17/08/2014 Newsround


17/08/2014

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First up, the American theme park SeaWorld has announced it will build

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Imagine having to leave your toys, your clothes and your other

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belongings behind and run away from your house just to stay safe.

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That's what's happening to hundreds and thousands of kids in the

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Middle Eastern country of Iraq at the moment.

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More than a million Iraqis have been forced to run away

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from a radical Islamic group called IS and many of them are reliant

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on the help and supplies being sent from Britain and other countries.

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It is hot here in this province of Iraq, and refugees have been

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Many unfinished building sites have become temporary homes

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In the past ten days, 80,000 people have fled the northern cities

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They are mostly people from an ancient religion called Yazidi.

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They are running from the radical Islamic group called IS,

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The children in these camps go to school, and are

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They are eager to access the food and supplies they are

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While they may not be receiving games consoles, UN officials are

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In my opinion, this is one of the largest humanitarian responses

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of the last 50 years in a country that is not a country, in areas that

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are not secure, and in areas where things change very, very quickly.

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distribution, to a level of dignity that the United Nations aspires to.

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Although fighting continues in northern Iraq, for now,

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the children here are safe, and they are getting food, water and toys.

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And there's more information on what's going on in Iraq on our

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special guide on the Newsround website.

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In sport, England's women's are hoping it'll be fourth time lucky

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They take on Canada in Paris tonight having lost the previous

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Star player Sophie Hemming says she's confident they can make up

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I was involved in 2010 and that was my first World Cup so I kind of know

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what it feels like to get into a final and know what it feels like to

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lose a final. Those feelings, it is important to remember what that was

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like because I do not want to go there again. Hopefully we can go out

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there and do it this time. It's the second day

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of the new Premier League season today and right now Liverpool are

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taking on Southampton. Champions Man City take on Newcastle

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later, hoping to do better than rivals Man United, who lost

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at home to Swansea yesterday. It's the final day of the

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European Athletics Championships today with Mo Farah and

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Greg Rutherford both hoping to add GB's gold medal tally to seven,

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two behind their all time record. So there were plenty of Britain?s

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star performers at those championships but unfortunately

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they've all been outdone by Cooly, He's been firing up the crowds over

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the last six days by showing So for now, I'll leave you with

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the coolest cow around. I have seen him do some very

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interesting things since these championships darted. -- started. I

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suppose he can. He is not a proper cow. That is the least acrobatic

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thing he has done. It is a different kettle of fish for him. He has

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reached another level today.

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