:00:18. > :00:22.Hello, and welcome to your Thursday night Newsround, with Hayley and
:00:22. > :00:27.Ricky. We've got all the big stories from around the world
:00:27. > :00:30.coming up, as well as a bit of this. The fight to save the UK's sharks.
:00:30. > :00:37.And we'll whizz through the weird and wonderful things making their
:00:37. > :00:40.way into the latest record books. Let's start with some good news in
:00:40. > :00:43.the fight to keep children in some of the world's poorest countries
:00:43. > :00:47.safe and healthy. New figures show almost twice as many kids are
:00:47. > :00:50.living past the age of five compared to 20 years ago. The
:00:50. > :00:54.charity UNICEF says 12 million kids under five died from things like
:00:54. > :00:58.famine and disease in 1990. But now that figure's been reduced to 7
:00:58. > :01:01.million. The biggest improvements have been in parts of South East
:01:01. > :01:04.Asia and Africa. It's mainly because of better medical treatment
:01:04. > :01:08.and education. But numbers did go up elsewhere in the world. UNICEF
:01:08. > :01:11.say there's still lots of work to be done to get help to the places
:01:11. > :01:14.that need it most. Well, those figures have reignited
:01:14. > :01:17.the debate over how much money Britain should give to poorer
:01:17. > :01:21.countries. This week the Government's been forced to defend
:01:21. > :01:25.plans to increase the amount of aid it sends to some of those places by
:01:25. > :01:29.more than �3 billion. Critics say the money doesn't always go to
:01:29. > :01:34.places that need it most, and that the UK can't afford to keep giving
:01:34. > :01:37.so much. Last year the UK gave away about
:01:37. > :01:41.�7.8 billion in aid to other countries. They say they'll raise
:01:41. > :01:46.this to almost �12 billion in the next few years, which would be 0.7%
:01:46. > :01:56.of the whole country's income. That's less than gets spent on
:01:56. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:03.education, and less than is spent Some people think because of the
:02:03. > :02:07.financial problems in the UK, we should not send money overseas. But
:02:07. > :02:11.while we are having problems in the UK, many other problems are having
:02:11. > :02:21.just as difficult a time, and most of the poorest countries of the
:02:21. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:25.world are having the worst time. One of the places that people think
:02:25. > :02:28.shouldn't be getting so much is India. At the moment we give about
:02:28. > :02:31.�280 million a year in aid to the country. But recently the Indian
:02:31. > :02:35.government announced plans to spend billions on a new space programme,
:02:35. > :02:43.leading some to ask why a country that can afford to send astronauts
:02:43. > :02:47.into space needs so much extra cash? One third of the world's
:02:47. > :02:50.poorest people live in India. Many children in India are still
:02:50. > :02:53.undernourished, and that is where the money is going.
:02:53. > :02:56.The UK say their aid doesn't go directly to foreign governments but
:02:56. > :03:04.is given to specially chosen charities that they think will help
:03:04. > :03:07.the people most in need. This money is going to the communities that
:03:08. > :03:12.need it most, for education and health. The Government say they're
:03:12. > :03:15.going to have a good look at the budget to make sure that it goes
:03:15. > :03:18.exactly where it can make the biggest difference.
:03:18. > :03:21.Violence has spread across several Middle Eastern countries today. The
:03:21. > :03:24.American embassy in Yemen has been stormed by protestors, and American
:03:24. > :03:28.flags have been burned in Egypt. Protestors are angry about a film
:03:28. > :03:31.made in the US which they say is offensive to the Muslim Prophet
:03:31. > :03:34.Mohammed. Four American officials were killed in similar protests in
:03:34. > :03:37.Libya on Tuesday. The Scottish wildcat could be
:03:38. > :03:41.closer to extinction than some experts originally thought. Last
:03:41. > :03:46.year, Leah went to one of the wildcat projects in the Cairngorm
:03:46. > :03:53.mountains in Scotland. In the summer, they told us the cats could
:03:53. > :03:56.be breeding again. But figures show there may be just 35 left.
:03:56. > :04:02.Let's continue the animal watch with these guys. They've been
:04:02. > :04:06.around for 400 million years. But they're not just found in films or
:04:06. > :04:10.far-off seas. They're here in the UK and it turns out they're under
:04:10. > :04:14.threat. The charity the Sharks Trust say more than 70% of sharks
:04:14. > :04:24.in British waters are facing extinction. But the fight to save
:04:24. > :04:27.
:04:27. > :04:33.them is well under way, as I've Sharks - the deadliest predator in
:04:33. > :04:38.our oceans. But now the hunter has become the prey. Tracked down for
:04:38. > :04:43.its meat, liver oil and its fins. Surprisingly, there are more than
:04:43. > :04:47.30 different species of shark in UK waters, but numbers are going down
:04:47. > :04:52.fast. So fishermen in Scotland now monitor six different species.
:04:52. > :04:57.Today, they are tagging and releasing sharks off the south-west
:04:57. > :05:01.coast. This is what they are looking for - the basking shark. At
:05:01. > :05:07.10 metres long, it looks frightening but it is no risk to
:05:07. > :05:12.humans. Experts warn that saving shots will be a long battle. Able
:05:12. > :05:15.take an awful long time to recover because of their nature. One of
:05:15. > :05:21.them is 20 years old before it has pups and it is pregnant for two
:05:22. > :05:26.years, as long as an elephant. first catch of the day. She is
:05:26. > :05:32.tagged, measured and a DNA sample is taken. The shark is not armed
:05:32. > :05:37.and within minutes that is back in the water. Next, they really in a
:05:37. > :05:42.cat shark. They are increasing in numbers, which is great news for
:05:42. > :05:47.the fishermen trying to protect them. But with many other species
:05:47. > :05:50.down by 95%, conservationists warned that the UK shark population
:05:50. > :05:54.might never fully recover. Well, it's not all bad news in the
:05:54. > :05:57.animal kingdom. A brand new type of monkey has just been found in
:05:57. > :06:01.Africa. It's called the le'zoola, here on the right. Experts say it's
:06:01. > :06:06.most similar to the owl-faced monkey on the left but is a totally
:06:06. > :06:09.new species. Exciting. It's been an amazing summer of
:06:09. > :06:15.sport but you might not know that some of GB's biggest stars are
:06:15. > :06:19.still in action in a town near you. The Tour of Britain cycling event
:06:19. > :06:22.is one of the lesser known races on the calendar. It's currently
:06:23. > :06:32.working its way across the UK, and Leah went to Blackpool to find out
:06:33. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:40.Since the Beijing Olympics, Britain's cycling success had gone
:06:40. > :06:45.through the roof, and this summer has shown that we still have plenty
:06:45. > :06:51.of pedal power. Bradley Wiggins won the world's biggest cycling road
:06:51. > :06:55.race, the Tour de France, to kick it off. And he won again in the
:06:55. > :06:58.Olympic time trials, and the likes of Sir Chris Hoy and Laura Trott
:06:58. > :07:02.dominated in the velodrome, and there was still more to come. The
:07:02. > :07:07.Tour of Britain is made up of eight stages. There is everything from
:07:07. > :07:11.the flat roads of Norfolk, perfect for a sprint finish, to the steep
:07:11. > :07:19.climbs of the Lake District and the Welsh mountains. The race finishes
:07:19. > :07:23.back on familiar roads for Cavendish and Wiggins in London, a
:07:23. > :07:28.massive 1,349.9 kilometres. The Tour of Britain has been going for
:07:28. > :07:32.seven years, but this time the big names are drawing the big crowds.
:07:32. > :07:37.Cycling has seen a real boost, so the result is when cycling events
:07:37. > :07:42.like this come to your town, it makes people want to get out and
:07:42. > :07:47.watch it around their streets. is good to support everyone and it
:07:47. > :07:53.is good fun to watch. Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins. They
:07:53. > :07:57.are very special. They inspire me so much, I want to do it every day.
:07:57. > :08:01.It is not just the fans getting excited. You do not need a ticket
:08:01. > :08:04.to London or the French Alps to get in on the action, because this is
:08:04. > :08:13.the Tour of Britain, where the likes of Wiggins and Cavendish
:08:13. > :08:18.battle it out. And Wiggins has crossed the finish line. And the
:08:18. > :08:22.excitement is sure to build, with three stages still to go. More
:08:22. > :08:27.people than ever have turned out for the Tour of Britain, cheering
:08:27. > :08:31.on the stars and clinging on for that last bit of sporting fever.
:08:31. > :08:34.Before we go, let's look at the latest crop of madcap record
:08:34. > :08:37.breakers making the Guinness Book of Records. They include the
:08:37. > :08:47.world's tallest dog, the smallest woman, the biggest drum kit with
:08:47. > :08:47.