23/02/2012 Newsround


23/02/2012

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Thanks for tuning in guys. Leah and Ricky here with Thursday's

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Newsround. We are live with all the top stories. Stick around for all

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We'll be heading down to the depths of the ocean. The it is so weird

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being this close to a lion. Hayley's a brave girl. She's on a

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mission to rescue these lions. first to Somalia. Leaders from

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around the world have been meeting in London today to try to find a

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way to end 20 years of trouble in the East African country. It has

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not had a proper government for 20 years. Civil war and famine have

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made it a difficult place to live, and children are some of the worst

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affected. Figures from Unicef show more than one in six children

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living there die before their fifth birthday and only one in three go

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to primary school. Now problems in the country are spreading to the

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Life in Somalia. 20 years ago the Prime Minister was overthrown and

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since then the country has not had a government. It has led to chaos

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and violence. The rise of piracy means countries and the rest of the

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world have been affected as well, as the threat of attack has caused

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problems for those travelling in waters near the coast of Somalia.

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Back on land, the Somalian capital of Mogadishu is a city lying in

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ruins. But the situation has improved. This was Mogadishu in the

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past. The streets were a battleground with the sound of

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gunfire echoing around the city. Now the streets are filled with the

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hustle and bustle of people trying to rebuild their lives. The

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Islamist militants used to run this part of the city have been driven

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out and people are once again happy to live here. The BBC's Andrew

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Harding who is in the capital says that people there are still facing

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big problems there are makeshift camps all over Mogadishu with

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families crowded into basic tense. They are reliant on humanitarian

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aid for survival. Outside the capital, trouble is never far away.

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Government troops are fighting a group meaning that thousands of

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Somali inns are leaving their home to avoid that trouble. The people

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of Somalia and now looking to the rest of the world to help them not

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just rebuild the country, but their Congrats to divers Tom Daley and

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Peter Waterfield who've made it through to tonight's final of the

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diving World Cup. After a shaky start, an impressive last dive in

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London's Aquatics Centre helped them finish sixth in the qualifying

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round. It's Tom's first competition since his diving coach warned him

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to cut down on his TV work he does. Now to a risky rescue. Over the

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weekend Hayley travelled to France to help save two lions who were

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treated badly by a circus. Here in Britain we have strict rules about

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how animals in the circus should be treated, but things are a bit

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different overseas. As Hayley found out in this special report, moving

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This is Brutus and this is Clarence. They may look happy, but in the

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past things have not been that good. That is because they were

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performing lions that lived in a circus. They had lived there since

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they were born but it was not a happy time. Local authorities

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became worried for the animals after they thought they were being

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treated badly. The circus was asked to give up the Lions or risk losing

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all of their animals. That is how the boys ended up here. They have

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been rescued by a sanctuary which has kept them safe and happy for

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over a year. But they still have scars from the life before they

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were rescued. When they had arrived what were they like? They were not

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so beautiful. They were skinny, they had bad skin, they were very

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scared. They would go to the back of the Enclosure, but now they are

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very calm. They are good lines. the UK, circuses need a licence to

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keep wild animals, but in France a licence is not needed. The

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sanctuary is stretched to the limit and wants to help as many animals

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as possible but there is just not enough room. But if they find a

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home for Clarence and Brutus it means that more lines that need

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help can move in. Luckily a wildlife park in England has

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offered to take the lion's, so Brutus and Clarence are off to a

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new start. They have just sedated the Lions, which means putting them

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to sleep with an injection so they can make a journey. The Lions can

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be quite dangerous, but it is necessary so they can get to the

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new home. Now they will sleep, and when they wake up they will be in

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England. It is so we have been this close to a lion. Even though he is

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so lated -- sedated, I still feel a That is Brutus and Clarence sagely

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in their cages and ready proper journey to their new home. The only

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problem is it is 500 miles that way, but I will be travelling with them,

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so tune in tomorrow to find out how they get along. Next up, we've sent

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astronauts up into space but here on earth there are still corners

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that remain virtually unexplored. One of them is off the coast of

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Japan in the Pacific Ocean. It's called the Mariana Trench and it's

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the deepest place on the planet. Now four teams are racing to get to

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the bottom. I've been finding out more. The Mariana Trench - it's the

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deepest place on earth. Home to weird sea creatures and, well, the

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rest is unknown. But not for much longer. So just how big is it? Well,

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it's seven miles down and it's the deepest point in the ocean. That

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means you could fit 114 Big Bens down there and it would still feel

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spacious. So far, only two humans have ever visited the deepest point

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of the trench, Challenger Deep. That was more than 50 years ago.

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The dangerous conditions meant they could only stay down for 20 minutes

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and ever since, people have wanted to return. But now four teams are

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racing to reach the bottom. Using hi-tech submarines they hope to

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dive down to the trench's deepest point. It's not an easy task. The

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subs are made from strong materials to stop them being crushed by the

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high water pressure. And it's so deep they'll have to pilot their

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subs in total darkness. We really don't know what is down there, not

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just that stretch, at their deepest parts of the ocean. 95 % of the

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ocean remains unexplored. An incredible number. If the teams

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succeed, they could potentially reveal the secrets of one of the

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remotest places left on earth. And finally, if you want to take a

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peak at what's living at the bottom of the ocean but don't fancy

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getting your feet wet, don't worry. Some very clever folk have come up

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with the answer. Scientists have been using a special underwater

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camera to take photos of the Great Barrier Reef. The idea is that

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they'll have their own version of Google Street View, and they hope

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the images will help them understand how climate change

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