24/01/2014 Newsround


24/01/2014

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Hi, Ricky here with another Newsround update. The countdown

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begins. We find out how Britain's first astronaut is preparing for

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space. And the seriously extreme moves from the X Games... Keep

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watching. First this morning, members of the

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Syrian government and the opposition, who want them out of

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power, will meet face to face for the first time today, to try and

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reach a peace agreement. The war in Syria's been raging for three years

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now and has killed over a 100,000 people. The long awaited peace talks

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began in Geneva in Switzerland on Wednesday. But so far there have

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been angry speeches and accusations from both sides, that the other side

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caused the conflict. Britain's first astronaut Major Time

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Peak is gearing up for his mission to the International Space Station -

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which takes place next year. Major Tim will spend six months in space

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and is training at the European Astronaut Centre in Germany where

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they have a replica of the space station. He's also using a pool to

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try and experience what it's like to work in zero gravity. We can

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practice walking. If you can imagine in a space suit, it is difficult to

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venture fingers. We need to use these tools to perform tasks.

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From life in space to what could be the future of money. Bitcoin is

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digital money that adults can buy online...and it's causing a big fuss

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in the technology world. So what is it? And is it the future? Ayshah has

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been finding out. You will need to keep it in a purse

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or even in a piggy bank. We're talking about bitcoin, a very

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different way to pay for things. Bitcoin is a type of money but what

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makes the difference is that they do not need these are these. Instead it

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causes a sequence of letters and numbers. The easiest way to get hold

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of these special sequences is to buy them online. You can use them when

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shopping on some websites and even in a few places like this cafe in

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east London. How do they work? A customer will come into the shop,

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they will choose something they want, we will put that into our

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computer. It will generate a code which we can put in and it will pay

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it. So why can't we stick to money? It is money you can use anywhere in

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the world with it paying to change it. Once you find someone who will

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accept that it is simple. Not everyone agrees that bitcoins are

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good idea. People are worried if your computer or smartphone gets

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hacked, they can still use your bitcoin. Those who've decide that it

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designed bitcoin say it is safe and secure. The problem is you cannot

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use it everywhere. But more shops and businesses are planning to use

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it. It looks like we will be hearing more about it and one day we could

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be saying goodbye to cash like this. In just a few minutes' time, two of

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the all-time greats in men's tennis - Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer -

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will do battle in the Australian Open semi-finals in Melbourne.

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Between them, they've won 30 Grand Slam singles titles. The winner will

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face Stanislas Wawrinka, in the Final.

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Next - to football, but with a twist. We all know the plan in any

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footy match is to score the most goals - but when three teams are

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playing on the same pitch, at the same time, keeping a clean sheet

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becomes even more important. This is "Three-Sided Football". At this

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football club, instead of two teams on Rick tangle of pitch, there are

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three teams on a hexagonal pitch. You are enemy one-minute -- your

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enemy. Is your ally the next minute. You have to teams converging on one

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goal. Head to their website now to see how next month we could be

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seeing 1D's Louis swapping the stage for the football pitch. He's set to

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make his debut for Championship side Doncaster Rovers. Head to the

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website now to read all about the story! Last up - here's a sport you

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definitely won't see at the Sochi Winter Olympics. This is Colten

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Moore from the US. He's just won gold at the X Games in Colorado for

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