:00:10. > :00:14.Good afternoon. I have everything you need to know. Here's what is
:00:14. > :00:20.coming up - the Pope resigns. The first Pope to do so for nearly 600
:00:20. > :00:27.years. And the latest on the horsemeat
:00:27. > :00:30.scandal spreading across Europe. You're watching Newsround.
:00:30. > :00:36.First, after nearly eight years in the job, the Pope has announced
:00:36. > :00:39.today that he is resigning as the leader of the Catholic Church. At
:00:39. > :00:47.85 years old, Pope Benedict XVI said he was no longer strong enough
:00:47. > :00:51.to continue. He is the first Pope to resign in nearly 600 years.
:00:52. > :00:56.It is one of the most important jobs in the world. As the most
:00:56. > :01:00.senior person in the Catholic Church, he guides more than one
:01:00. > :01:05.billion people who follow the faith. Pope Benedict XVI has today
:01:05. > :01:08.resigned and will leave the job at the end of this month. His
:01:08. > :01:14.resignation has come as a complete surprise. This is an extraordinary,
:01:14. > :01:23.historic moment in the modern story of the Catholic Church. Nobody had
:01:23. > :01:27.any hint that this moment was coming. He announced at 85, he is
:01:27. > :01:31.too old to continue and doesn't have the strength to carry out his
:01:31. > :01:39.duties. Stepping down as the Pope is a huge deal. He's the first to
:01:39. > :01:45.do so in almost 600 years. I think people are very upset and saddened.
:01:45. > :01:50.Pope John Paul II, as we know went on through thick and thin. This man
:01:50. > :01:56.is a very different character. He requires a lot of silence, a lot of
:01:56. > :02:01.his own space, where as John Paul thrived en masse sieve crowds.
:02:01. > :02:05.Benedict XVI, whose real name is Joseph Ratzinger, became Pope in
:02:06. > :02:10.2005. At 75 he was one of the oldest to take up the post. Based
:02:10. > :02:14.at the Vatican in Rome, his job has been to lead the Catholic Church.
:02:14. > :02:18.In 2010, he visited the UK. Hundreds of thousands of people
:02:18. > :02:23.turned out to welcome him. In December last year, the Pope joined
:02:23. > :02:26.Twitter, sending messages in eight languages to his millions of
:02:27. > :02:32.followers around the world. The Prime Minister, David Cameron,, has
:02:32. > :02:38.said the Pope will be missed by millions. He will step down on
:02:38. > :02:43.February 28td and -- 28th and the process will begin. There's a food
:02:43. > :02:47.scandal which has spread across Europe. After horsemeat was found
:02:47. > :02:54.in Findus lasagne's last week France and Sweden have joined the
:02:54. > :02:57.UK in withdrawing some meat products from their shelves.
:02:57. > :03:05.What does the scandal tell us about the food we eat, where it comes
:03:05. > :03:10.from and how it gets here? Horsemeat found in burgers sold in
:03:10. > :03:16.British and Irish supermarkets... It has been going off for a month.
:03:17. > :03:22.Since traces of horse DNA were found, things got more serious when
:03:22. > :03:26.some Findus lasagnes sold here were found to contain 100% horsemeat.
:03:26. > :03:31.Our food takes a long and complicated journey through many
:03:31. > :03:35.countries, which explains some reasons why how the food is
:03:35. > :03:40.contaminated. This is what is thought to have happen. Findus is
:03:40. > :03:45.Swedish. The meals were made by a French food supplier, not in France,
:03:45. > :03:50.but in a factory in Luxembourg. The meat was brought from a Cypriot
:03:50. > :03:53.trader. That trader bought frit the Netherlands. It is suspected the
:03:53. > :03:57.meat came from slaughterhouses in Romania. The authoritys there are
:03:57. > :04:01.investigating. There are no plans at the moment to ban imports from
:04:01. > :04:06.the EU, as the Government says there's currently no risk to human
:04:06. > :04:11.health. All the evidence of the products so far is they are safe.
:04:11. > :04:15.They are not as labelled. This is a case of fraud and mis-labelling.
:04:15. > :04:19.There's nothing we have seen so far which represents a health threat.
:04:19. > :04:23.Later today Owen Paterson will update MPs on the latest
:04:23. > :04:29.developments in the scandal spreading across Europe.
:04:29. > :04:32.It has got a lot of you talking F we hear any more about the
:04:32. > :04:37.horsemeat scandal we will let you know later tonight. OK, we will
:04:37. > :04:42.finish with news, the Government wants to make food and nutrition
:04:42. > :04:47.lessons compulsory in schools in England to help improve skills in
:04:47. > :04:51.the kitchen. Do you reckon it is a good idea or do you know enough