:00:10. > :00:14.Hello. It's Thursday December 6th. I'm Ricky. And I'm Leah. Coming up:
:00:14. > :00:16.Prince Charles on the news he's to be a grandad.
:00:16. > :00:26.The world at night - new pictures from space.
:00:26. > :00:36.And the mission to the coldest part of the Earth. It is slightly
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:00:41. > :00:45.unpredictable and I don't like This is Newsround.
:00:45. > :00:48.First, politicians make speeches all the time - it comes with the
:00:48. > :00:52.job. What they say is pretty much always criticised, but the way they
:00:52. > :00:55.speak doesn't usually come under scrutiny. During a heated debate in
:00:55. > :00:58.the House of Commons yesterday, the Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls,
:00:58. > :01:01.struggled to find the right words and was criticised for his
:01:01. > :01:04.performance. But today, Ed Balls, who's responsible for Labour's
:01:04. > :01:11.policies on the economy, said his stammer got the better of him and
:01:11. > :01:19.he has nothing to be sorry about. Yesterday, the Shadow Chancellor,
:01:19. > :01:23.Ed Balls made this speech. national deficit is not rising. It
:01:23. > :01:27.is rising, not falling. While talking about the state of
:01:27. > :01:31.the economy, Ed Balls hesitated and seemed confused.
:01:31. > :01:35.It happened during a series of exchanges with this man. George
:01:35. > :01:38.Osborne was making his Autumn Statement to Parliament. He's in
:01:38. > :01:42.charge of the Government's money and how it's spent. Ed Balls said
:01:42. > :01:50.he hesitated because he suffers from a stammer, which is a type of
:01:50. > :01:54.speech disorder. On the radio this morning he said: everybody knows,
:01:55. > :01:58.with me, that I have a stammer. Sometimes my stammer gets the
:01:58. > :02:02.better of me in the first minute or two when I speak, especially when I
:02:02. > :02:06.have the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and 300 Conservative MPs
:02:06. > :02:08.yelling at me at the top of their voices. But frankly, that is just
:02:08. > :02:12.who I am. The Chancellor, George Osborne,
:02:12. > :02:17.said his Labour rival had given the worst reply he had ever heard and
:02:17. > :02:20.said it had nothing to do with his stammer. Mr Balls is said to be one
:02:20. > :02:23.of Labour's best speakers. He's revealed that he faces a daily
:02:23. > :02:27.battle to deliver his words and has to memorise his speeches. Half a
:02:27. > :02:30.million people in the UK suffer from the condition and it's quite
:02:30. > :02:33.common for young children to experience a stammer at some point
:02:33. > :02:43.when they're growing up. Sue Addlestone is a speech and
:02:43. > :02:43.
:02:43. > :02:46.language therapist. Thank you for coming in. First, could a stammer
:02:46. > :02:50.ever stop you from doing a really important job like being a
:02:50. > :02:54.politician or a leader? I don't think it could stop you doing it
:02:54. > :02:59.but it can make jobs quite tricky at some times when you are doing
:02:59. > :03:05.them. A job where you are under pressure. I imagine pressure makes
:03:05. > :03:08.a stammer worse. That is definitely true. Probably most of the time, Ed
:03:08. > :03:12.Balls is able to control the stammer using techniques learned
:03:12. > :03:16.through therapy. But when the pressure becomes intense, it is
:03:17. > :03:22.overwhelming, and that is probably why he ended up stammering. Can you
:03:22. > :03:26.ever get over a stammer? For sure, yes. With the right help it is
:03:26. > :03:30.definitely possible to fix a stammer. And children grow out of
:03:31. > :03:34.it, don't they? Some of them grow out of it and some go on to develop
:03:34. > :03:37.stammers. I would advise anybody who is struggling to seek help,
:03:37. > :03:40.because help is out there. Thank you.
:03:40. > :03:43.The Duchess of Cambridge has left hospital after being treated for
:03:44. > :03:47.severe morning sickness. We found out on Tuesday that she and Prince
:03:47. > :03:50.William are expecting their first child. They left the hospital in
:03:50. > :03:52.London together, with Kate holding a bouquet of flowers. Lots of
:03:53. > :03:56.photographers and journalists have been outside the hospital since she
:03:56. > :04:00.went in, and Kate told them she was feeling much better. She's now at
:04:00. > :04:08.home with William, resting. This afternoon, Prince Charles said how
:04:08. > :04:13.he felt about the prospect of becoming a grandad. I am thrilled.
:04:13. > :04:17.Marvellous. It is very nice to think of being a grandfather in my
:04:17. > :04:22.old age, if I may say so. And I am glad my daughter in law is feeling
:04:22. > :04:25.better, thank goodness. Thank you. Next, to Egypt, where, nearly two
:04:25. > :04:28.years since the start of protests which became known as the Arab
:04:28. > :04:30.Spring, people are still fighting for a democratic system of
:04:31. > :04:34.government. There was serious violence on the streets of the
:04:34. > :04:37.capital, Cairo, last night. At least five people were killed and
:04:37. > :04:44.more than 600 injured. I've been trying to find out why this is
:04:44. > :04:48.happening again. This was Tahrir Square in the
:04:48. > :04:51.centre of Cairo nearly two years ago. At the start of the Arab
:04:51. > :04:55.Spring, peopling countries across the Middle East took to the streets
:04:55. > :05:00.to fight for democracy. Thousands of Egyptians united in protest
:05:00. > :05:03.against the way their country was being run. The army used water
:05:03. > :05:07.cannon and tear-gas to try to stop them, and many people were killed
:05:08. > :05:12.and injured. After weeks of violent demonstrations, President Hosni
:05:12. > :05:18.Mubarak stood down. And earlier this year, Egyptians chose a new
:05:18. > :05:21.President, President Morsi, in the country's first ever free elections.
:05:21. > :05:25.But now demonstrators have returned to the streets, angry at new powers
:05:25. > :05:29.the President has given himself which, they say, could lead to
:05:29. > :05:33.another dictatorship. Basically what we wanted from the beginning
:05:33. > :05:38.was a sense of democracy and people having better lives. We elected the
:05:38. > :05:41.President and then we hoped for that to be achieved. But with the
:05:41. > :05:45.new laws that came out and the decisions he took, they showed that
:05:45. > :05:48.we are actually going on a different road, and not the
:05:48. > :05:52.roadster real democracy. But many supporters of President Morsi and
:05:52. > :05:56.the party he represents have been out demonstrating, too. They argue
:05:56. > :06:03.he was chosen by the Egyptian people and they must trust his
:06:03. > :06:07.decisions. In January 2011, people were passionate because they were
:06:07. > :06:13.united in their cause. Currently, people are divided in their
:06:13. > :06:19.opinions in the country. And I feel that the country needs to get along,
:06:19. > :06:21.or else we risk further turmoil. Violent clashes between the two
:06:21. > :06:25.sides outside the presidential palace last night left at least
:06:25. > :06:29.five people dead and hundreds injured. Today, things have been,.
:06:30. > :06:35.The Egyptian army lined the streets in tanks to prevent any more
:06:35. > :06:39.fighting. But while the President refuses to withdraw his new powers,
:06:39. > :06:42.the country remains divided. If you think it's cold here in the
:06:42. > :06:45.UK at the moment, imagine trekking 2,000 miles in the dark, in
:06:45. > :06:50.temperatures of minus 70 degrees Celsius, or lower! That's what the
:06:50. > :06:55.legendary explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is set to do. He's going to
:06:55. > :06:59.lead a team on a six-month trek across Antarctica. The journey has
:06:59. > :07:02.never been attempted before in winter. The aim is to try to find
:07:02. > :07:05.out more about life there and to raise money for charity. And
:07:05. > :07:15.they're well stocked up, with nearly 200 loo rolls and over 7,000
:07:15. > :07:18.tea bags. We will then wait for the official beginning of winter and
:07:18. > :07:22.start the first ever attempt to cross the Antarctic continent,
:07:22. > :07:26.which is far bigger than China and India. No rescue service facility
:07:26. > :07:30.at all, if you run into trouble. And that is the first ever attempt
:07:30. > :07:33.to cross Antarctica in wintertime. We've been asking for your thoughts
:07:33. > :07:36.on where on Earth, or maybe somewhere not on Earth, you'd like
:07:36. > :07:40.to explore. We've had lots of you getting in touch.
:07:40. > :07:43.Ali from Brighton says, "I would like to explore Pluto because no-
:07:43. > :07:47.one has been there yet." Daniel, in Newbury, says he'd love
:07:47. > :07:49.to go to Brazil so he could explore the Amazon rainforest and meet all
:07:49. > :07:53.of the animals. And Emma, in Reading, says she
:07:53. > :07:56.would travel to the stars because they are pretty and no-one has done
:07:56. > :08:00.it before. To cricket, and the England captain,
:08:00. > :08:04.Alastair Cook, has scored a century in the third Test in India, his
:08:04. > :08:09.23rd, which is a record number for an English batsman. Cook made 136
:08:09. > :08:13.not out as England reached 216 for one in reply to India's 316 all out
:08:13. > :08:20.at the close of day two in the third Test. He becomes the youngest
:08:20. > :08:27.batsman to reach 7,000 Test runs. We end with these stunning images
:08:27. > :08:29.released by the space agency NASA. They show the world lit up at night.
:08:29. > :08:34.Special high-res infared cameras aboard the SUOMI spaceraft capture
:08:34. > :08:40.planet Earth in so much detail. Major cities like London and New
:08:40. > :08:44.York can be clearly seen. This spectacular night-time view of