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Good morning, it's Thursday 16th January. You're watching Newsround | :00:00. | :00:11. | |
with me, Ricky. On the way... Searing heat stops play at the | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
Australian Open. And ever wondered why birds fly in a V formation? The | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
answer's coming up. This is Newsround. | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
First, to the severe heatwave that's been raging through Australia. | :00:26. | :00:31. | |
Temperatures have soared over 40 degrees Celsius again. And the | :00:32. | :00:34. | |
extreme heat has forced the organisers of the Australian Open | :00:35. | :00:37. | |
Tennis in Melbourne to stop the tournament. Players had been using | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
ice packs in a desperate bid to keep cool, but in the end the heat was | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
too much. And all players were told to finish their current sets and | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
come off court. They are 11 hours ahead, so it's just gone 6:30pm in | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
the evening there. Play is due to get started again in a couple of | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
hours, in time for Andy Murray's match later this morning. Fans there | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
think stopping play was the right move. Good on them so they have | :01:01. | :01:08. | |
stopped it so other players do not have to deal with it. I am not | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
surprised. It is quite dangerous in the heat for the players. It is not | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
good they have to play in 44 degrees. The BBC's Jon Donnison is | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
in Melbourne. He sent this report a bit earlier on. Just coming up to | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
midday and the temperatures are up to around 40 degrees. We are told | :01:31. | :01:37. | |
today it could get up to around 44 Celsius. Fans are doing what they | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
can to cool down. It really is sauna like conditions. These two ladies | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
have Robert Lee got the best seats in the house, right in front of | :01:47. | :01:55. | |
these which are pumping out cold and misty air. I am going to join them. | :01:56. | :02:01. | |
Absolute bliss! Sticking with sport, but in Manchester, not Melbourne. It | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
was another goal-packed night for Manchester City as they hammered | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
Blackburn to easily nail their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup. | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
The score was 5-0 at the Etihad. Alvaro Negredo and Edin Dzeko each | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
scored twice. City have now scored 99 goals in all competitions so far | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
this season. Next, it's one of nature's biggest mysteries. But | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
researchers have finally found out just why many birds fly in a | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
V-formation. A team of scientists fitted tiny little computers to a | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
flock of birds as they migrated south for the winter and it's hoped | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
the results can teach us a thing or two about our own flying habits. | :02:37. | :02:46. | |
Ayshah has more. Every winter while we braved cold temperatures and | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
miserable weather, up above different species of birds flying | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
off to sun themselves in the south. For over 3000 years humans have | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
looked at birds annual trips to warmer climates but we have not been | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
able to study them up close until now. Scientists were able to get | :03:05. | :03:11. | |
unique insight into their journey after they followed a flock of | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
ibises in a plane. They were able to record the position, speed and wing | :03:17. | :03:25. | |
flap. We discovered when they fly in AV formation they are taking | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
advantage of each other's wake. How did you measure this? In my pocket, | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
I have one of these things. This is effectively a smartphone. It will | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
measure how much it is doing this and that in which way it is | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
pointing. Why are these findings are important? It gives us an answer | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
that birds are more clever than we thought. They are able to sense or | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
guess where the air will be backed will give them the best chance of | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
getting to winter grounds. It is also about making aircraft fly by | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
using extra fuel. The next time you see a flock of birds flying off on | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
their holidays you will know there is more to it than you would have | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
thought. Next, to probaby the cutest twins you'll see all year. The | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
fluffy pair of polar bears were born just five weeks ago at a zoo in | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
Germany. And they've been caught on camera for the first time. Zoo | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
keepers in Munich haven't worked out yet if they are brothers or sisters. | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
Both cubs are being looked after very well by their mum, Giovanna. If | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
you get a bit of spare time with your mates today, then don't forget | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
to check out the brilliant Newsround website. See one of our top | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
snowboarders in action ahead of the Winter Olympics. Find out the | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
mystery of why birds fly in a V formation. And why Liam from 1D is | :04:46. | :04:52. | |
saying sorry. Join me again at 8:15am. Goodbye. | :04:53. | :04:54. |