17/03/2014 Newsround


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Hi, Ricky here with the top stories from around the world.

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Coming up this Monday afternoon: Paris goes to extreme measures to

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reduce its smog. And the rope swing in South Africa

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that is just insane. This is Newsround.

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First to Ukraine, and Crimea's parliament has formally applied to

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join Russia, a day after more than 96% of people who took part in a

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vote backed the region to join its neighbours. The man in charge of

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Russia, Vladimir Putin, says the vote was fair but Western leaders

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across Europe and the United States say it was illegal. I've been

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looking into why the vote has caused such a big debate.

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Balloons, fireworks and cheers on the streets of Crimea. Crowds of

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people celebrated after 96% of people who voted said they wanted

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Crimea to leave Ukraine and become part of Russia.

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But although many people in Crimea are happy about it - leaders across

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Europe and in the United States aren't.

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And here's why. In most cases when a referendum to vote on something

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happens, it's planned and announced a long time before voting actually

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takes place. In Crimea, it happened in less than two weeks.

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On the ballot paper, voters were given two options - they were asked

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whether they would like Crimea to rejoin Russia. And asked whether

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they supported the status of Crimea as a part of Ukraine. But some argue

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that the words used were complicated and a simple yes/no question would

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have been better. Since the Ukrainian President, Viktor

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Yanukovych, who supported Russia, was removed from power last month,

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Russian troops have taken over control of Crimea with thousands of

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them on the ground. When the vote was announced, a number of Ukrainian

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TV stations were taken off air and some replaced with Russian channels.

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Lots of people who live in Crimea think of themselves as Russian and

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want to join their neighbour. But many people living in the region

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refused to vote - and people who see themselves as Ukrainian more than

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Russian are now worried about their futures. Europe and the United

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States have called the vote illegal and say they won't recognise the

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result. But the Russian President Vladimir Putin says he thinks the

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vote was fair, arguing that he needs to protect the Russians living in

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Crimea. For more information about the

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situation in Ukraine, head online for our in-depth guide.

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Next to Paris in France, where the amount of smog - the build up of

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factory and car emissions - has got so bad that only half the number of

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cars in the city are being allowed on the road. Only cars with

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odd-numbered registrations are allowed to be driven today and if

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the restrictions remain in place, it will be the turn of those with

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even-numbered plates tomorrow. But as Nel's been finding out, Paris

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isn't the only city that's had to battle the smog.

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Paris at its best: the Eiffel Tower in all its glory.

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Paris on a bad day: smog hanging over the city.

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The smog in the French capital is mainly caused by fumes from cars and

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factories and has been made worse by unexpected warm weather and cool

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nights in the city. Because smog can make it hard to breathe, people in

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Paris decided to ban half the cars on its roads until things improve.

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But it's not just in France where smog is a problem.

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Milan, Italy: cars have been banned from streets when air pollution

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reaches a certain level. Beijing, China: some of the worst

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smog levels in the world. In the past, half the cars were banned and

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factories closed but the smog hasn't gone away and dealing with it is

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back on the government's to-do list. And Los Angeles, America: In the

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1950s, the smog was sp bad that schools and factories were

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temporarily shut down. The ban on cars in Paris is set to

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continue until the smog clears, but if it returns, drivers will need to

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get used to keeping their cars at home.

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Next to athletics and Mo Farah says he's "feeling good" despite

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collapsing after finishing the New York half-marathon yesterday. The

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double Olympic champion came second in the race and was taken away in a

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wheelchair but has told fans that "it's no big deal". Mo will make his

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full marathon debut in London in April.

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What do you get if you cross a giant swing with a bungee rope? An insane

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rope-swing bungee, of course! This amazing contraption was created by

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Mike Wilson and Andrew Kirkpatrick, who travelled to South Africa to

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build it. The swing plunges 600 feet down and riders experience a four

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second free-fall. Finally, some of South America's

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cutest cats have been shown off by their owners during a Feline Fair in

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Colombia. All different types of cats took part, some were fluffy and

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others didn't have any fur at all! It was the sixth year the festival

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has been running. Head over to the website to see more

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of the purrrrrfect pets that took part.

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Let's look at that rope swing one more time! Incredible. I'm back

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before 7pm. See ya.

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