07/01/2016 Newsround

Afternoon everyone.

Leah here with Thursday's Newsrond.

Stick around we've got loads of good stuff on the way including:

The tasty snack elephants are going wild for.

And Newsround's in the US bringing you the latest

in virtual reality gaming.

But first.

They make their way each winter from the Arctic in the North Pole

to parts of northern Europe.

But recent storms here have blown hundreds of little auks

onto the shores of eastern Scotland.

Luckily they're being given a helping hand to get

back on track.

When they're at sea, they're in their element,

but once these tiny birds touch the ground, they're in big trouble.

These birds are designed to be on the sea,

so obviously, they can't walk and run across land,

they can only stand up and move a short distance before

they're exhausted.

So when these birds land in people's gardens or in fields,

that's them stuck.

The team at the Scottish SPCA wildlife centre

in Alloa normally rescue just four or five of these birds in an entire

year, but in the last few days, they have cared

for hundreds of auks.

They are doing their best to feed them up and release them.

He's quite feisty, he's biting, so he looks

really good for getting released again, hopefully.

He is quite strong.

They breed in the Arctic and migrate for the winter to the North Sea

They breed in the Arctic and migrate for the winter to the North Sea off

Scotland, but the strong winds have blown them inland.

The charity say if you do find one, call them to give the birds

and the best chance of survival.

If you think the weather's been a bit grey here in the UK,

take a look at these incredible views from northwest China.

Thick fog swamped Urumqi City almost completely hiding

the 80 metre high buildings.

On the roads people had to be extra careful and lots of flights

had to be cancelled.

Space now and Tim Peake is preparing to become the first ever British

astronaut to do a spacewalk.

Right now he's on the International Space Station orbiting 400

kilometres above earth but next Friday he'll take those first

nerve-wracking steps outside the craft.

So what does it take to walk in space?

Jenny's been finding out.

The International Space Station, floating in orbit 250 miles

above the Earth.

In just a few days, its hatch will open and two astronauts,

Tim Peake and Nasa's Tim Kopra, will step outside the craft

into nothing but infinite miles of space.

Their mission?

To replace a broken solar unit bolted onto the outside of the ISS.

A simple job?

Absolutely not.

They'll be travelling at 17,500 mph and if that doesn't make things

difficult enough, they'll be wearing 160-kilogram spacesuits.

And even though they're weightless in space,

they're big, bulky and very tricky to work in.

You've got to imagine that they're up there,

orbiting the Earth at 17,000 mph in a tin can, basically,

in the vacuum of space.

And they're all protected within that environment,

but they've got to step outside into that near vacuum of space

and sort of float there, outside the station.

So it is difficult.

It will actually take them a few hours just to get suited up.

They've got to put the special suit on to go outside and then they'll be

out there for about six hours doing the job.

To get them ready for their task, the astronauts will breathe pure

oxygen for two hours before leaving the ISS.

This will get rid of another gas in their bodies,

called nitrogen, that can cause problems when they're

in their spacesuits.

To stop them floating away into the void, they'll be attached

to each other and to the craft by a 26-metre steel line.

Tim's underwater training has prepared him well for the mission

and he's looking forward to the challenge.

He even tweeted about his excitement, saying he was thrilled

to be doing his first ever spacewalk.

If you want to know more about that amazing spacewalk,

get to the website where there's loads of exciting stuff on Tim Peake

and his time at the International Space Station.

On the website you can also learn more about the future of gaming.

Some of the biggest tech companies are at a huge gadget show in

Las Vegas.

Big news this year are virtual reality headsets and Ricky

is at the show checking out all the latest tech offerings

from giant TVs to smart chairs.

Tomorrow he's taking a look at drones and robots.

Now, we're all working through those holiday leftovers,

but Christmas treats aren't just for humans.

These elephants, have been munching on Christmas trees.

The elephants liked the taste and smell so much, the huge snack

was gobbled up in 15 minutes.

Zookeepers at Berlin's Tierpark say the trees are a nutritious addition

to their usual diet.

That's all from me, Newsround's back tomorrow

morning at 7.40.

Bye for now.