01/12/2015 Newsround

Good morning, I'm Jenny, with all the top stories

from around the world this Tuesday. Keep watching.

We crack open our Newsround Advent Calendar.

I am at a school that has got a special safety message for the

parents. Don't let your road monster, don't let your road

monster, the angry, callous, silly road monster out!

The attacks that took place in Paris, on Friday November 13th,

The people that claimed responsibility for these acts, call

themselves Islamic State, or IS. But who are they?

And what can, and should, the world do to stop them?

That's the question now being asked here in the UK.

IS are a group based in the Middle East, mainly in Iraq and Syria,

They use brutal violence against anyone who doesn't agree

They claim to follow the religion of Islam, but many people say their

beliefs of hatred and violence have little to do with Islam and what

Since early 2014, IS has grown quickly - using

the internet and social media to recruit followers and spread fear.

They have been able to take over large parts of Syria

and neighbouring Iraq, declaring this their own state -

and punishing anyone who doesn't follow their strict rules.

Lots of different groups are fighting in Syria, and nations

around the world can't agree on who they want to control the country.

What does unite most of the world is the desire to stop IS because

The UK has bombed Islamic State-controlled areas in

Iraq but two years ago politicians voted against bombing in Syria.

However, since IS have started attacking places around the world -

like Paris - there is more pressure on the UK to stop them.

Prime Minister David Cameron wants MPs to vote to decide

whether or not the UK should start to bomb IS in Syria.

..is to address the threat we face

Both France and the USA have already launched airstrikes in the country,

but some feel that the bombs also affect too many

innocent people living there, and that the UK shouldn't be involved.

There's much more on the Newsround website about what's happening

Next up, if you're used to traffic jams outside your school -

A group of schools in Hertfordshire in southern England wrote

a catchy song to try and get adults to be more careful

They roped in a whole team of professionals who gave up

their time for free to produce a video with an important message.

This road might seem pretty calm right now but come 3pm,

So children and parents from six schools in the local area

decided to do something about it and with the help of their voices,

Children and parents came together to produce the music video with

Professional directors and camera operators turned this

And the inspiration behind the track?

It is all those hot-headed parents who drop off their kids

We are going to be late, we are going to be late and the

parents want to get their kids on time to school and then they just go

A road monster is like a person who drives over the speed limit or

All of those kids who really want to walk to school, cycle and scoot to

school, having all this traffic around it just makes it much less

likely they will do that because it is dangerous and it worries them.

And making the video was not as easy as it sounds.

Weird because we were filming in a toilet.

Sometimes you would be really into the song and they would say,

# So don't let your road monster, don't let your road monster,

the angry careless silly road monster out. #

It's December 1st today so for many

of you that means you'll be opening day one of your advent calendar.

Here at Newsround we've made our own for

We'll be finding out about your Christmas traditions each day

Hi, guys, my name is Yannis and I have a really cool tradition in

my family which is, I shout, it's Christmas, to wake everybody up and

Well, we smash eggs first and then we eat them together

which is a great tradition and then afterwards we open the presents.

We'd love to hear about your Christmas traditions - send your

That's all from me this morning, Newsround's back right here

at 4.20pm with Ricky. Have a brilliant day!