven continents, seven days, seven super-long marathons. That is the

challenge a doctor from Scotland is about to begin. His task will take

him to Antarctica, South America, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia

One man, one mission, one mighty big adventure! Seven days across

seven continents to complete seven ultra marathons, each longer than a

normal marathon. Andrew Murray, not that one, will soon touched down in

Antarctica and begin a gruelling journey that he hopes will

encourage people to exercise. my way of seeing the world, it is

something I really wanted to do. It is a minimum of 50 kilometres per

day on foot, and I think that the total air miles is about 41,000.

The GB from Edinburgh is no stranger to extreme running.

Earlier this year he came first in a marathon at the North Pole, and

before that he ran for 77 days, a total of 2659 miles from Scotland

to the Sahara desert in Africa, amazing! This latest challenge will

start in the cold expanses of Antarctica, then he will fly to

Patagonia in South America, before travelling to Atlanta in the United

States. By day four he will be beside the Thames in London, before

adding to Cairo and the pyramids of Giza. Then he will cross the finish

line in Dubai before hopefully making his final stop in Sydney,

Australia. Phew! This is without doubt his toughest challenge yet,

but with a packed programme it will not be plain sailing. There is the

running, then the logistics, getting the flights towards native.

I will not get much sleep, I will be Jack Black unbelievably. While

most people would be put off by the aches and pains, just try stopping

this man, he is a machine! And we thought running the London

Marathon was tricky! Moving on now, and scientists have

uncovered some of the secrets of the world's leggiest creature. It's

a species of millipede with no fewer than 750 legs! Despite the

name, most other millipedes only have an average of 62 legs. Experts

think this one's special because its ancestors lived deep

underground and needed more legs to burrow in the soil and cling to

How many people manage to fit into this car, you'll find all the

details on the website, plenty more pictures, to. Now, Wallace and

Gromit fans, there's only one Gromit, right? Wrong! Now there are

60 of them and they're huge! These giant Gromits have been made

specially to go on display in Bristol, the home of Aardman

Animations, which makes Wallace and Gromit, and Shaun the Sheep. Each