29/03/2012 Newsround

Hello. Welcome to Newsround on BBC One. I'm Leah taking charge of

things on my own tonight. Some of this is on the way.

Joe finds out what it takes to climb Mount Everest.

And movie or pop star - Rhianna says she'll do both!

But first to a big row over how much money Britain should give to

other poorer countries around the world. At the moment the UK

Government gives about �8 billion a year in foreign aid t, but now they

now want to increase that to �11 billion. And as Nel's been finding

out, not everyone thinks it's a good idea

For years Britain's been giving a portion of its money to poorer

countries around the world. But now there's a big debate over

whether we're giving too much to help others. Most Western countries

sign up to pay a certain percentage of their budget to countries in

need. But compared to the rest of the world the UK donates more than

most others. It currently gives 0.5% of it's national income -

that's almost �8 billion to you and me. Germany donates less than 0.4%

of their cash and the USA gives 0.2%, But despite that the UK's now

agreed to meet a new United Nations target that'll mean increasing what

we pay - from �8 billion to nearly �11 billion by 2014.

But the House of Lords say that's a bad idea. The House of Lords say we

should focus on the quality of aid, the kind of aid, how it's delivered

to poorer countries rather than the amount of money. Critics say the

money could be used to sort out problems here in the UK like

repairs our roads. They pointed to the fact that Britain has been dope

ateing foreign aid for years, and the countries are no better off. So

why should the UK be donating money to charity when we could be using

the money ourselves? The amount we give to poorer countries is less

than 1p per pound. It's a very small amount of money and far, far

less than we spend on education and welfare benefits, yet the

difference it makes to poorer countries is huge.

The Government says cutting funds could cost thousands of lives and

the extra money would get millions of children into schools.

You've been telling us what you You can still have your say over on

the website. Now she's mostly found sitting

pretty at the top of the charts, but Rihanna's branching out to the

big screen. She's got her first acting role in new film Battleship

and says despite her worldwide fame, she was really nervous on her first

day. But don't worry Riri fans - she says whatever happens she has

no plans to give up on the music. Music is art for me. I really just

want to make a great song. When I make a video, it has to really stay

true to the song. I never, ever want to compromise that for

anything else. Next, if you have heard everyone

going on about passties recently, let me fill you in.

The Government's been told off for trying to hike up the price of

baked food in it's big budget last week. And it all means a warm

sausage roll or stake pie could cost you more than a cold one.

Confused? Take a look at this. In its big budget last week the

government said an extra tax should be added to the cost of hot pies

and pasties. Meaning we'd pay more for them. It's all to do with

something called VAT. If something costs one pound, the

Government adds 20p, so you pay �1.20. Its added for most things

people buy, including hot snacks like fish and chips, but some items,

like cold snacks, aren't included. Some people say that's unfair and

that's why the Government's changing things.

What the Government has to try and do is make sure the VAT rules are

fairly applied and so I dont think its fair for instance that the

small businessman running the fried chicken takeaway is having to

charge his custmers VAT but the big supermarket is not having to pay

VAT for the fresh hot chickens. what does it mean for us? If you

was to buy a pie today it would cost �1.35. Once the ruling for

that would come in, that would rise to �1.62. But it gets more

complicated. If this hot pie were to go cold before I paid for it, I

wouldn't have to pay any extra money at all. Under the rules, if

it's cold VAT would be added, which means I get to keep the extra money.

Politicians opposed to the Government say the price rise will

hit people already struggling with money, but fish and chip shop

owners are behind the plan. One thing is for sure - whatever the

temperature of your food, this is a debate that'll take awhile to cool

down. It was good, that pie!

Now to Mount Everest - the worlds tallest mountain. Adventurer,

Kenton Cool, is heading to the top and he's taking a special Olympic

gold medal Joe's been finding out more.

Mount Everest, almost 9,000 metres of snow, ice and rock. Climbers are

faced with deadly crevasses and sheer cliffs. The air gets thinner

as you climb, so the higher you go, the harder it becomes to breathe.

Climbing to the top is something only the bravest, fittest and

strongest people can do, and that is why I have come to the garden of

the man who has done it before. Cheers, guys. Kenton Cool is a

professional explorer and adventurer. He's preparing to climb

the mountain for the 10th time, but this time he has a special job to

do. My latest mission is to take this medal to the top of the world,

Mount Everest, to fulfil an almost 90-year-old Olympic Games pledge.

It was these men who started it. In 1954 they received medals for

bravely attempting to climb the tallest mountain in the world. They

didn't quite make it, but vowed to try again, taking their medals with

them. Something went wrong the second time around and one member

died, and they abandoned the mission. To explorers like Kenton,

this story is legendary. What do you have to do to prepare?

You have to be super fit, so I have done a lot of cycling in the gym.

Also, I carry a big rucksack and walk across the hills. You must be

- to put yourself through that again. It's an amazing story and

deserves to be told. He sets off today with the gold medal safely

tucked into his pack. This summer Olympians from all over the world

will be competing for one of these. By that time Kenton will have

fulfilled a very special dream. Best of luck.

And if you couldn't wait to race home from school tonight I bet you

weren't as quick as this elephant. She broke out of a circus in

Ireland and outran her handlers after they'd tried to give her a