:00:00. > :00:00.Ricky here with your breakfast headlines.
:00:00. > :00:07.Stick around, cos you don't want to miss this.
:00:08. > :00:09.The biggest bird that ever took flight - we find out about
:00:10. > :00:16.And who'll win between Brazil and Germany in the World Cup semifinal?
:00:17. > :00:25.We ask our own big bird, Ronaldo, the Newsround parrot.
:00:26. > :00:28.First up - you can keep your eagles, condors and albatrosses,
:00:29. > :00:31.because scientists in America say they've discovered the biggest bird
:00:32. > :00:38.The giant creature had an estimated wingspan of over 7 metres,
:00:39. > :00:43.making it twice the size of the biggest flying bird alive today.
:00:44. > :00:45.It would've been almost as big as a small plane!
:00:46. > :00:48.Scientists think it lived about 25 million years ago, after
:00:49. > :00:55.Joining me now is Dr Victoria Egerton, a fossil expert
:00:56. > :01:01.Victoria, how exciting is this discovery - this is genuinely
:01:02. > :01:20.This is a huge discovery. This bird had the largest wingspan known to
:01:21. > :01:28.all birds. We can see on the wall, this picture would have been the
:01:29. > :01:37.very width of the bird. That is massive! It is massive. A modern
:01:38. > :01:45.albatross is about two times smaller than that. To show you in more
:01:46. > :01:51.detail at home, here I am, stacked up 12 times, and that again is the
:01:52. > :01:55.width of the bird. It was enormous. This is the actual size behind us
:01:56. > :02:00.here on the wall. Can you tell us more about what can to eight, when
:02:01. > :02:06.it flew, rhythmic? It lived on the eastern sea bird of the US. --
:02:07. > :02:12.seaboard. It ate things like eels and slimy fish. The way it could
:02:13. > :02:15.grab those are these long, spiky teeth like structures. But they were
:02:16. > :02:22.actually bones, so it would have been able to grab onto these slimy
:02:23. > :02:26.things. Finding out more about it, is it exciting? Definitely, it
:02:27. > :02:32.pushes the limits of how big these birds really could fly, they flew
:02:33. > :02:35.around over the ocean without having to flap, which is pretty nice. Thank
:02:36. > :02:37.you very much for joining us. What an absolutely amazing
:02:38. > :02:39.discovery. And if you've not had your fill
:02:40. > :02:41.of gigantic animals, get on our website, where you can
:02:42. > :02:44.check out our gallery of the biggest beasts in history, as well as the
:02:45. > :02:47.most massive mammals alive today. Next, a schoolboy who saved his
:02:48. > :02:50.sister's life has backed calls for St John ambulance is launching a new
:02:51. > :02:55.campaign to teach children the basic skills to help anyone in trouble
:02:56. > :03:09.and Jenny's been to find out more. Learning how to react to accidents
:03:10. > :03:15.is an important skill, but it is not always easy to find the time. Check
:03:16. > :03:20.out this first aid session with a difference. It is being streamed to
:03:21. > :03:25.children live across the UK. Around 1000 schools are watching the web
:03:26. > :03:29.show at the same time, it is being run by St John Ambulance. It is an
:03:30. > :03:34.interactive chat where schools can ask questions, quiz and even the
:03:35. > :03:37.opportunity to get a step to get. We want as many young kids to learn
:03:38. > :03:41.first aid because it is the difference between a life saved and
:03:42. > :03:48.a life lost. At the moment, schools and the UK do not have to teach, but
:03:49. > :03:50.James knows how important it can be. My sister fell to the floor on her
:03:51. > :03:56.birthday in the middle-of-the-road and had an epileptic fit. I saved
:03:57. > :04:01.her life with the first aid skills I lined. This is one of the schools
:04:02. > :04:04.taking part. I have come to watch it with some children and find out what
:04:05. > :04:09.they think of this new way of learning. I think this new way of
:04:10. > :04:13.learning about it is very good, the cost lots of people can do it at the
:04:14. > :04:18.same time. I think it is an important part of your life, because
:04:19. > :04:22.they committed offence to somebody's life and helping people.
:04:23. > :04:27.The quiz was a good idea because if you got the answer wrong, they could
:04:28. > :04:31.explain it and tell you why. The team behind the webcast say more
:04:32. > :04:33.lessons like this are planned for the future and hopefully, it could
:04:34. > :04:34.help save lives. OK, to the World Cup, and today's
:04:35. > :04:38.top fact on the website tells you that tonight's semifinalists,
:04:39. > :04:40.Germany and Brazil, are the most consistent finalists - they have
:04:41. > :04:43.each reached the final seven times. Brazil will be without
:04:44. > :04:45.their star player, Neymar, after his tournament finished
:04:46. > :04:47.when he was stretchered off with Coach Felipe Scolari says the injury
:04:48. > :05:04.has given his team extra focus. This is the match we will be playing
:05:05. > :05:10.not only for ourselves, but for our country. Everything that we dream of
:05:11. > :05:13.and so, not least, for Neymar, where everything he has done for us. That
:05:14. > :05:14.is something we have been able to overcome.
:05:15. > :05:16.So, what does Ronaldo, the Newsround parrot,
:05:17. > :05:20.It's fair to say his initially brilliant World Cup predictions went
:05:21. > :05:51.So, there you have it - it's Germany.
:05:52. > :06:01.We'll find out tonight, and Newsround's back this afternoon.
:06:02. > :06:02.Don't forget, the website is there with all the top stories.