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It's Friday morning, I'm here with your Newsround update. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
The World Cup gets off to a spectacular start in Brazil. | :00:07. | :00:12. | |
And scientists look into the super strength of frog's tongues. | :00:13. | :00:19. | |
American President Barack Obama has said that he is considering all | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
Options, including military action, to help people fighting Islamic | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
A group linked to al-Qaeda, called ISIS, took over the second city | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
Hundreds of thousands of people have left the area to avoid the fighting. | :00:32. | :00:39. | |
Iraq's president says the situation is an emergency. | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
Next, the American soldier, Bowe Bergdahl, is flying home two weeks | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
after being freed by the Taliban in an exchange of prisoners. | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
He's due to arrive at a military hospital in San Antonio, Texas, | :00:57. | :00:58. | |
in America, later today, where he'll continue to get treatment. | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
His family is looking forward to seeing him. | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
Football now, and millions of people tuned in to watch the | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
Ahead of the first game, fans watched costumed dancers | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
in a spectacular opening ceremony, headlined by singer Jennifer Lopez. | :01:17. | :01:28. | |
How did the host nation get on? Brazilian fans have taken over | :01:29. | :01:36. | |
Copacabana beach. They are all celebrating that 3-1 win over | :01:37. | :01:43. | |
Croatia. That game did not get off to the best of starts. Marcella gave | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
Croatia a surprise lead by mistake. -- Marcella. Their star striker, | :01:51. | :02:03. | |
Neymar, scored a scrappy goal for Brazil. They would have taken | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
anything at that stage. In the second half Brazil dominated. Neymar | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
had a second chance at goal, this time from the penalty spot. Then | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
Chelsea's asker finished in fine form. -- Oscar. The next big game is | :02:17. | :02:25. | |
a repeat of the 2010 World Cup final, Spain take on Holland. And | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
then on Saturday it is England against Italy. Who knows what that | :02:30. | :02:37. | |
will do for the England team? We will you hear. -- we will be here. | :02:38. | :02:47. | |
England's first match in the World Cup is tomorrow night against Italy. | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
Many footy fans will be watching but kick off is not until 11pm | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
Our reporter went to ask some fans if they would be staying up. | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
Would you like to stay up and watch it? | :03:01. | :03:10. | |
You would not want to stay up and watch it live? | :03:11. | :03:30. | |
You have been telling us if you have -- will be watching. | :03:31. | :04:10. | |
Keep sending your comments. The Queen's Baton Relay has continued | :04:11. | :04:18. | |
its journey around the UK. It has landed in the north-east. The Angel | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
Of The North was one of the spots the torch made it's way too. It will | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
continue its journey to Glasgow and arrives in Scotland on June 21. | :04:29. | :04:30. | |
Scientists have discovered that frogs can lift three times | :04:31. | :04:32. | |
Researchers placed the horned frog in a box with a cricket | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
on the other side and measured the power of their tongues. | :04:37. | :04:38. | |
The experiment also found that their tongues are extremely fast | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
and only need milliseconds to pick up almost anything. | :04:42. | :04:51. | |
For more on the World Cup, go to the website. | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
That's your lot for now - Newsround's back this afternoon. | :04:58. | :05:02. |