08/02/2018 Newsround

Hello, it's Ayshah here

with your top stories

on Newsround today.

The brand new emojis

heading your way...

The kids on a mission to reduce

plastic use in Scotland...

And the dog who got

stuck on a frozen lake.

Your emoji keyboard

is about to get a whole lot bigger!

Loads of new emojis have been

confirmed and Hayley's been finding

out what you can look forward to.

Finally the emoji

I've always wanted!

No, not the llama.

No, not the abacus.

No, not the microbe either.

It's the super hero emojis.

I've always wanted to send

that one to my mum!

It's one of more than 150 new emojis

that will be heading to your phone

or tablet this year.

Others include a person

with red hair, curly hair,

bald head, party face,

tooth, leg, loo roll,

teddy bear, soap,

lobster, hot face, cold face,

peacock, and skateboard.

There's no news yet on the frowning

poo emoji, which was

rumoured to be on its way,

but all the others will be

here some time this year.

We just don't know exactly when yet.

It's thought

here in the UK we use more

than 8 billion plastic

straws every year.

So a group of kids in Scotland

are on a mission to get them banned.

It's because they want to help

protect our planet and cut

the amount of plastic that

gets thrown away.

Whitney has more.

They have already convinced

Glasgow Council, the biggest

in Scotland, to ditch plastic

straws, but their mission

doesn't stop there.

These kids are taking the ferry

to the Isle of Arran.

Around 5,000 people live

there and they want them

to quit using them too.

There's, like, animals out

there who are in danger

because they eat plastic.

What do you hope to do

with this campaign?

Just try and stop plastic straws

being used and start

using paper straws.

It's our future and we need

to make sure it's not

all gone when we grow up.

They call themselves

the Ocean Defenders.

A lot of plastic, when it's thrown

away, ends up in the sea.

It can stay there for hundreds

of years because it doesn't rot

like a paper straw would.

This means it's harmful to both

animals and the environment.

They are talking to other kids

about what they're doing

so they can do the same.

I hadn't really thought about it

but now the presentation has told me

a lot more about it,

and it is very different now.

I find the most surprising

and interesting thing is how much

this does affect the environment.

You wouldn't expect that from wee

tiny plastic straws.

We can speak to some of the cafes

on the island because I know a lot

of the cafes do sell plastic straws,

so if we can maybe get them

to change to the paper straws it

would be really good.

We are trying to make people stop

expecting a straw in the drink.

They are so knowledgeable

and they are really

confident and passionate

in the way they speak.

Did you find their

arguments persuasive?

Absolutely, yes.

This is my naughty pot.

Naughty pot no more.

You go, guys!

Next to a dog that needed a helping

hand from some passing firefighters

in Oklahoma in the US.

Don't worry, it has a happy ending!

I was dancing away, I love the music

on that one!

Finally, we're more used

to seeing Paris like this...

or like this...than like this.

More than 12cms of snow has fallen

in France's capital city.

But people have been making

the most of the weather.

Skiing on the streets

and in the parks and sledging

wherever they can find a slope.

Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of

the Winter Olympics in South Korea,

so why not head to Newsround online

and find out which Winter sport

would suit you. That's all for

today,