0:00:05 > 0:00:06Hi, I'm Ricky, and this is Newsround.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Your top stories this morning...
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Stephen Hawking, one of the world's most
0:00:11 > 0:00:13famous scientists, has died.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18A spy mystery involving Russia and the UK.
0:00:18 > 0:00:26And we take a look at the Fantastic Beasts sequel.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34First, one of the world's most famous scientists,
0:00:34 > 0:00:39Professor Stephen Hawking, has died.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43I've been looking back at his incredible life.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Stephen Hawking was passionate about science and the sky -
0:00:46 > 0:00:48even as a child.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51He went on to become one of the most famous scientists of all time,
0:00:51 > 0:00:56after studying physics at Oxford University.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59When he was 21, he was told he had motor neurone disease.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02It meant he had to use a wheelchair and had to talk
0:01:02 > 0:01:05through a special computer.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09But he lived for 50 years longer than doctors expected and went
0:01:09 > 0:01:12on to develop amazing theories that changed the way the world thinks
0:01:12 > 0:01:18about space, stars and the universe.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24I do not have much positive to say about motor neurone disease, but it
0:01:24 > 0:01:28taught me not to pity myself and to get on with what I still could do.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32I am happier now than before I developed the condition.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35His most famous book, A Brief History of Time, sold more
0:01:35 > 0:01:39than 10 million copies around the world.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43A film was made about his life in 2014, and the actor
0:01:43 > 0:01:48who played him, Eddie Redmayne, won an Oscar for his performance.
0:01:48 > 0:01:54Professor Hawking even appeared in The Simpsons.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56His family say he was a great scientist who was brilliant,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58very funny and inspired people across the world.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03He was 76.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Russia has failed to explain if it had anything to do
0:02:06 > 0:02:11with the poisoning of a spy in the UK.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Theresa May had given them a deadline of midnight last night.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18It's not yet known exactly what the UK will do next.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Ayshah has more on this.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24This is Sergei Skripal.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26He's from Russia and was jailed there more than ten years
0:02:26 > 0:02:29ago for being a spy.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33But he was released and now lives here in the UK, in Salisbury.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Just over a week ago, he was found on a bench in the city centre,
0:02:37 > 0:02:39along with his 33-year-old daughter Yulia.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42They were both very poorly.
0:02:42 > 0:02:49It's thought they'd been poisoned deliberately.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52It is also thought a policeman was affected by the poison
0:02:52 > 0:02:54after going to help find out what happened.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56He's in hospital too.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Skripal spied on Russia, where he's from, for Great Britain.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01And that's why many people think he has been hurt.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03The British Prime Minister says the poison used
0:03:03 > 0:03:07to attack him was made in Russia.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09The Government has concluded that it is highly likely that Russia
0:03:09 > 0:03:14was responsible for the act against Sergei and Yulia Skripal.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18But a member of the Russian government says that's rubbish.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Skripal and his daughter had been to a restaurant and a pub that day.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26People who had also been there have been told to wash their clothes
0:03:26 > 0:03:28they were wearing and any items they had with them.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Health experts say the risk to the public is low, though.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Emergency services and Army experts are investigating and helping
0:03:35 > 0:03:40to keep people safe.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Manchester United are out of the Champions League.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46They lost at home to Sevilla.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48The away side took control by scoring a crucial away goal
0:03:48 > 0:03:51with less than 20 minutes left.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55They went on to score a second soon after.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57The only realistic chance of silverware left for United this
0:03:57 > 0:04:00season is the FA Cup.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Jose Mourinho is the team's manager.
0:04:03 > 0:04:10I sit in this chair twice in the Champions
0:04:10 > 0:04:12League and I knock out Manchester United at
0:04:12 > 0:04:13home, at Old Trafford.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16I sit in this chair with Porto, Man United out, I
0:04:16 > 0:04:19sit in this chair with Real Madrid, Man United out, so I do not think
0:04:19 > 0:04:25it is something new for the club.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31And, of course, being Manchester United
0:04:31 > 0:04:33manager and losing a Champions League tie at home
0:04:33 > 0:04:35is a delusion, obviously.
0:04:35 > 0:04:41Great Britain has won a fifth medal at the Paralympics in South Korea.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Menna Fitzpatrick - who's partially sighted -
0:04:44 > 0:04:48and her guide Jen Kehoe have won their third medal
0:04:48 > 0:04:50after finishing second in the women's visually impaired
0:04:50 > 0:04:52giant slalom in Pyeongchang.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54They've already won silver in the super combined and bronze
0:04:54 > 0:04:58in the super-G race.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01People are being asked for their views
0:05:01 > 0:05:04on the future of the one-penny and two-pence coins.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08So many people now use their bank cards or spend
0:05:08 > 0:05:11online that the Government is considering whether or not to get
0:05:11 > 0:05:13rid of some small change.
0:05:13 > 0:05:19It'll also look at whether £50 notes should be kept.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23The first official trailer for J K Rowling's Fantastic Beasts sequel,
0:05:23 > 0:05:27The Crimes of Grindlewald, has just been released.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Warner Brothers have revealed more details of the plot
0:05:30 > 0:05:32and characters, and Harry Potter fans are getting
0:05:32 > 0:05:34very excited indeed.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Jude Law plays a young Professor Dumbledore,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Eddie Redmayne returns as Newt Scamander,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42plus there are loads of new fantastic beasts and characters.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47It's released on 16th November this year.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50And you can head to Newsround online for loads more
0:05:50 > 0:05:51details on that new film.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Plus check out the hotel where the beds are designed to be
0:05:54 > 0:05:57just like those astronauts sleep in in space.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58That's it from us.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Hayley's back this afternoon.