11/01/2016

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:00:00. > :00:00.It's Monday, Ayshah here live on CBBC with some of this

:00:07. > :00:12.One man and his incredible journey across two continents on foot.

:00:13. > :00:25.And Ricky brings you the very latest tech to help you get around.

:00:26. > :00:30.and the civil war that's affecting many who live there.

:00:31. > :00:33.In the town of Madaya, there are reports that people

:00:34. > :00:36.are running out of supplies of food, water and medical equipment.

:00:37. > :00:42.These trucks carrying food and water

:00:43. > :00:51.Even though the town is only 25 miles from the capital of Damascus,

:00:52. > :00:54.it's been cut off from the outside world because of fighting.

:00:55. > :00:56.Over the last six months, the 40,000 people that live there

:00:57. > :01:01.It's also meant no-one has been able to come into the town too.

:01:02. > :01:06.food, water and electricity supplies are very low.

:01:07. > :01:09.Sadly, Syria has been at war for five years and it's torn

:01:10. > :01:12.the country apart into the areas controlled by the government

:01:13. > :01:15.and other areas controlled by different opposition groups

:01:16. > :01:18.and the war is so intense that all sides are willing to use

:01:19. > :01:21.whatever it takes to try to gain advantage over their enemy,

:01:22. > :01:25.and that has meant even cutting off regular food and water and medical

:01:26. > :01:28.supplies into communities, which has left people,

:01:29. > :01:45.So what is happening today is that all sides have agreed

:01:46. > :01:47.But so many other areas are still desperate

:01:48. > :01:53.Now that the town of Madiya has got supplies for next month,

:01:54. > :01:55.it's hoped aid agencies will be able to get more supplies

:01:56. > :01:59.If you want to know more about what's happening in Syria,

:02:00. > :02:06.there's lots over on the Newsround website.

:02:07. > :02:13.There is also advice if anything in the news upsets you.

:02:14. > :02:16.Next, Ricky's tried out loads of cool new things while he's been

:02:17. > :02:18.in America at the world's biggest gadget show, the CES.

:02:19. > :02:21.He even got his hands on the world's first smart electric skates -

:02:22. > :02:24.just one of the many new things to help you get around.

:02:25. > :02:27.So we've seen loads of personal mobility gadgets right here.

:02:28. > :02:37.Now what they are, in each skate, there is a motor in the wheel.

:02:38. > :02:39.There is also a battery which powers the motor.

:02:40. > :02:41.And the pressure you put at the front of the skate

:02:42. > :02:44.They're pretty difficult to use, actually, I found.

:02:45. > :02:52.I'm going to try and have another go.

:02:53. > :03:13.Now to the runner who has travelled the length

:03:14. > :03:18.Jamie Ramsey quit his job to run from Vancouver in Canada all the way

:03:19. > :03:21.to Buenos Aires in Argentina. It's all to raise money for charity.

:03:22. > :03:25.I am in Vancouver and I've got 18 months to run

:03:26. > :03:31.Crossing over 14 countries, some of them a little bit more

:03:32. > :03:36.He has to take everything he needs with him

:03:37. > :03:40.in a specially-designed pram which he pushes as he runs.

:03:41. > :03:43.All day long, I've been running uphill.

:03:44. > :03:49.A large part of his journey was on the Pan-American Highway,

:03:50. > :03:53.a stretch of road which runs from Canada through the USA

:03:54. > :03:59.If you want to see what it looks like to dive down 4000,

:04:00. > :04:03.er, 2000 metres, that's what it looks like!

:04:04. > :04:07.It goes down and switches back and back,

:04:08. > :04:15.across two continents and 14 countries.

:04:16. > :04:22.He's worn out 17 pairs of shoes and travelled over 10,000 miles.

:04:23. > :04:29.This is the moment he arrived in Buenos Aires.

:04:30. > :04:35.Boom, boom, boom! Congratulations!

:04:36. > :04:39.Jamie arrived back in the UK yesterday, where he ran

:04:40. > :04:41.from Heathrow Airport to the Houses of Parliament -

:04:42. > :04:50.but hopefully, we'll raise lots of money.

:04:51. > :04:57.I'll be back with more Newsround tomorrow morning at 7.40.