12/06/2014 Newsround


12/06/2014

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Hi, I'm Ayshah with your Newsround update.

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Brazil get ready to kick off the biggest football tournament

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First, the day many of you have been waiting for has finally arrived.

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The tournament starts tonight with a spectacular opening ceremony

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in Sao Paulo before the hosts take on Croatia in the first game.

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But the build up to the World Cup hasn't been easy with many

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Brazilians upset over the amount spent on hosting the competition.

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There's also been concerns over whether stadiums would be ready

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So with the World Cup just hours away,

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Leah's there for us and has sent this report.

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With just hours before the World Cup kicks off, kids in Rio can't get

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With some of the biggest footballing stars from

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around the world hoping to get their hands on the trophy, it's worth

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It's the biggest football tournament in the world and millions

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But just in case you're not completely up to

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speed with the World Cup, here's our rundown of what you need to know.

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The FIFA World Cup invites countries from around the world to compete for

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32 teams are split into eight groups.

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The top two teams qualify for the knockout stages.

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From here it is lose and you are out.

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Until the last two teams battle it out in the World Cup final.

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It began in the 1930s and has taken place every four years since, except

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Only eight countries have won the tournament

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Germany have won it three times, Italy four times

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England have won it once, almost 50 years ago.

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The all-time World Cup top scorer is Ronaldo.

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The Brazilian scored an incredible 15 goals.

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On each of the previous four occasions the World Cup has been

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staged in South America, a team from South America has won.

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You can keep up to date with everything in Brazil

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on the World Cup portal on the Newsround website.

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From today we'll also be bringing you a Fact of the Day -

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head to the website to find out today's, which is all about why

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Other news now and the militant group Isis, which seized

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the second city in Iraq yesterday, has moved closer to Baghdad.

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The group which has links to Al-Qaeda is now about an hour's

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Iraq's Prime Minister has urged people to fight back

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500,000 people have fled the area already controlled by the militants.

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When the sun is shining, it's tempting to want to play

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outside all day, but research has suggested that sun cream alone is

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UV light can cause skin cancer, called melanoma -

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now thought to be the fifth most common cancer in the UK.

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Experts say when the sun is strong you should also wear a T-shirt,

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NASA has released dramatic images, showing two massive solar flares

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The flares have been classified as "x-class" -

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NASA says they pose no direct threat to the Earth, but very intense

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flares can sometimes disrupt GPS and other communications signals.

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Along with the usual mixture of fancy footwork,

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penalty shootouts and hope and despair, this tournament

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Let me tell you about this, it is not shaving foam,

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If we have a free kick here, the referee will pace out ten yards,

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and with his magic can he will mark a line

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on the pitch to tell the opposition that they cannot pass that line.

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The crazy thing is, it is vanishing so in a couple of minutes,

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Finally, using sea creatures as fortune-tellers seems to be

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Meet Big Head the sea turtle, who made a prediction

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Surprise, surprise he seems to have chosen Brazil.

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Don't forget to join Newsround live from Brazil at 4:20pm

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Leah will have a bumper packed bulletin from Rio de Janerio ahead

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That's all from me, have a great morning.

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