15/02/2018 Newsround

Hi, I'm Ayshah

and this is Newsround.

First this afternoon,

sad news from America where there's

been a serious gun attack.

It happened in a school in Florida.

Attacks like these don't tend

to happen in other countries,

like the UK, so it's got some people

asking why America's attitude

to guns is different.

In America, it is not unusual

for people to own a gun.

Many Americans see owning

one as an important

part of who they are.

That is because when the USA

was founded, the right to buy

and carry a gun was written

into the constitution.

That is a list of basic rules that

a country is based on.

But Americans disagree about

what this rule should mean today.

Some people think that it means

there should be no controls and that

people should be able to buy

and carry whatever gun they want,

whenever they want.

But others think there should be

controls on what type of gun you can

own and want the most powerful guns

to be banned.

And now there has been another

gun attack and sadly

17 people have died.

The attack took place

in the city of Parkland

in the state of Florida,

here in the US, and shortly

after the attack police were able

to capture and arrest the man

they believe was

behind the shooting.

It is the sixth school shooting

in US this year alone and it has

people once again asking what can be

done to deal with gun

violence, here in the US.

For every 100 people

in the United States,

there are 90 guns, and to put that

into perspective, in England

and Wales, for every 100 people,

there are just six guns.

Attacks like this one don't tend

to happen here the UK,

where the rules are tougher.

In the US, there's no sign

that they will be able to agree

on what to do about it.

Head to Newsround online

where you can find advice

about what to do if anything

in the news upsets you.

Next, he's known for getting up

close with the world's deadliest

animals, but now Steve Backshall has

a new challenge to face.

And this one's the

biggest of his life.

He'll be attempting to climb

the north face of Mount Eiger

in Switzerland, also known

as the "Wall of Death".

Hayley went to find him and find out

how he's feeling about it.

I can remember the first time that

I stood at the base of it and looked

up at this mile of vertical rock

above me and thought,

"How would it feel to be

in the middle of that?"

You're absolutely mad!

Is there any part of

you that's scared, petrified,

not knowing what to do?

Not now, but there is no doubt

I will be once I'm up

there because it is one of the most

threatening walls on the planet.

You've got this immense

amount of snow and ice

and the weather is going be brutal.

We need it to be at least -20 to

even start thinking about climbing.

Wow.

So, yes, it is a big expedition.

So what training have you had to do

then in order to do this?

So I've been training

for the last five months.

I have been doing a lot

of stuff that is working

on building up what is called

my strength-to-body weight.

I have been losing a lot

of weight, I have been

on a diet for five months.

Over Christmas?

I know, tell me about it!

But I kind of feel ready.

OK.

I know that you have dealt

with a lot of scary situations,

a lot of scary animals.

On a scale of one to ten,

how scary is this?

Probably a ten.

Oh, my goodness!

Coming from you, that is scary.

If everything goes right, it will be

very physically demanding,

we will be exhausted

and we will have no

sleep for days on end.

But a great experience.

If everything goes wrong,

it will be horrific.

And it is 4000 metres,

how long is that going to take you?

Hoping for three days,

that would be ideal.

If it takes longer than that then

we will run out of food.

There is only so much

we can carry on our backs.

If anybody can do it,

Steve, you can do it.

You can do this.

I think you got it.

It's nice to have you believe in me.

Thank you, that is

why we're doing it.

And everything will be on CBBC.

You can watch it on CBBC online

to see all of this challenge.

And we will be right

behind you, Steve.

Well, I say that, behind the sofa.

But we are with you.

I will feel that support, I am sure!

Finally, let's talk about birthdays.

They're a time to celebrate

with friends and family,

perhaps open cards and presents and,

of course, to chow down

on your own life size cake-y double.

Well, it is for these two anyway!

Lily and Lyla's mum is a baker.

She created these scarily realistic

cake versions of her twin girls

to celebrate their first birthday.

The edible pair took more than 100

hours to make and used 44 eggs.

It's not the first time Mum Lara has

created edible people...

Check out her cake

version of Prince George!

That's all for today.

Newsround's back tomorrow.

Enjoy your evening.

Bye!