08/07/2016

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0:00:04 > 0:00:07Morning, I'm Martin with your Friday Newsround.

0:00:07 > 0:00:09Keep watching for some of this.

0:00:09 > 0:00:13Murray prepares for his seventh Wimbledon semi-final.

0:00:13 > 0:00:19And France are through to the final of the European Championships.

0:00:27 > 0:00:31First up to the news that the next Prime Minister of the UK will be

0:00:31 > 0:00:33one of these two women.

0:00:33 > 0:00:36David Cameron said he is standing down from the job in the Autumn

0:00:36 > 0:00:39so now the Conservative Party need to choose a new leader.

0:00:39 > 0:00:45Here's BBC political reporter Chris Mason with more.

0:00:45 > 0:00:47The big news here is what we now know is the next leader

0:00:47 > 0:00:51of our government, who takes loads of decisions that affect our

0:00:51 > 0:00:54lives, will be a woman.

0:00:54 > 0:00:57You might think, what's the big deal about that because there are loads

0:00:57 > 0:01:04of women who are really important in your life already.

0:01:04 > 0:01:06Teachers, carers, mum, grandma.

0:01:06 > 0:01:07But, actually, in hundreds and hundreds of years,

0:01:07 > 0:01:09we've only actually had one woman by Minister,

0:01:09 > 0:01:11a lady called Margaret Thatcher.

0:01:11 > 0:01:13And yet, by the time you go back to school,

0:01:13 > 0:01:15after the summer holidays, we'll have another woman

0:01:15 > 0:01:22Prime Minister, so it's a big moment in our history.

0:01:22 > 0:01:24So, who could it be?

0:01:24 > 0:01:27One of the candidates is Theresa May.

0:01:27 > 0:01:29She's already done a really big job in the government,

0:01:29 > 0:01:31doing a job called Home Secretary.

0:01:31 > 0:01:33Her dad used to be a vicar.

0:01:33 > 0:01:35She's married, doesn't have any children and is a really big

0:01:35 > 0:01:36fan of cooking.

0:01:36 > 0:01:39She's got 100 cookbooks and likes watching Masterchef on the telly.

0:01:39 > 0:01:42The person who also wants the job and hopes to beat her

0:01:42 > 0:01:44is called Andrea Leadsom.

0:01:44 > 0:01:47She's also worked for the government but in less important jobs.

0:01:47 > 0:01:49She's married, she has three children, her youngest

0:01:49 > 0:01:52is a 12-year-old girl, and on a Sunday, she

0:01:52 > 0:01:55likes to go to church.

0:01:55 > 0:01:57And to find out more about the candidates for PM,

0:01:57 > 0:02:00go to our guide online.

0:02:00 > 0:02:03Last year, more than 3000 children arrived in the UK by themselves.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06Many of them immigrants or refugees escaping war or devastation

0:02:06 > 0:02:09in their home countries.

0:02:09 > 0:02:12They often travel thousands of miles to get here across deserts,

0:02:12 > 0:02:14mountains and seas.

0:02:14 > 0:02:17Newsround has spoken to one girl called Ruth who left her home

0:02:17 > 0:02:20of Eritrea when she was 14 and spent six months walking

0:02:20 > 0:02:24and staying in camps on her journey to reach the UK.

0:02:24 > 0:02:28We've changed her name and in this animation her words

0:02:28 > 0:02:31are being spoken by someone else.

0:02:31 > 0:02:33My home in Eritrea is in a small village.

0:02:33 > 0:02:37There was no water or no school.

0:02:37 > 0:02:39So I had to walk two hours to get to school.

0:02:39 > 0:02:42I would get the water and I would chop the wood.

0:02:42 > 0:02:43Life was hard in Eritrea.

0:02:43 > 0:02:45Very hard.

0:02:45 > 0:02:47Especially for a girl.

0:02:47 > 0:02:49I had two choices.

0:02:49 > 0:02:51Marry or go into the military.

0:02:51 > 0:02:53So I had to leave.

0:02:53 > 0:02:55I took nothing with me.

0:02:55 > 0:02:57Just my clothes I was wearing.

0:02:57 > 0:03:03I couldn't say goodbye to my family because I knew my mum would cry.

0:03:03 > 0:03:06You can watch this online now and find out much more information

0:03:06 > 0:03:08about Ruth and other kids just like her.

0:03:08 > 0:03:11Or come back at 8.15 to watch her story in full.

0:03:11 > 0:03:14Footy next and France have beaten World Champions Germany

0:03:14 > 0:03:17in the semi-final of the European Championships and will

0:03:17 > 0:03:26play Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in the final on Sunday.

0:03:26 > 0:03:28Despite Germany dominating in the first half, a handball

0:03:28 > 0:03:30from Bastian Schweinsteiger in the penalty box

0:03:30 > 0:03:31gave France a penalty.

0:03:31 > 0:03:32And Antoine Griezmann converted.

0:03:32 > 0:03:35Under intense pressure in the second half, Griezmann settled it

0:03:35 > 0:03:37for the French with 18 minutes left.

0:03:37 > 0:03:41It's their first victory over Germany in a major tournament

0:03:41 > 0:03:45since 1958 but the tournament's top scorer is keeping his

0:03:45 > 0:03:48feet on the ground.

0:03:48 > 0:03:51We are very happy but there is still one match to go.

0:03:51 > 0:03:54The dream would be to celebrate that on Sunday.

0:03:54 > 0:03:57So there is still one match to play.

0:03:57 > 0:04:02We keep our feet on the ground and enjoy tonight.

0:04:02 > 0:04:07From tomorrow, we will get some rest and prepare for the final.

0:04:07 > 0:04:10We are very happy for the public during and after the match.

0:04:10 > 0:04:13It was a beautiful thing, so let's hope we can do

0:04:13 > 0:04:14the same in the final.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16Tennis star Serena Williams is through to her ninth

0:04:16 > 0:04:17Wimbledon final.

0:04:17 > 0:04:19She thrashed Russia's Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-0 yesterday afternoon.

0:04:19 > 0:04:22But she won't be playing her big sister Venus in the final,

0:04:22 > 0:04:27after she lost her match to Angelique Kerber.

0:04:27 > 0:04:28It's weird.

0:04:28 > 0:04:38I can't believe I'm in the finals again.

0:04:39 > 0:04:42Obviously, I'm 0 for two so I'm determined to get

0:04:42 > 0:04:43at least one this year.

0:04:43 > 0:04:44Kerber will be another good match.

0:04:44 > 0:04:47I played her in Australia, so I'm looking forward to it.

0:04:47 > 0:04:49Andy Murray is preparing to play his seventh Wimbledon

0:04:49 > 0:04:50semi-final this afternoon.

0:04:50 > 0:04:51Murray faces Czech player Tomas Berdych.

0:04:51 > 0:04:53Although he's beaten him in their last four meetings,

0:04:53 > 0:04:56Murray says he's not taking anything for granted.

0:04:56 > 0:05:01That's all from me.

0:05:01 > 0:05:01We'll