23/01/2014 Newsround


23/01/2014

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Hi guys, Martin here with royal baby news on the way and the Baton going

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round the world. Let's start in Ukraine where violent

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protests are now spreading across the country.

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Last night's angry clashes in the capital Kiev were put on hold today

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as demonstrators waited for crisis talks with the president planned for

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tonight. But now there's reports of protests in at least four more

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cities. Some people there are angry at the Government for refusing to

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join the European Union, something they think could make their lives

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better. In other news: the Queen's new great

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granddaughter's finally been named - six days after she was born. Mum

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Zara Phillips and rugby star dad Mike Tindall announced this

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afternoon that she'll be known as Mia Grace. Mia is 16th in line to

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the British throne. Now you probably know by now that

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today marks exactly six months until the opening ceremony of the

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Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. What you might not know is that for the

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last few months the Queen's Baton has been travelling round the world

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to the different countries invited to compete. Here's Nel with more on

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its epic journey. Travelling through the 70

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Commonwealth nations, the Queen's that on runners cover several

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kilometres in 280 days. The BBC has been following its incredible

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journey from Buckingham Palace back in October. The point of this is to

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build up to the Commonwealth Games. Sports stars and ordinary people

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across the Commonwealth have been coming out in their thousands to

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join the celebrations. Right now, the bat on is making its way across

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the Seychelles. I was really honoured to do this. I am proud to

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represent my country. The Commonwealth nations and

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territories make up one third of the world's population, so the The

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headlines: has quite a long way to go. From here it goes to Malawi and

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then up through the Americas and Europe before going back to the UK.

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As the Baton adventure ends this summer.

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Finally - if you Doctor Who fans have grown tired of waiting to see

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the weeping angels move - here's some statues that are definitely not

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static. Chinese artist Li Hongbo made these sculptures from thousands

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of sheets of paper. They appear firm at first but transform into all

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kinds of weird and wonderful shapes. That's all from me, Newsround's back

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in the morning.

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