:00:00. > :00:07.You're live with Nel and Newsround lots to bring you including:
:00:08. > :00:09.Heading for the skies - a solar plane takes
:00:10. > :00:24.And find out why there's smiles all round for Sam Smith.
:00:25. > :00:27.First up we're talking rubbish and the good news that we're
:00:28. > :00:29.recycling more of it than we did five years ago.
:00:30. > :00:33.But the bad news is the amount of it that gets rejected because
:00:34. > :00:36.it's contaminated with other rubbish is growing at a far faster rate.
:00:37. > :00:39.Over 100,000 tonnes of contaminated waste ended up in landfill sites
:00:40. > :00:42.last year, and some councils say people need to be more careful
:00:43. > :00:47.The BBC's Tim Muffett has spent the morning at a recycling sorting
:00:48. > :01:08.It looks like we will have that report for you later on hopefully.
:01:09. > :01:11.A solar-powered plane that will be taken on a round-the-world journey
:01:12. > :01:14.next year has taken off for the first time this morning.
:01:15. > :01:17.The Solar Impulse 2 lifted off from an airfield in Switzerland.
:01:18. > :01:20.The plane is a much larger version of the aircraft that flew
:01:21. > :01:22.across America last year with adventurers Bertrand Piccard and
:01:23. > :01:28.The two men are trying to push the boundaries for alternative energy.
:01:29. > :01:31.The father of an American soldier held captive in Afghanistan for
:01:32. > :01:34.almost five years by the Taliban, a hard-line Islamic group that used
:01:35. > :01:38.to run the country, has praised his son's wishes to serve America.
:01:39. > :01:40.Bowe Berghdal was freed at the weekend.
:01:41. > :01:43.A deal was reached to swap him for five Taliban members who were
:01:44. > :01:46.being held in the States although some politicians in the US
:01:47. > :01:48.think the decision could put American lives at risk.
:01:49. > :01:52.Speaking at a press conference last night, his father Bob said contact
:01:53. > :02:12.We haven't talked to him yet. We haven't called him on the phone
:02:13. > :02:16.although you will know we have the capability to do that with satellite
:02:17. > :02:21.technology. There is a reason for that and that is because he has been
:02:22. > :02:30.gone so long that it is going to be very difficult to come back. And you
:02:31. > :02:31.can find out more about the story including a video report on the
:02:32. > :02:35.newsround website. The England squad have arrived in
:02:36. > :02:38.Miami for their final preparations They'll play friendlies there
:02:39. > :02:41.against Honduras on Wednesday and Ecuador on Saturday
:02:42. > :02:43.before heading for Brazil. England manager Roy Hodgson says he
:02:44. > :02:47.expects his players to show pride at representing their country
:02:48. > :02:49.by all singing the National Anthem There's more silverware for Arsenal
:02:50. > :02:55.fans to cheer about this morning because
:02:56. > :02:58.the ladies' team won the Women's FA Kelly Smith scored early on
:02:59. > :03:02.before setting up Kinga to seal It was Gunners manager
:03:03. > :03:06.Shelley Kerr's last game in charge. She resigned last week with the club
:03:07. > :03:14.bottom of the Women's Super League. Conservationists
:03:15. > :03:16.in Brazil are challenging football's governing body FIFA to do more to
:03:17. > :03:19.protect the animal that inspired The Brazilian three-banded armadillo
:03:20. > :03:23.is listed as a vulnerable species and is the basis of the Fuleco
:03:24. > :03:26.mascot that will feature on official Scientists have called on FIFA
:03:27. > :03:30.and the Brazilian government to designate parts
:03:31. > :03:32.of the armadillo's dry forest Finally some chart news and
:03:33. > :03:46.a big congratulations to Sam Smith who has soared to the top of the UK
:03:47. > :03:50.album chart with his debut record. Sam sold over 100,000 copies of
:03:51. > :03:53.In The Lonely Hour, In the singles chart
:03:54. > :03:58.DJ Second City's track I Wanna Feel That's all from me but tune
:03:59. > :04:09.in to Newsround in half an hour to find out which two members
:04:10. > :04:12.of the Strictly line-up have quit. ..where we take
:04:13. > :04:41.all the best bits of CBBC.