:00:14. > :00:17.Newsround. On the way this Thursday. The kids and the comedian on a
:00:17. > :00:23.mission to Downing Street. And why Bieber could be about to shoot for
:00:23. > :00:26.the stars. But first to another day of violence in Syria. This morning
:00:26. > :00:28.anti-government rebel groups took control of a check point near the
:00:28. > :00:33.border with Israel, only for government forces to overrun it
:00:33. > :00:38.later in the day. Tanks were used in raids on the area called the Golan
:00:38. > :00:43.Heights. It comes the day after the army won a significant battle for an
:00:43. > :00:46.important place called Qusair. Aid agencies say people there urgently
:00:46. > :00:56.need help and supplies. I've been looking at the toll the battle's had
:00:56. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:03.on the town. This is what a city destroyed by war looks like. Homes
:01:03. > :01:07.and shops are produced to Russell 's -- rubble. After weeks of intense
:01:07. > :01:10.battle between rebel fighters and government forces. -- Homes and
:01:10. > :01:13.shops reduced to rubble. The streets deserted. Most people have either
:01:13. > :01:15.run away or been killed. BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet was the
:01:15. > :01:21.first western journalist to arrive in Qusair after the Syrian
:01:21. > :01:24.government's army ended the battle by wrestling back control. This is
:01:24. > :01:27.what victory sounds like in Qusair. The guns being fired in celebration.
:01:27. > :01:31.The cars blaring their horns as they clog the central square. The Syrian
:01:31. > :01:36.army is declaring victory but at what a price. Qusair is now
:01:36. > :01:39.destroyed. Qusair is a small place, but important to both sides because
:01:39. > :01:42.of where it is. It's close to neighbouring country Lebanon,
:01:42. > :01:48.meaning whoever controls it can get vital supplies like weapons into
:01:48. > :01:51.Syria more easily. But for those trapped here there are few links to
:01:51. > :01:56.the outside world. Aid agencies say ordinary people are in desperate
:01:56. > :02:05.need of food, water and medical help. Those who can are leaving,
:02:05. > :02:09.split over who they support and who they blame.
:02:09. > :02:13.TRANSLATION: I thank God and the Syrian army that my family is now
:02:13. > :02:16.safe. But look at your city, it's gone, it's destroyed. I blame the
:02:16. > :02:21.rebels for my plight. They killed my brother. They killed children
:02:21. > :02:24.because we support the government. The battle for Qusair may be over
:02:24. > :02:30.for now. But the rebels say they'll be back and the war in Syria
:02:30. > :02:36.continues. And there will be a full programme looking at Syria and the
:02:36. > :02:39.role other countries are playing in the conflict at 6.55pm on Newsround.
:02:39. > :02:42.Next up,100 school pupils descended on Downing Street today in an
:02:42. > :02:48.attempt to tackle world hunger, and they had a little help from a
:02:48. > :02:51.celebrity supporter. Britain's Got Talent judge David Walliams
:02:51. > :02:53.accompanied the gang of kids who presented the Prime Minister David
:02:53. > :02:57.Cameron with a special petition asking the government to make
:02:57. > :03:00.addressing the issue a priority. The Enough Food For Everyone If campaign
:03:00. > :03:07.wants to raise awareness about how food that gets thrown away every
:03:07. > :03:15.year could be used to feed starving people in the world. We have come
:03:15. > :03:19.here today to stop world hunger. have come to make the point clear
:03:19. > :03:23.about her serious world hunger can be. We have come to persuade the
:03:23. > :03:31.government, to take it to the G8 meeting, to show how critical the
:03:31. > :03:33.crisis can be. Next to the monster shark catch that's making waves in
:03:33. > :03:36.America. A professional fisherman has got himself in hot water with
:03:36. > :03:39.conservationists after capturing an 11-foot long, 8-foot wide Mako shark
:03:39. > :03:42.which he thinks is a world record breaker. Rather than releasing the
:03:42. > :03:49.shark, he's kept it. But animal rights group say it's wrong because
:03:49. > :03:51.shark numbers are already under threat. Now ever wondered what a
:03:51. > :03:54.55-million-year-old monkey would look like? Well, there you go.
:03:54. > :03:58.Scientists in China have used ancient fossils to recreate the
:03:58. > :04:00.archicebus. They used inprints of its bones found last year to build a
:04:00. > :04:08.genetic picture that helps to explain more about how humans
:04:09. > :04:13.evolved. They reckon it ate insects, lived in trees and was hyperactive.
:04:13. > :04:16.Not too similar to me then. Now this guy might be used to mingling with
:04:16. > :04:18.the stars, but soon he'll literally be among them. Watch out for the
:04:18. > :04:21.flashes coming up. That's right. Justin Bieber's confirmed he's off
:04:21. > :04:25.into the stratosphere as one of the first passengers on a commercial
:04:25. > :04:27.space flight. He's likely to take off next year and could be joined by
:04:27. > :04:31.Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher. Always said that guy was
:04:31. > :04:34.out of this world. And sticking with the stars, Little Mix have made a
:04:34. > :04:38.little bit of history in America. Their album DNA went in at number
:04:38. > :04:41.four in the US charts. It's the highest chart debut a UK girl band
:04:41. > :04:50.has ever had. It sold more than 50,000 copies in its first week over
:04:50. > :04:53.there. And finally to the 102-year-old base jumping granny.