20/01/2014 Newsround


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You're watching Newsround with Monday's mix of stories. I'm Ricky.

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On the way. Do you know what energy drinks do to your body? Is this the

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most exciting space mission of 2014? Can we land on a speeding comet?

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First to a big problem for those trying to bring peace to Syria. A

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civil war has been raging there for nearly three years between

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government forces and the people who want them out of power. Many

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thousands have been killed, and millions more fled the country. Now,

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the main group against the Syrian government have said they won't join

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in peace talks, because they're unhappy that the UN has invited Iran

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too. Iran has supported Syria's government in the war, providing

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weapons to President Assad's forces, but the UN wanted Iran to be part of

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the solution. Next, we're talking energy drinks,

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soft drinks with very high levels of caffeine and sugar. A Government

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advisor on school meals has said they're harmful to kids and

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shouldn't be allowed in schools. You've been chatting about this on

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the website. Caitlin in Warrington reckons they

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shouldn't be banned, saying they keep you awake, so you're more

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likely to pay attention. But Luke in Clevedon doesn't like them, because

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he says they make him aggressive and give him headaches.

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Energy drinks, high in sugar and high in caffeine, but also not

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suitable for children. A government adviser on healthy school meals is

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worried more kids are drinking them regularly. It could be doing them

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harm. It has a hugely damaging effect on their ability to

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concentrate, how they feel, and it is having health effects. But what

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does it do to your body? It can raise BP, heart rate, affect sleep

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patterns, and also affect rain development. They are classed as

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addictive, they should not be used in children's drinks at all. Are you

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concerned? I do not drink them, but I am an athlete, so to get ready for

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a race, I would have a set of one. I would not be drinking them all of

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the time. The shops are to blame, they sell them. I am worried about a

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friend, they drink and energy drink everyday. I do not think it is

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healthy. The British Soft Drinks Association say hi caffeine and high

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sugar are not suitable for drinks -- for children. But kids are still

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drinking them, and health experts warn more needs to be done to stop

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them. Next to one of the most daring space

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missions ever attempted, landing on a comet. A European spacecraft

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that's been asleep in space for two and a half years is being woken up

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today to embark on its daunting task.

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A comet. It's a massive lump of ice and rock that's hurtling through

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space. And scientists are hoping to land on one. That job is down to the

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Rosetta spacecraft, which was launched back in 2004. It's

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travelled hundreds of millions of kilometres through our solar system,

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but has been hibernating for the past two and a half years to save

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energy. This morning, an alarm clock was triggered to wake up Rosetta for

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the final, and riskiest, part of its mission. It has to chase after Comet

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67P, a target of just four kilometres across, and then send out

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a robot to land on its icy surface. It's something that has never been

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tried before. One of the big questions is where the Earth got its

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water from. In this comet, we have a fragment of something that formed

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four and a half billion years ago, and it might tell us the sorts of

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things that delivered water to the Earth. We can test that idea that

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comets might have been a source of the Earth's water. The first signal

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should be received this evening. Until then, a lot of nervous

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scientists watching and waiting for a sign.

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Andy Murray is through to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open

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after overcoming France's Stephane Robert in four sets. He'll face the

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mighty Roger Federer next. Meanwhile, Rafael Nadal made it

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through in straight sets, but there was a big shock in the women's draw,

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as Maria Sharapova was beaten by Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.

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And, as always, there's plenty on the website, including a brilliant

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gallery of a guy who's best mates with a Bengal tiger. And, check out

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our amazing interview with Lewis Clarke, the 16-year-old who's just

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become the youngest person to make it to the South Pole on foot!

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That's all from me. Newsround's back right here at 6:50pm with another

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update. See you then.

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