09/05/2017

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:00:08. > :00:10.Ricky here with all of Tuesday's big stories.

:00:11. > :00:19.Find out who'll be Strictly's new head judge...

:00:20. > :00:21.The space trip with a secret mission...

:00:22. > :00:35.And kids in Finland take on an unusual sport - keep watching.

:00:36. > :00:37.But first, more than 80 schoolgirls are back home

:00:38. > :00:40.with their families this week, three years after they were taken

:00:41. > :00:45.It was a story that shocked the world,

:00:46. > :01:00.They are home. These schoolgirls in Nigeria in Africa are now back with

:01:01. > :01:05.their families for the first time in three years. 276 of them were taken

:01:06. > :01:10.from their school by an extreme Islamist group called Boko Haram,

:01:11. > :01:14.who believed that all children should not be allowed to have an

:01:15. > :01:19.education. The girls went to school in an area that can be dangerous

:01:20. > :01:22.because of fighting between extremists and the government.

:01:23. > :01:28.People all over the world was shocked when they went missing and

:01:29. > :01:33.started a campaign. More than 70 girls had already escaped or been

:01:34. > :01:37.released, and on Saturday another 82 girls were returned. After they were

:01:38. > :01:42.handed over, the girls were checked over by doctors to make sure they

:01:43. > :01:46.were OK and then taken to meet the Nigerian president and reunited with

:01:47. > :01:50.their families. People asked to campaigning for the rest of the

:01:51. > :01:58.girls to be released. Their families now have new Hope this could happen.

:01:59. > :02:04.If you want to know more about this story or if you are upset by

:02:05. > :02:06.anything in the news, go to Newsround online.

:02:07. > :02:09.Next up parades, flags and dancing because people

:02:10. > :02:11.in the channel islands are celebrating Liberation Day.

:02:12. > :02:14.The Channel Islands are made up of four small islands, Guernsey,

:02:15. > :02:18.The Islands were invaded by the Germans during

:02:19. > :02:22.Each year on May the 9th people there remember the day the islands

:02:23. > :02:31.It's important to celebrate the liberation because it is quite

:02:32. > :02:36.unique to us. This day is only celebrated by the Channel Islands

:02:37. > :02:41.and not so much by the UK as a whole. Everybody is glad we are free

:02:42. > :02:46.and that's why everybody is here today. We need to celebrate it and

:02:47. > :02:48.be thankful. There are soldiers that bravely fought for us and remember

:02:49. > :02:52.that's why we are here today. He was Strictly's head

:02:53. > :02:55.judge for 14 series so it came as quite a shock

:02:56. > :02:58.when Len Goodman told us Strictly Come Dancing have

:02:59. > :03:02.just announced that his The Queen of Latin

:03:03. > :03:09.dance, Shirley Ballas. She will join Craig,

:03:10. > :03:12.Darcy and Bruno later this year. Next, to the mysterious space plane

:03:13. > :03:29.that's just returned Touchdown after a top-secret mission

:03:30. > :03:33.lasting two years. This unmanned US military space plane landed at the

:03:34. > :03:38.Kennedy space Centre in the US causing a sonic boom. Sonic booms

:03:39. > :03:42.happen on something flies faster than the speed of sound and it makes

:03:43. > :03:50.a really loud noise. Exactly what the plane has been up to during its

:03:51. > :03:55.718 days in orbit is not clear. It belongs to the US Air Force. Its

:03:56. > :03:59.mission is classified, but the small bit of information we do know is

:04:00. > :04:05.that this space plane has no one on board. It is 29 feet long with a

:04:06. > :04:10.wingspan of 15 feet, much smaller than Nasa's all space shuttles. It's

:04:11. > :04:15.thought a series of experiments are being carried out on board testing

:04:16. > :04:19.different technologies and materials in space. But still, a lot of what

:04:20. > :04:25.happens on this plane is kept secret. When it came in to land it

:04:26. > :04:37.caused a sonic boom with one Twitter user living nearby saying her house

:04:38. > :04:38.was shaking and dog went into a frenzy. Another mission is scheduled

:04:39. > :04:39.later this year. Last up, a new sport has taken over

:04:40. > :04:43.the nation of Finland, it's really popular with girls,

:04:44. > :04:46.but it's a bit unusual. Can you tell

:04:47. > :04:48.what makes it a bit weird? It's called hobby horsing,

:04:49. > :04:50.and the competitors ride around They even trot around

:04:51. > :04:54.and leap over jumps just That's all from me,

:04:55. > :04:59.Newsround's back in the morning with loads more great stories.

:05:00. > :05:02.Bye.