23/02/2014 Newsround


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Hello. I'm Jenny live this Sunday lunchtime with your next Newsround

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update. On this last day of the Sochi Games, you've been telling us

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your Winter Olympics highlights. First to Ukraine, a country whose

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leader has disappeared. President Victor Yanukovich is at the centre

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of what looks like a revolution. He has been removed by the country's

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parliament and a stand-in president has been appointed. A huge amount

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has happened in Ukraine in the past few days, so I've been taking a look

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back at an extraordinary week. Ukraine. A country in crisis. But

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why did it all start? In November last year, Ukraine's President

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Viktor Yanukovych decided not to sign a deal with the European Union.

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He wanted Ukraine to stay closer to Russia. People took to Independent

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Square and began protesting peacefully about the decision. They

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want to be part of Europe and don't like how the President runs Ukraine.

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But on Tuesday those protests turned violent. Dozens were killed and many

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more injured in days of fierce clashes between police and

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protestors. Both sides blamed each other for the violence. It carried

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on until Friday when the President announced a deal to hold elections

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before the end of this year. But the protestors said they wanted nothing

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less than the President's resignation. By Saturday morning,

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the President was nowhere to be seen. Protestors took control of the

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presidential palace which had been left empty. Everybody wants to know

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where is the President? Ukraine's MPs voted to remove the President

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and released his biggest rival, former Prime Minister Yulia

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Tymoshenko from prison, where she had been for three years. So what

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next for Ukraine? At the moment, no-one knows. President Yanukovych

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has spoken on TV saying he is not going anywhere and this attack on

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his leadership is illegal. Meanwhile, thousands of protestors

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are still in Independence Square in Kiev and say they won't go anywhere

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until the President steps down. To the Winter Olympics in Sochi now,

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and in the past hour we've had the final run in the four-man bobsleigh.

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Both British teams were in action. Britain were in sixth place and

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needed to catch up two tenths of a second for bronze. They made their

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fastest start and had a great run, but couldn't make up enough time and

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ended up in fifth place. Rush up one gold. -- Russia won gold.

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We want to know what your favourite moment from the Games has been. Head

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over to the Newsround website and tell us what your highlight has

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been. Loads of you have been in touch

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already. Charlotte from Hampshire said: The moment I enjoyed most was

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Jenny Jones getting bronze in the snowboarding. I love snowboarding!

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But Matthew's highlight was the curling, even though he didn't even

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know what it was until a few days ago! Lizzie said one of her

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favourite Winter Olympic sports has been the snowboard cross, because

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there were lots of thrills, spills, photo finishes, and plenty of drama.

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And Diya's favourite moment was when Lizzy Yarnold received a gold medal

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for the skeleton! She said: I thought it was really inspiring.

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Thanks for those, guys. Skeleton superstar Lizzie Yarnold is

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gearing up to fly Britain's flag, as the Closing Ceremony gets going from

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four this afternoon. Lizzie dominated the women's skeleton

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event, to win GB's 10th gold medal in the history of the Winter Games,

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setting two track records on her way to victory. Amy Williams, who won

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gold in the skeleton four years ago, says leading out her team will be a

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special experience for Lizzy. It is such a great honour to be

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chosen to carry the flag. As she has brought home the gold medal, to have

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your team-mates behind you and walk into that closing ceremony, it is an

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amazing experience and I hope she enjoys it and flags that -- flies

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that flag proud for Great Britain. England are back in the running for

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the Six Nations rugby after a tense finish against Ireland at Twickenham

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yesterday. Rob Carney's try gave the Irish a 10-3 lead after half-time.

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But England fought back, with scrum half Danny Care scoring a brilliant

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try. England held on through the closing stages to pick up a vital

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win. It means four teams are tied at the top of the table going into next

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weekend's matches. And Scotland got the first win of their campaign with

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a dramatic victory over Italy in Rome in the early match. Duncan

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Weir's drop goal in the dying seconds of the game sealed a brave

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win for the Scots. In today's Premier League football,

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Liverpool will be looking to cement their place in the top four, when

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they take on Swansea at half past one, while at the same time,

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Newcastle will welcome their captain Fabricio Coloccini back for their

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mid-table clash with Aston Villa. In the late kick off, Norwich will be

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desperate for a win over Spurs, to lift them away from the relegation

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zone. In yesterday's action, Chelsea stayed top of the table, with a

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last-minute 1-0 win over Everton. Frank Lampard's in-swinging free

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kick found John Terry in the box to give Jose Mourinho's side the vital

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three points. While the Premier League's new best-paid player, Wayne

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Rooney scored the second for Manchester United to give them a 2-0

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away win over Crystal Palace, moving them up into sixth place. And

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Arsenal cruised to a 4-1 victory over Sunderland yesterday. Olivier

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Giroud marked his return to action with two goals for the Gunners. They

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now stay in second place, one point off Chelsea.

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That's all from me. Newsround is back at 1:30pm. Bye.

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