20/02/2014 Newsround


20/02/2014

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Hi, I'm Ricky, live from the Newsround studio.

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Our top story today comes from Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine in

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Eastern Europe, where a peace agreement between the government and

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demonstrators has broken down. This morning, anti-government protestors

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and police clashed, and at least 21 people are reported to have died

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there today. In the last hour, politicians from European countries

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have agreed to impose sanctions, like travel bans, on those they

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think are responsible for the violence. There's a guide on our

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website if you want to know more about the crisis in Ukraine. And if

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you've been upset by this or any other story in the news, there's

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advice there as well. To Sochi now, and Team GB will now

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at least equal a record medal haul at the Winter Olympics after

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Britain's women won a curling bronze. Eve Muirhead's side secured

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a dramatic 6-5 victory over Switzerland with the last stone of

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the match in the third-place play-off. So with one curling medal

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in the bag and another guaranteed tomorrow when Britain's men take on

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Canada in their final, it's fair to say that the Newsround team and

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millions more of you at home are gripped with a bad case of curling

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fever. Curling fever is continuing to sweep

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the UK. It's the event everyone is talking about, curling. Oh, my

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goodness! Shops have run out of curling equipment. Everybody wants

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to have a go at curling. Curling. Curling. Curling. The fists are in

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the air! OK, that may be slightly over the top, but it's fair to say

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that a lot of us are getting caught up in the curling drama at Sochi

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2014. But how do you play? The aim of the game is to get your team's

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stones close to the centre of this target, called the "house". Get

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closer than your opponent and you'll score more points. Sweepers brush

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the ice using a special broom to make sure the ice surface is

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perfectly smooth. A single hair can alter the direction the stone is

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travelling. As well as their brooms, players need special shoes to walk

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on the ice. Here we have a pair of curling shoes for a right-handed

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player. So on the left foot here we have some plastic, which makes this

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sole very slippery. On the other side, we have some soft rubber pads

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here, which help you grip. And the good news is it's not over yet. The

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men's curling finals take place tomorrow, and Team GB has high hopes

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for a gold medal. Go Team GB! Back here in the UK, there was an

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earthquake this afternoon. Experts say it happened five kilometres

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under the Bristol channel between North Devon and the coast of Gower

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in South Wales. It was recorded at around 1:20 this afternoon, and

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people nearby said it sent their houses rocking, but no damage has

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been reported and no-one was hurt. That's all from me today. Ayshah is

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back here tomorrow morning at 7:40. Bye.

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