25/02/2014 Newsround

Morning, everyone. Leah here, with today's top stories from Newsround

on the way. I'm Laura Trott, and I'm Jason Kenny and we're here to answer

your questions. And the seriously small panther with a big story. Stay

tuned. But first, it's deadline day for

Ukraine's new leaders. Former President, Viktor Yanukovych, was

removed from power just days ago after huge anti-government protests

and violence. Now the new leaders have until the

end of the day to form a new, united government. Meanwhile British

investigators are in the country helping to find out who told police

to shoot at protestors last week. Dozens of people were killed in the

clashes. Head to the website for lots more on this story including

Nel's report on the events of the past week, and a picture gallery

telling you how the protests came about. Next, if you're missing the

Winter Olympics already, don't worry! How about the World Track

Championships? It all kicks off tomorrow with Laura Trott and Jason

Kenny defending the titles they won last year. They're two of Britain's

biggest and best cycling stars, but before they headed off to Colombia

to take part they found the time to answer some of your questions.

Great start by Laura Trott. Straight out of the gate. There he is, the

Olympic sprint champion, he wins the gold medal, and he's won it in style

with fantastic confidence. I chose to be a cyclist because I

was good at it, to be honest. I like competing in anything and I love

winning. I dislike the winning feeling. Once you win one race, you

want to win them all, -- I just like the winning feeling. There were

people fighting other spots in the team pursuit, so we were competing

against each other, so it was difficult. You have to train hard to

get to the Olympics. We train super-hard. When I first started

cycling I was eight years old and I did my first competition when I was

ten, I think, a National Championships in Manchester. I had

an older brother and I wanted to ride bikes, and I started riding on

the track when I was 12. My main goal this year is to go to the world

Championships and hopefully come away with a couple of medals, and

then in the summer we have the Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth

Games in Glasgow should be good fun, so I'm looking forward to that. My

favourite moment in my career was winning two gold medals at the

London Olympic Games. My favourite moment in my career is winning two

gold medals at the London Olympic Games as well. There he is, he wins

the gold medal, and he won it in style.

And from one set of Olympic medal-winners, to another: Team GB's

record-equalling athletes have arrived home, bringing with them the

four medals that won them more funding for winter sports. The men's

curlers were first to appear with their silver medals. Lizzie Yarnold

showed off her gold too, after carrying the union flag at Sunday's

closing ceremony. Lots of people turned out at London's Heathrow

Airport to welcome them home. In the FA Cup, Sunderland will now

face their old manager Steve Bruce in the quarterfinals. That's after

his current side Hull beat Brighton 2-1 in their fifth-round replay last

night. Curtis Davies and Robert Koren scored for the Tigers to

secure the win. And in the night's other replay,

Charlton beat Sheffield Wednesday with a 2-1 win at Hillsborough. It

means they'll face Sheffield's other club, United, in the quarterfinals a

week on Saturday. The FA says it will investigate

claims that supporters threw coins at Wayne Rooney during man United's

victory at Crystal Palace at the weekend. United are in Greece

tonight where they are in the Champions League last 16, their best

chance of picking up silverware in a disappointing season for the Reds.

Now to this incredibly cute panther cub with a very brave story! This

tiny cat was finding his first weeks of life quite tough while living at

a wildlife refuge in Florida and he nearly died. But luckily the cub was

sent off to hospital and received special treatment to build him back

up. He's now happy, healthy and enjoying his bottle of milk! Last

up, to a story we told you about yesterday - thieves pinching a

10-metre high mango statue from a town in Australia. Well, turns out

it was a big stunt just to get people talking about a fast food

brand and nobody had really stolen the model. A restaurant chain

admitted it had "borrowed" the tourist attraction and said they'd

put it back soon. That's all from me. Newsround's back right here in

about half an hour.