07/12/2013 Newsround


07/12/2013

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Hi, I'm Leah with your Saturday afternoon Newsround.

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South Africa continues to celebrate the remarkable life of Nelson

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Mandela, who died on Thursday. England face a really tough group as

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the draw is made for next year's World Cup in Brazil.

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And take a look at this life-sized gingerbread house - delicious!

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First to South Africa where crowds of people are continuing to hold

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vigils on the streets to remember one of the world's most respected

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leaders, Nelson Mandela. He died on Thursday at the age of 95. It's been

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announced that he'll have a state funeral a week tomorrow. Flowers and

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candles have been left outside Mr Mandela's home and people all over

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the country have been celebrating the life of a South African hero.

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They come from all walks of life. Men, women and kids, from all

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different backgrounds. All celebrating life of the country's

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first black president. Singing, dancing, laying flowers and lighting

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candles. We should celebrate what he has achieved and what he has given

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us. Nelson Mandela is seen by many as a hero because he led the fight

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against Apartheid, the racist way South Africa was ruled by white

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people. It was illegal for black people to use the same schools,

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hospitals, and even beaches as white people. They weren't allowed to vote

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either. But Nelson Mandela campaigned against Apartheid, and

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brought the whole country together when he became South Africa's first

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black president. He was, and will continue to be, an

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icon for people around the world. And tributes have been pouring Heads

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of state, political and religious leaders have been remembering the

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man they called Madiba - including friend former US president Bill

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Clinton. You knew you had to concentrate on the big things and

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overcome your own resentments. . There will be a national day of

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prayer in South Africa tomorrow and Nelson Madela's funeral will be held

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a week on Sunday. And in this country, a minute's

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applause will be held before kick-off at this afternoon's Premier

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League football matches to honour Nelson Mandela. Over on the

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Newsround website you've been leaving your tributes too.

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Muna in London says, he was such a good role model and has achieved so

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much. He fought for equality and got it. I will miss him.

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Taffy in Zimbabwe says Nelson Mandela was a great hero and he

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really believed that black people should be treated the same way as

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white. Rest in peace. Lara, in London says, he will never

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be forgotten, his fight for equality was a war that he won.

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Ellie from Leicester says, Nelson Mandela was a great man for having

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forgiveness when he could have started a fight. He will always be

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remembered for his peace. Thanks so much for all your

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comments. There's also loads more on our website about the life of Nelson

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Mandela. Check out our photo galleries and video clips about who

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he was, and why he's such an important figure in history.

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In other news now, a technical problem has caused major delays and

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cancellations to flights all across the UK. The computers that control

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planes taking off and landing have had a glitch in switching between

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their night and daytime modes. Britain's busiest airport, Heathrow

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has been affected as well as those at Gatwick, Stansted, Cardiff, and

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Glasgow. The authorities say they don't yet know when they'll be able

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to fix the problem. It is chaos, there are queues everywhere. I have

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found out my flight is cancelled. Tried to check in and had to wait a

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long time to find out the flight had been cancelled.

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A big clean-up operation is continuing after the worst storm

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surge in 60 years hit parts of the east coast of England on Thursday.

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These houses on the Norfolk coast were left hanging over the cliff

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after the huge waves crashed in to them. The Environment Agency says

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1,400 properties have been flooded and thousands of people had to leave

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their homes. Although the worst is over there are still more than ten

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flood alerts in place in the region. Sport now and the England footy

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boss, Roy Hodgson, has admitted his side has been drawn in a tough group

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for next summer's World Cup in Brazil. They will play Italy,

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Uruguay and Costa Rica, and the first match against Italy will be

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held in really hot conditions in the north of the country.

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We are coming here to try and win. We are going to try and win the

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final. If you do not believe or have any dreams or thoughts that that

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could happen, it will not happen. Last up, sweet lovers should check

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this out, this festive gingerbread house has been built in America to

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raise money for charity. The life-size house has been built out

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of real gingerbread panels and decorated all over with sweets. It's

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been declared the biggest ever by Guinness World Records. Looks yummy.

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OK, that's it from Newsround for today, but I'm back with plenty more

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tomorrow morning. See you then. The story of Wizardkind is

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a thing of wonder, and darkness.

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