0:00:15 > 0:00:17We're live on the CBBC channel this Wednesday morning,
0:00:17 > 0:00:22Ayshah here with your top stories.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Countries like Syria have made long and dangerous journeys
0:00:24 > 0:00:26to get to Europe.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28They're often escaping war and poverty in their own country.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Many of these are children and many are travelling alone.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32A group of politicians and charities
0:00:32 > 0:00:34say that more of them should be helped to come and live in the UK.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Over the past year, we've seen thousands of people
0:00:37 > 0:00:40leaving their homes in countries like Syria, in the Middle East,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43where war has destroyed towns and cities.
0:00:43 > 0:00:49They've travelled huge distances
0:00:49 > 0:00:51in search of a more a peaceful life in Europe.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52Many of them are children,
0:00:52 > 0:00:55who have even ended up doing some of the journey by themselves.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Like 11-year-old Safid, who spoke to Newsround last year.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00He got separated from his dad
0:01:00 > 0:01:03as they travelled from Aghanistan to Europe.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06It took him a whole year to get to northern France,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09hoping to get to the UK.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12There are thousands of other children in the same situation.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14The UK Government has already said
0:01:14 > 0:01:17it will take in 20,000 Syrian refugees
0:01:17 > 0:01:20from camps in neighbouring countries like Jordan,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Lebanon and Turkey.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25But a group of politicians thinks the Government should be helping
0:01:25 > 0:01:28children who have already made it to Europe.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Often they have done that on their own and what we are saying today
0:01:32 > 0:01:35is that our country, the United Kingdom,
0:01:35 > 0:01:40should allow 3,000 of those children to come and live here in safety.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45I've come to this school to find out what some of you think about this.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50The UK right now is more or less full.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Other countries like Germany have taken in over a million people
0:01:53 > 0:01:57and we should be able to match that and help out.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Well, the benefits would be they would have a better future,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04but the problems would be that there wouldn't be enough room
0:02:04 > 0:02:06in the schools.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12I think politicians should make Syria safer for children.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14I will tell the politicians to care about the world,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18not just the UK, because even though they are Prime Minister
0:02:18 > 0:02:22of the UK, they should do it for the whole of the country
0:02:22 > 0:02:24to show that they care.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26The Government has told Newsround that they're already helping
0:02:26 > 0:02:30to re-home vulnerable refugee children from Syria.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32And they also told us that they are giving money
0:02:32 > 0:02:35to create a safer world.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Next to record-breaking weather.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40December was the wettest month since records began.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44BBC weatherman Simon King can explain it all.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47The Met Office have released some data today to tell us
0:02:47 > 0:02:49what the weather was like during December
0:02:49 > 0:02:52and it may be no surprise that it has been exceptionally mild.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56Temperatures have been on average about eight Celsius,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58that is four degrees above where they should be
0:02:58 > 0:03:00for this time of year,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02so we have had scenes like this, with bees, daffodils,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04temperatures more like April or May.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07It is all because the air that we have had has been coming
0:03:07 > 0:03:09from the south-west, and the tropics, in fact,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11pumping their way up towards the United Kingdom
0:03:11 > 0:03:14and science tells us that milder air also can hold more water,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17and that is why it has been so wet as well.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Rainfall figures in England have been above average
0:03:20 > 0:03:23but it is in Scotland and Wales where rainfall
0:03:23 > 0:03:26has been nearly two times more than the average
0:03:26 > 0:03:29and in some places, in Snowdonia,
0:03:29 > 0:03:30north-west England, parts of Scotland,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34three or four times as much rainfall has fallen in December.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37And if you average it all out across the United Kingdom,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39we have had nearly double the amount of rain.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44That has made it the wettest month in the records since 1910.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Next up, chameleons have one of the fastest tongues
0:03:47 > 0:03:49in the animal world.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Faster than a Formula 1 car!
0:03:51 > 0:03:54A new study by scientists looked at the speed by watching them
0:03:54 > 0:03:57in super-slow motion.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01They've found the smallest ones have the fastest tongues.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Next up, we're talking gadgets.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Lots of your parents say they find it harder to persuade
0:04:06 > 0:04:08you to switch off TVs, computers and phones
0:04:08 > 0:04:12than it is to get you to do homework or eat healthy food.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14That's according to a children's charity Action for Children.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17They say too much screen time can slow down your learning
0:04:17 > 0:04:20and can impact on family relationships.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22So what do you think?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25How long do you spend online, watching TV or on your phone?
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Do you think you need to cut down or does it help you?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Let us know now on the website.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Astronomers say they've found a black hole
0:04:34 > 0:04:38burping out massive clouds of gas in a neighbouring galaxy.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40At 26 million light years away,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43it's the closest black hole ever found.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Scientists in the US spotted it by using a telescope orbiting earth,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51which can detect x-rays across huge distances.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53That's all for now.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I'll be back in half an hour.