07/03/2014 Newsround


07/03/2014

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I'm Jenny, you're watching Newsround, live on CBBC, coming up

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this Friday: The world's coolest games are back as Sochi welcomes the

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Paralympians. And the German backpacker who had to eat flies to

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stay alive in the Australian outback - it could only be Newsround! First,

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wax up your skis and grab your curling stones because the coolest

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games in the world are back! In the past few minutes, the opening

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ceremony of the Winter Paralympics got under way. These are pictures of

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the spectacular start just moments ago. In the next hour or so,

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youngest ever winter Paralympian, 15-year-old Millie Knight, will be

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flying the flag for Great Britain as they parade into the huge stadium.

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Millie told the BBC how excited she is to be representing Team GB. It's

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incredible it's the best feeling in the world. It's been my dream since

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I was tiny and now I'm doing it, it's amazing! Millie's sport, which

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starts in a week's time, is downhill skiing, but she's partially-sighted,

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so how does she speed down the slopes? And what are her hopes for

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the competition? My guide will talk to me through their microphone and

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it will come to me through ear pieces here in the helmet. I'm top

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in the world, but the 12 people in front of me are incredible. When I

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go to Sochi it is purely for the experience. I'm aiming to come maybe

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higher than last! So if I come second last I will be really happy!

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Moving on to the man at the centre of the crisis in Ukraine: Russian

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President, Vladimir Putin. We've talked about him a lot on Newsround

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over the past few weeks, but who exactly is he? Here's Nel. Unlike

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many world leaders today, Putin isn't from a rich background. He

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grew up in what was then the Soviet Union in the 1950s. Many families,

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like Putin's, were very poor indeed. Growing up, the young Vladimir

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dreamed of becoming a spy. After university he joined the KGB, which

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spied on foreign governments and helped to keep strict control on

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people living in the Soviet Union. He moved into politics and quickly

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became a powerful figure behind the scenes. Putin has put a lot of

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effort into creating a character of a tough, all-action president. He

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likes to make sure that TV cameras are around to film him showing off

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his strength as a judo black belt, or out hunting and fishing. It's a

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plan that won over many ordinary Russians - voting him in as

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President back in the year 2000. There is no doubt, as Russia's

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president, Putin is a very powerful man. But many don't agree with how

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much power and control he has in Russia, particularly over what TV

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reports say. There were huge protests in Russian cities before

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Putin was re-elected in 2012. And now many world leaders are critical

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of his actions against Crimea, meaning President Putin remains a

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leader who splits opinion both at home and around the world. Back here

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in Britain, the National Trust says it's seen the biggest loss of trees

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in a generation in its parks and gardens across England, Wales and

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Northern Ireland. Experts say January's powerful winter storms

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blew down hundreds of trees, including ancient specimens like the

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rare black walnut, old oaks and chestnuts too. Next - malaria, the

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deadly blood disease spread by mosquitoes, affects over 200 million

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people around the world each year, mainly in poorer countries. It's an

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illness that's particularly dangerous for children. Now

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scientists say rising temperatures could mean even more people are at

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risk. Until recently, areas higher up in Africa and South America have

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been free from the disease, because it's too cold for the malaria

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parasite, and the mosquitoes that carry it, to survive. But new

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research suggests that with temperatures set to rise in future,

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more and more people might end up getting the disease, who would not

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normally have been affected. Next to an extraordinary tale of survival

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from the Australian state of Queensland. Police there say that a

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German backpacker is lucky to be alive after attempting to walk,

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alone, more than 50 miles across scorching desert. But he lost his

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way in the outback and was missing for more than two-and-a-half weeks -

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leading to an interesting choice of diet. Look it appears he has lived

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on some very small number of provisions. He had some baked beans

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and some cereal we're led to believe. But once that run out after

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the first few days, he says he's been living on flies! That's all

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from me this Friday. But get onto the Newsround website right now for

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a baby hippo to brighten up your day!

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