03/07/2017

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:00:12. > :00:16.Whitney here with your big Monday stories, live on CBBC.

:00:17. > :00:19.Now the big, exciting, sporting news today is the start of Wimbledon,

:00:20. > :00:25.The reigning champ, Andy Murray, kicked things off at lunchtime,

:00:26. > :00:30.Murray had a sore hip but seems to be playing OK.

:00:31. > :00:34.Laura Robson was the first Brit to lose earlier on, and British

:00:35. > :00:38.ladies number one Johanna Konta, and French Open Champion Rafael

:00:39. > :00:43.We've been hearing from some tennis fans about what they're

:00:44. > :01:00.It is Wimbledon. It is one of the biggest events in the world. I am

:01:01. > :01:06.very excited to be here at Wimbledon because I have not met any person, I

:01:07. > :01:11.have only seen them on the TV and it is amazing to see it here. I have

:01:12. > :01:16.never been here before and it is really different than I imagined in

:01:17. > :01:19.my head. I like Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer and they are really good and

:01:20. > :01:23.they are graceful when they hit their shots. I really want to see

:01:24. > :01:28.Andy Murray because he is number one in the world and I can't wait to see

:01:29. > :01:31.him play. It is amazing because he is the person when I look up to when

:01:32. > :01:36.I play tennis and I just want to be like him when I am older. I am going

:01:37. > :01:40.to see the Rafa Nadal match on Court one and I am going to see a bit of

:01:41. > :01:45.the Venus Williams match. Isil Roger Federer over their warming up. What?

:01:46. > :01:48.So that's what the fans are looking forward to.

:01:49. > :01:50.Now, did you know that nearly 40,000 tennis fans walk

:01:51. > :01:51.through the turnstiles here at Wimbledon on

:01:52. > :01:59.So this year at Wimbledon there will be 674 matches played.

:02:00. > :02:06.And if one match was played a day, it would last for over two years.

:02:07. > :02:13.Over 54,000 tennis balls will be used during the tournament.

:02:14. > :02:19.The longest ever match at Wimbledon was in 2010.

:02:20. > :02:22.It lasted 11 hours and five minutes, over three days.

:02:23. > :02:28.And as a treat the players were given mashed potatoes

:02:29. > :02:37.The fastest-ever serve was by Taylor Dent in 2010

:02:38. > :02:42.That's double the speed limit for a motorway so,

:02:43. > :02:44.as you can imagine, that's really fast.

:02:45. > :02:47.At Wimbledon, it's tradition to eat strawberries and cream, and over

:02:48. > :02:50.the two-week period over 28,000kg will be eaten.

:02:51. > :02:58.That's the same weight of nearly three elephants.

:02:59. > :03:01.Wimbledon has its very own hawk, called Rufus,

:03:02. > :03:05.who flies for one hour every morning of the Championships

:03:06. > :03:10.Mr Popular even has his own Twitter account.

:03:11. > :03:26.Love a bit of Wimbledon. Wish I was there.

:03:27. > :03:29.Next up, on to US President Donald Trump, who is being criticised again

:03:30. > :03:34.Believe it or not, this is Donald Trump.

:03:35. > :03:36.The US president has put this video on social media.

:03:37. > :03:39.It's an old clip of him appearing on a wrestling TV show,

:03:40. > :03:41.but with CNN over the face of his opponent.

:03:42. > :03:44.Now, CNN is a news organisation in America that he has been

:03:45. > :03:53.He calls them "fake news" and they make up

:03:54. > :03:58.Loads of people, including some of his own party,

:03:59. > :04:01.said this sort of thing is really bad behaviour for a president,

:04:02. > :04:04.and he shouldn't be doing it, but his supporters say they are just

:04:05. > :04:06.jokes and they really like his style.

:04:07. > :04:08.Donald Trump says he is just being a modern president

:04:09. > :04:23.As you may know, Popocatepetl is a big volcano in Mexico,

:04:24. > :04:29.The ash cloud blew up 2,000 metres above the crater.

:04:30. > :04:32.There are more than 3,000 volcanos in Mexico, but only 14

:04:33. > :04:40.Newsround's back here tomorrow at 7.40am.

:04:41. > :04:42.Head over to Newsround online, let's get all digital,

:04:43. > :04:46.to find out which presenter's joke you thought was the funniest in our

:04:47. > :05:04.and my favourite TV programme on CBBC is So Awkward.

:05:05. > :05:07.And my favourite character is Lily

:05:08. > :05:10.because she's cool, funny and...