03/01/2017 Newsround


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Hi guys, Martin here with your afternoon Newsround.

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It's time to count the animals living in the UK's zoos.

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And is Donald Trump's Presidential party lacking stars?

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First up, you can always rely on Newsround to bring

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So, what have we got to look forward to in 2017?

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Here's Ricky with some of the big news, music and TV

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First up, it's time for Donald Trump to take over

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from Barack Obama as the President of the United States.

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He'll take the oath of office on January the 20th, and become

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Also this month the BBC's new singing show, Let It Shine will go

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The guy behind it is a former X Factor judge Gary Barlow.

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Contestants will sing their way to winning a part in a new

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The Formula 1 season begins in March, down under.

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The championship is up for grabs with world champ Nico Rosberg

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Hotting up, July 1st marks the start of the 104th Tour de France.

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This year the course is steeper than normal.

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Also kicking off in July, the Netherlands host

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It's the first final tournament to involve an increased 16 teams.

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Little Mix begin their Glory Days tour in Aberdeen, two months later.

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But not before British band The Vamps have started their world

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And that's not all that is going on in 2017, so be sure to stay tuned

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to Newsround to find out what else is going to happen

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Now, we've been asking you what you're looking

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Shaun says he's excited for Hull being the City

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Hope in Scotland says she's looking forward to the 70th birthday

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of the Edinburgh Fringe festival and she's hoping to

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Lucy is excited about going to see Little Mix on tour.

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And Eva is looking forward to going to the Isle of Wight

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In just 17 days there will be a new President

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of the United States - Donald Trump.

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On the 20th of January he'll be officially made

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But there's been a lot of talk about who will -

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In November last year Donald Trump won the American election.

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He is due to officially become President later

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this month and every four years, when a President is sworn in, a big

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ceremony called an inauguration is held for them.

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The new President first takes an oath and makes a speech.

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Then there's a big parade across Washington DC followed by

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Over the years, popular music stars have

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At George W Bush's in 2001 popular performers at that time, Ricky

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In 2009, Barack Obama's first inauguration, Beyonce, Jay-Z and

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Aretha Franklin were just some of the stars that performed for him.

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But now Donald Trump's inauguration just a number of days away, there

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are reports that his team are struggling to get big-name

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performers signed up, which could be embarrassing.

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So far, Jackie Evancho, a contestant from America's Got Talent, will sing

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the national anthem, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and some

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of the dance group The Radio City Rockettes are also

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But a number of stars, including British singer Sir Elton John,

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have said they won't perform at the inauguration.

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And now Rebecca Ferguson, X Factor's runner-up in

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2010, has tweeted that she's been asked to sing.

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She says she will do it, but only if she can sing a

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song called Strange Fruit, which was written about racism.

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So far, Trump's team haven't responded to the request.

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As for Donald himself, he says he's not bothered about big

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On social media he said he wants it to be about the people.

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Now, zoo keepers have been getting their calculators out

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for the first big job of 2017 - the annual count of the animals.

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London Zoo have to tally up more than 750

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different species - every mammal, bird, reptile and fish.

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The count takes almost a week to complete, and the information

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is passed around the world to help look after endangered animals.

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Is that in Jose goodbye to DP the dinosaur at the National history

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Museum in London. It is the last day the public can see the design so

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before it is dismantled and sent on tour.

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That's all from me - Newsround's back at

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