03/08/2016

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:00:10. > :00:12.Good morning, Ayshah here at Newsround HQ

:00:13. > :00:16.The remote island with no teachers around and

:00:17. > :00:26.great news for the world's rarest big cat.

:00:27. > :00:29.So, we are two days from the official start

:00:30. > :00:33.of the Rio Olympic Games and there's already some sport kicking off today

:00:34. > :00:37.with women's football matches happening later.

:00:38. > :00:39.Most of Team GB are busy preparing at their training

:00:40. > :00:45.The BBC's David McDaid is there and sent us this report

:00:46. > :01:03.Team GB have come here and they have turned this place into

:01:04. > :01:08.75% of the British team will come to use the facilities

:01:09. > :01:13.here and around the city before they head to Rio.

:01:14. > :01:19.The team spent over an million pounds to make sure they have

:01:20. > :01:25.everything they need in order to be in peak condition at the Games. One

:01:26. > :01:30.lad who will be going for gold will be Ashley McKenzie. He could win a

:01:31. > :01:39.gold in judo on the very first day of competition. Let's bring it on.

:01:40. > :01:43.That doesn't faze me one bit. I am relaxed and ready to go and ready

:01:44. > :01:50.for my family and friends at home to support me. GB's women rugby sevens

:01:51. > :01:54.team are also playing on the first day. It is the first time this board

:01:55. > :01:59.has been played at the Olympic Games and the captain thinks it is a big

:02:00. > :02:04.deal for women's sport. It is a big deal that women can watch this and

:02:05. > :02:08.think, I could be an Olympian playing rugby. That is exciting. It

:02:09. > :02:13.was not the case when any of us were growing up. The athletes are ready

:02:14. > :02:16.for Rio where the Olympics begin in just a couple of days' time.

:02:17. > :02:19.We're all really excited at Newsround about the start

:02:20. > :02:22.of the Games, a lot of us might be supporting Team GB,

:02:23. > :02:24.but there's also a whole new team to look out for.

:02:25. > :02:31.Two weeks, 42 sports, 206 countries competing in the world's

:02:32. > :02:40.Rio 2016 kicks off this week, but this year there's a new team

:02:41. > :02:45.For the first time, a team of ten refugees have been selected

:02:46. > :02:50.Refugees are people who have had to leave their own countries

:02:51. > :02:55.Athletes from the team are hoping to inspire others like them.

:02:56. > :02:59.For the refugees in Brazil and all the refugees around

:03:00. > :03:02.the world, we are going to represent you guys in a really good picture

:03:03. > :03:09.and I hope everyone will continue to achieve their dreams.

:03:10. > :03:12.The refugees will take part in three sports - athletics,

:03:13. > :03:19.They'll compete under the Olympic flag and that symbol

:03:20. > :03:22.will be next to their names in competitions, rather

:03:23. > :03:27.They'll also be taking part in the opening ceremony,

:03:28. > :03:30.marching in front of host country Brazil.

:03:31. > :03:35.For many years, they have been here and nobody

:03:36. > :03:39.told us that we could be given that opportunity.

:03:40. > :03:43.The athletes and Olympic organisers hope that

:03:44. > :03:46.by taking part in the Games, they can be a symbol of hope

:03:47. > :03:51.and highlight the problems faced by refugees around the world.

:03:52. > :03:56.As two of the world's rarest big cats have been born

:03:57. > :04:02.There are less than 300 Amur snow leopards left in the world,

:04:03. > :04:08.The cubs are the second pair born to mum Kristen and dad Davidoff

:04:09. > :04:14.and the zoo is really excited about their arrival.

:04:15. > :04:16.This is extremely good news because they are critically

:04:17. > :04:22.There are less than 70 of these animals left in the wild

:04:23. > :04:24.so they are on the brink of extinction and they are

:04:25. > :04:27.threatened mostly by illegal hunting and poaching of their skin,

:04:28. > :04:35.So the long-term hope is that we will safely be able

:04:36. > :04:37.to reintroduce some Amur leopards back into the wild to help

:04:38. > :04:39.reinforce the population that is already there.

:04:40. > :04:42.We've been asking for your wizardly reviews of Harry Potter

:04:43. > :04:46.The new script from JK Rowling was released at the weekend and Maya

:04:47. > :04:50.Brilliant, superb, couldn't be any better.

:04:51. > :04:53.I thoroughly enjoyed Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

:04:54. > :04:55.It hooks you in, and it is written in script,

:04:56. > :04:59.And I read it quicker than any book ever before.

:05:00. > :05:04.I give it six stars out of five. No spoilers, Harry Potter fans.

:05:05. > :05:11.And get online because there's still time to send us your

:05:12. > :05:17.And you can see what other Potter readers have to say about it too.

:05:18. > :05:25.To find a teacher for a tiny island off Scotland.

:05:26. > :05:27.The island of Muck in the Hebrides is home to just seven pupils.

:05:28. > :05:34.They're struggling to someone to come and teach there so parents

:05:35. > :05:40.The kids spoke to the BBC's Lorna Gordon about their perfect teacher.

:05:41. > :05:42.I would want a teacher that knows how to garden,

:05:43. > :05:45.a teacher that knows how to teach lots of things.

:05:46. > :05:52.I would like a fun, imaginative and happy teacher.

:05:53. > :05:55.That's all from Team Newsround this morning, Naz is back at 4.20pm

:05:56. > :06:01.with all the latest. Join us then.