13/06/2014 Newsround

It's Friday morning, I'm here with your Newsround update.

The World Cup gets off to a spectacular start in Brazil.

The host nation win their first match.

And scientists look into the super strength of frog's tongues.

American President Barack Obama has said that he is considering all

options including military action to help people fighting Islamic

A group linked to al-Qaeda called ISIS took over the second city

Hundreds of thousands of people have left the area to avoid the fighting.

Iraq's president says the situation is an emergency

My team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the

most effective assistance to them. I do not rule out anything because we

do have a stake in making sure that these jihadists are not getting a

permanent foothold. Next, the American soldier Bowe

Bergdahl is flying home two weeks after being freed by the Taliban

in an exchange of prisoners. He's due to arrive at a military

hospital in San Antonio, Texas, in America, later today, where

he'll continue to get treatment. His family is looking

forward to seeing him. Football now, and millions

of people tuned in to watch the Ahead of the first game,

fans watched costumed dancers in a spectacular opening ceremony,

headlined by singer Jennifer Lopez. But for some, the focus

wasn't just on the football. As part of the opening ceremony, a

paraplegic man performed the first kick of the tournament, thanks to a

robotic suit called an exoskeleton, It's seen as an important step

in the development But how did the host nation Brazil

get on in their first game Our reporter?s in Brazil for us

and sent us this report. Brazilian fans have taken over

copper cabana Beach in real -- Rio de Janeiro celebrating their 3-1 win

over Croatia. It did not get off to the best start with Brazil giving

Croatia the lead by mistake. Brazil did not stay silent for long. A

scrappy goal, but they would have taken anything at that stage. In the

second half, Brazil were dominating. The original goal -- goal-scorer had

a second chance from the penalty spot. The next big game to look

forward to is a repeat of the 2010 World Cup final, Spain take on

Holland. On Saturday it is England against Italy. Who knows what the

hot and sticky conditions will do to the team? We will be here for the

build-up. England's first match in the World

Cup is tomorrow night against Italy. Many footy fans will be watching

but kick off is not until 11pm Our reporter went to ask some

fans if they would be staying My name is Josh and I am seven. Do

you know what time kick-off is? No. It is 11 o'clock at night. Would you

like to stay up and watch it? Yes. What time is your bedtime? 7pm. Have

you stayed up to 11pm before? No. What if he wanted to stay up? Not

that late. You would not want to stay up and watch it live? No. I

will be tired in the morning. And let us know over

on the Newsround website if you'll be staying up late to watch

England's World Cup match tomorrow. While you're there, check out all

our brilliant World cup features including reports from Brazil, and

brilliant quizzes, guides and clips. Scientists have discovered that

frogs can lift three times Researchers placed the horned frog

in a box with a cricket on the other side and measured

the power of their tongues. The experiment also found that

their tongues are extremely fast and only need milliseconds to pick

up almost anything. That's your lot for now,

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