:00:24. > :00:27.Hello, guys, Leah and Sonali taking care of things at Newsround today.
:00:27. > :00:33.We know you are busy with your summer holidays but stick with us
:00:33. > :00:36.for a few minutes and we'll give you this. The firefighters battling
:00:36. > :00:39.to save the countryside and the chimp.
:00:39. > :00:43.Tanks and troops have been attacking anti-government
:00:43. > :00:45.protesters in some of the most serious violence since
:00:45. > :00:49.demonstrations started in Syria back in March. More than 100 people
:00:49. > :00:53.are reported to have been killed in the city of Hama. Demonstrations
:00:53. > :00:56.have been going on for months, but it's hard to tell exactly what is
:00:56. > :01:00.going on because foreign journalists aren't allowed in. Some
:01:00. > :01:02.of the pictures were filmed on mobile phones by people living
:01:03. > :01:07.there. The American President, Barack Obama, is appalled by the
:01:07. > :01:10.violence used by the Syrian government against protesters in
:01:10. > :01:15.countries including the UK have had an emergency meeting at the UN to
:01:15. > :01:19.discuss what to do about it. Next, we are talking wildfires.
:01:19. > :01:23.They are often sparked by hot dry weather. In Dorset, fire crews have
:01:23. > :01:28.been setting them on purpose. Here is why.
:01:28. > :01:33.This was the Dorset countryside two months ago. A massive area of heath
:01:33. > :01:35.land home to rare plants and animals was destroyed and people
:01:35. > :01:41.living nearby had to leave their homes.
:01:41. > :01:44.It was so bad that everyone decided drastic action was needed. It might
:01:44. > :01:47.seem bizarre that these guys set fire to the countryside
:01:47. > :01:51.deliberately, but they hope this will help them understand the
:01:51. > :01:53.nature of fire so when it does happen for real, they'll be better
:01:53. > :01:56.prepared. Wildfires can move quickly and
:01:56. > :02:00.without warning so an operation like this takes lots of planning.
:02:00. > :02:04.The heath is home to lots of animals and they have to be removed
:02:04. > :02:09.to keep them safe. We have caught quite a few common
:02:09. > :02:13.lizards, slow worms and a female adder. We had to put in an effort
:02:13. > :02:19.to get as many animals off the plots that are being burned as
:02:19. > :02:23.possible. Once the animals are taken care of, paths are put in to
:02:23. > :02:29.stop the fires from spreading. Fire crews were on stand-by in case the
:02:29. > :02:31.flames got fout of control. We have had some really big fires and we
:02:32. > :02:36.are aiming to improve our tactics to look at how the fire behaves,
:02:36. > :02:41.how the flames move, how the smoke moves and how the fire spreads.
:02:41. > :02:45.Getting water to remote areas is difficult and so the crews are also
:02:45. > :02:49.testing new techniques. Spraying this foam on the plants stops them
:02:49. > :02:53.from catching fire which prevents the blaze from spreading.
:02:53. > :02:57.Although the burn lasts just a few minutes, it's given researchers
:02:57. > :03:02.value yoobl information to work with and before we go, there's one
:03:02. > :03:05.last job, putting the animals back with they belong -- valuable
:03:05. > :03:09.information. It's been a great few weeks if you are an England cricket
:03:09. > :03:13.fan. The lads are on the verge of winning their sect test against
:03:13. > :03:17.India. They were set a world record victory target of 478 which was
:03:17. > :03:22.always going to be tough but they've been reduced to 143 for 8
:03:22. > :03:29.with India's star batsman, 10-10 ten, being taken out by Jimmy
:03:29. > :03:35.Andersen again. He got half a century though.
:03:35. > :03:40.-- India's star batsman, sach Tendulkar. This is the volcano's
:03:40. > :03:45.fourth and biggest eruption in a month with lava fountains as high
:03:45. > :03:50.as 500 metres. Last up, to the tiger cub who is have an unlikely
:03:50. > :03:55.babysitter. They do. The chimp. He was trained to feed the cubs with a