06/07/2016

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:00:00. > :00:00.I'm Ayshah with the top stories around this Wednesday.

:00:00. > :00:12.Wales are preparing for the biggest football match of their lives.

:00:13. > :00:18.And Andy Murray hopes to serve up a quarterfinal win at Wimbledon.

:00:19. > :00:27.I'm Ayshah with Wednesday's Newsround.

:00:28. > :00:31.The Iraq War lasted for eight years and began after the US and UK

:00:32. > :00:35.Thousands of soldiers and Iraqi people lost their lives,

:00:36. > :00:39.and many people questioned why Britain and America got involved.

:00:40. > :00:42.Today the results of a special investigation into what happened

:00:43. > :00:52.In 2003, the US led an invasion of Iraq in the Middle East,

:00:53. > :00:58.They targeted the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.

:00:59. > :01:02.The American and British leaders at the time said he was dangerous

:01:03. > :01:09.They also said that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction that

:01:10. > :01:16.Saddam Hussein said he didn't have any such weapons.

:01:17. > :01:25.But the American and UK leaders didn't believe him.

:01:26. > :01:32.The decision to go to war was completely controversial and not

:01:33. > :01:34.everyone agreed. Millions of people protested all over the UK.

:01:35. > :01:36.But the British Prime Minister at the time, Tony Blair,

:01:37. > :01:39.Iraq's army was defeated and Saddam Hussein was

:01:40. > :01:47.But no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq.

:01:48. > :01:51.The mission turned into a long war lasting eight years.

:01:52. > :01:53.4,500 American troops died and the UK lost 179

:01:54. > :01:59.No-one knows for sure how many Iraqis died,

:02:00. > :02:04.It also left different groups in Iraq fighting

:02:05. > :02:08.Many people questioned why the UK and US got

:02:09. > :02:14.In 2009, the then British Prime Minster, Gordon Brown,

:02:15. > :02:18.set up a special investigation called the Chilcot Inquiry -

:02:19. > :02:25.Sir John Chilcot was asked to find out what happened in the run-up

:02:26. > :02:29.to the invasion and whether the right decisions were made.

:02:30. > :02:36.After nearly seven years, the results are finally being published.

:02:37. > :02:38.To the Euros in France, where tonight Wales will play

:02:39. > :02:44.They take on Portugal for a place in the finals.

:02:45. > :02:49.So far in their Euros journey they've played 450 minutes

:02:50. > :02:52.of football, won four out of five matches and scored ten goals

:02:53. > :02:57.It's been a truly incredible story of a small country who've taken one

:02:58. > :03:04.of the world's biggest football tournaments by storm.

:03:05. > :03:06.And fans have been in touch with their good luck

:03:07. > :03:54.Now, a lot of the talk in the build-up to this game has

:03:55. > :04:02.been on the head-to-head between two giant players,

:04:03. > :04:04.Real Madrid team mates Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo.

:04:05. > :04:07.And if you want to know more about that clash,

:04:08. > :04:10.That's also where you can follow the latest in Lyon

:04:11. > :04:12.in France with Jenny, who's there for us.

:04:13. > :04:14.There's action in the tennis at Wimbledon today.

:04:15. > :04:16.Britain's number one Andy Murray will take on France's

:04:17. > :04:21.This is Murray's ninth Wimbledon quarter-final in a row,

:04:22. > :04:25.and he has beaten Tsonga in 12 of their 14 matches.

:04:26. > :04:27.Murray is the second match on Centre Court

:04:28. > :04:32.and is expected to play at around 4pm this afternoon.

:04:33. > :04:34.In the women's draw, a final between a big sister

:04:35. > :04:37.and a little sister is looking more likely, as both Serena

:04:38. > :04:39.and Venus Williams are through to the semi-finals.

:04:40. > :04:42.It's been seven years since Venus last reached

:04:43. > :04:49.She'll play Angelique Kerber next and Serena will play Elena Vesnina.

:04:50. > :04:51.At 36, Venus Williams is the oldest Grand Slam semi-finalist

:04:52. > :04:59.Millions of Muslims all around the world will be celebrating

:05:00. > :05:01.the Muslim festival Eid al-Fitr this week.

:05:02. > :05:05.It marks the end of Ramadan, during which people avoid eating

:05:06. > :05:07.from dawn until sunset for about a month.

:05:08. > :05:10.Eid al-Fitr means "festival of the breaking of the fast"

:05:11. > :05:13.and it is one of the biggest celebrations in the Islamic year.

:05:14. > :05:26.Here's what some of you guys are looking forward to.

:05:27. > :05:34.We celebrate by meeting with friends and relatives. The community goes to

:05:35. > :05:45.the mosque for a special Eid. Prayer. Nicer foods and sweets. When

:05:46. > :05:50.people are fasting, they can eat, have a happy day, give presence. We

:05:51. > :05:55.celebrate Eid. By saying happy Eid.. That's all from me this morning,

:05:56. > :05:59.Leah's here at 4:20pm this afternoon