08/11/2017 Newsround

Hey, Whitney here.

It's Wednesday and

this is Newsround.

Your top stories today...

First, to a refugee swimmer whose

story is so amazing,

it's now being made in to a film.

I've been finding out

all about Yusra Mardini.

Yusra competed as a swimmer

at the Rio Olympics last year.

But less than a year before that,

she was forced to leave her home

in Syria because of the war.

When they were telling me that I'm

leaving to the Olympics,

I was also really surprised.

After only one year, I'm a refugee

in Germany and I'm going.

And there was a

Refugee Olympic Team.

It was incredible.

She had a great time

and took part as a member

of the first ever Team Refugee.

But Yusra's life hasn't

always been this much fun.

It took her 25 days to travel

from Syria to Europe.

Part of that journey was in a boat.

When it began to sink,

she got into the sea,

along with her sister,

and helped save 19

others who were onboard.

The hero was pulling

a rope, you know.

It's OK, I helped the boat.

It was not only me,

or only my sister.

But you can imagine that they told

you it's 45-minutes trip,

and you stayed three hours

and a half.

She now lives in Germany

and is training for the next

Olympics, which will be

in Tokyo, in 2020.

My ambition is just

to be an athlete.

If I'm going to start

for Germany, or for my country,

or for the Refugee Olympic Team,

I'm going to do the best I can

and it will be my pleasure.

Now a film's being made

telling her incredible story.

Let's hope she gets some time

at the pool to watch it!

Let's hope she gets some time out

of the pool to watch it!

Next, if you happen to be

in Japan over the weekend,

you may get to see a couple

of shooting stars -

but they're stars with a difference.

A company is making their own

by releasing metal particles

from a tiny satelite,

which will then burn up as they

enter the Earth's atmosphere.

If everything goes to plan,

the organisers of the 2020

Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games

will feature the man-made shooting

stars at the opening ceremony.

Cool!

So, I want to know -

how many of you love using an emoji?

My personal fave is the heart one.

But have you ever wondered

who decides which ones you get

to have on your phone or tablet?

Well, we went to meet one woman

who's got that very job.

My name is Jennifer 8.

Lee.

I'm part of a group that helps

to decide the world's emojis.

What are the things in our

world that are important

enough to be an emoji?

So, are dinosaurs important

enough to be emojis?

What kind of dinosaurs?

Certain emoji, like mosquito emoji,

is really important,

because it allows you to communicate

the ideas of danger

without having to know

every single language -

because everyone

recognises mosquitoes.

Some people think that people use

emoji because they're really lazy.

But if you think about it,

the reason people love emojis

so much is that it's a really fast,

simple way to communicate ideas,

and it allows people who don't

speak the same language

to communicate using emoji.

Sometimes, emoji are really clear.

But sometimes, it can

be really confusing

what the other person means.

And some people don't like that.

And other people think that's

what make emoji fun.

In different cultures, people can

give the emoji their own meaning.

In Japanese, this is

how you say thank you.

But in America - and,

sometimes, the West -

this looks like people praying.

And some people actually think it

looks like a high-five.

So, you can actually have very

different interpretations

of the different emojis.

What a cool job!

So, this was Andy Murray's first

match since the Wimbledon

quarter-finals which he lost,

but there was plenty

of fun to be had.

That's Murray, in the ginger wig,

at a charity event in Glasgow.

Federer joined in, and played -

and won - in a kilt.

It's also been announced that Andy's

wife, Kim, has given birth

to the couple's second daughter.

No news on the name yet!

Congratulations.

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Thanks for watching, hope you have

had a great day! Martin is back with

loads more stories in the morning.

See you then and have a great

evening!