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I'm Ricky with everything yuou need to know this Saturday.

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Coming up in the next few minutes: The latest

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And my dad is going to the USA to represent the UK in the Invictus

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Games. First, huge wild fires

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are continuing in Fort McMurray No-one's been killed,

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but many parts of the city I've been taking a closer look

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at the latest developments. The fire started last Sunday

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and Canada's Oil Sands region. Experts say it was able to spread

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due to the unusual weather, which has caused more dryer

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condition than normal. Alberta has had 330 wildfires

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already this year, more than double the amount they would

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usually have in 12 months. 88,000 residents were evacuated

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and nine evacuation centres were set up in Alberta

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by Thursday evening. We had, basically, two

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minutes to get home, grab our staff and then

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we had to leave. A huge team of firefighters,

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helicopters and air tankers The fire now covers an area

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larger than New York City and is expected to double in size

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in the coming 24 hours. Thousands of miles away,

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volunteers in Toronto have been providing aid packs to those

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affected by the wildfires. While aid begins to reach those

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affected, the Canadian Government is working to find temporary

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housing for families A total of 40 wildfires

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are still burning with five out of control, and that is causing

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problems for people trying to evacuate their homes as one

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of the main routes out of the area has been

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covered with heavy smoke. Luckily, people have acted fast and,

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with no casualties, people are hoping these fires will let up

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so they can move on in The results are coming

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in after elections took place One of the big stories is in London,

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where people have voted We asked the BBC's man

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in the know to explain more. Over the last few days,

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there have been lots of, Where grown-ups get a say on who's

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in charge, who is running things, which politicians get

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to make decisions. We have just found out who will be

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the new Mayor of London Because London is such a big

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city on the world stage, this matters for everyone -

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wherever you are in the country. It used to be a guy

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called Boris Johnson. He is from the Labour Party,

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so a different party from the one that's in charge all over

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the country in Government. His dad used to be a bus driver

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and it is the first time in a big, rich western country that the mayor

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has been a Muslim. Hundreds of sick and injured

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servicemen and women are getting ready to compete

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in the Invictus Games, which start tomorrow

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in Florida in the US. One Team UK competitor

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is former guardsman Lamin, I've been to meet his

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12-year-old son Musa, The Invictus Games already has

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the royal seal of approval. Even US President Barack Obama is

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ready for action. The games begin on the 8th of May

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in Orlando in America and will see injured service men and women

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from all over the world go head-to-head in a whole host

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of different sports. Prince Harry came up with the idea

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of the games two years ago. Lamin lost both his legs and an arm

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during the war in Afghanistan. We were just sitting down

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and watching football, he came in on his wheelchair

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really fast and said, "I'm going to be in the Invictus

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Games!" How difficult is it for your dad

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to get around every day? Life is hard for him

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because he doesn't get to do most things that a father would do

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with a son or a daughter, He should be helping

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the children and the wife. Why do you think the Invictus Games

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are so important? It's important so we can help

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the wounded and the hurt, to know that they have a meaning

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in this world, not that they're just So, Musa, there's one

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last thing for us Shall we wish your dad the best

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of luck? X Factor boy band Union J have just

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announced a new member It's after George Shelley

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quit earlier this year. He's been replaced by another

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X Factor contestant, Casey Johnson, Casey said he can't wait to sing

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with the boys. Head online for more

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of the day's stories, including how scientists

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are using modelling clay to find out more about a strange

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new underwater dinosaur. That's all from me,

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Newsround's back tomorrow.

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