:00:00. > :00:00.It's Friday morning, I'm here with your Newsround update.
:00:00. > :00:10.The World Cup gets off to a spectacular start in Brazil.
:00:11. > :00:12.The host nation win their first match.
:00:13. > :00:21.And scientists look into the super strength of frog's tongues.
:00:22. > :00:24.American President Barack Obama has said that he is considering all
:00:25. > :00:28.options including military action to help people fighting Islamic
:00:29. > :00:34.A group linked to al-Qaeda called ISIS took over the second city
:00:35. > :00:41.Hundreds of thousands of people have left the area to avoid the fighting.
:00:42. > :00:44.Iraq's president says the situation is an emergency
:00:45. > :01:03.My team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the
:01:04. > :01:09.most effective assistance to them. I do not rule out anything because we
:01:10. > :01:14.do have a stake in making sure that these jihadists are not getting a
:01:15. > :01:17.permanent foothold. Next, the American soldier Bowe
:01:18. > :01:20.Bergdahl is flying home two weeks after being freed by the Taliban
:01:21. > :01:22.in an exchange of prisoners. He's due to arrive at a military
:01:23. > :01:25.hospital in San Antonio, Texas, in America, later today, where
:01:26. > :01:28.he'll continue to get treatment. His family is looking
:01:29. > :01:31.forward to seeing him. Football now, and millions
:01:32. > :01:33.of people tuned in to watch the Ahead of the first game,
:01:34. > :01:37.fans watched costumed dancers in a spectacular opening ceremony,
:01:38. > :01:42.headlined by singer Jennifer Lopez. But for some, the focus
:01:43. > :01:45.wasn't just on the football. As part of the opening ceremony, a
:01:46. > :01:48.paraplegic man performed the first kick of the tournament, thanks to a
:01:49. > :01:54.robotic suit called an exoskeleton, It's seen as an important step
:01:55. > :01:58.in the development But how did the host nation Brazil
:01:59. > :02:05.get on in their first game Our reporter?s in Brazil for us
:02:06. > :02:25.and sent us this report. Brazilian fans have taken over
:02:26. > :02:29.copper cabana Beach in real -- Rio de Janeiro celebrating their 3-1 win
:02:30. > :02:38.over Croatia. It did not get off to the best start with Brazil giving
:02:39. > :02:47.Croatia the lead by mistake. Brazil did not stay silent for long. A
:02:48. > :02:53.scrappy goal, but they would have taken anything at that stage. In the
:02:54. > :03:02.second half, Brazil were dominating. The original goal -- goal-scorer had
:03:03. > :03:10.a second chance from the penalty spot. The next big game to look
:03:11. > :03:19.forward to is a repeat of the 2010 World Cup final, Spain take on
:03:20. > :03:25.Holland. On Saturday it is England against Italy. Who knows what the
:03:26. > :03:28.hot and sticky conditions will do to the team? We will be here for the
:03:29. > :03:29.build-up. England's first match in the World
:03:30. > :03:32.Cup is tomorrow night against Italy. Many footy fans will be watching
:03:33. > :03:35.but kick off is not until 11pm Our reporter went to ask some
:03:36. > :03:52.fans if they would be staying My name is Josh and I am seven. Do
:03:53. > :04:01.you know what time kick-off is? No. It is 11 o'clock at night. Would you
:04:02. > :04:10.like to stay up and watch it? Yes. What time is your bedtime? 7pm. Have
:04:11. > :04:16.you stayed up to 11pm before? No. What if he wanted to stay up? Not
:04:17. > :04:20.that late. You would not want to stay up and watch it live? No. I
:04:21. > :04:25.will be tired in the morning. And let us know over
:04:26. > :04:28.on the Newsround website if you'll be staying up late to watch
:04:29. > :04:30.England's World Cup match tomorrow. While you're there, check out all
:04:31. > :04:33.our brilliant World cup features including reports from Brazil, and
:04:34. > :04:37.brilliant quizzes, guides and clips. Scientists have discovered that
:04:38. > :04:40.frogs can lift three times Researchers placed the horned frog
:04:41. > :04:45.in a box with a cricket on the other side and measured
:04:46. > :04:48.the power of their tongues. The experiment also found that
:04:49. > :04:51.their tongues are extremely fast and only need milliseconds to pick
:04:52. > :04:56.up almost anything. That's your lot for now,
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