16/06/2014

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:00:00. > :00:08.Good morning, guys - Ayshah here at the start of a new week with some

:00:09. > :00:11.Overflowing waterfalls and flash floods at one of the

:00:12. > :00:16.The man raising two tiger cubs in his own home!

:00:17. > :00:24.First up, if the sound of the dentist's drill gives you

:00:25. > :00:29.New technology could mean no more fillings.

:00:30. > :00:33.The new techniques helps the teeth repair themselves

:00:34. > :00:37.so there is no need for teeth to be drilled and filled.

:00:38. > :00:40.It's still in the early stages but researchers say it could be

:00:41. > :00:45.Heavy rainfall in recent days has caused widespread

:00:46. > :00:54.The famous Iguazu Falls on the border between Argentina

:00:55. > :00:57.and Brazil rose to historic levels, causing the biggest recorded water

:00:58. > :01:01.Elsewhere, one of the World Cup's host cities,

:01:02. > :01:15.USA will face Ghana there this evening and the Mac should not be

:01:16. > :01:26.affected. -- the match. Next, to the world's most endangered

:01:27. > :01:28.big cat - the Sumatran tiger. There are fewer than 500

:01:29. > :01:31.of them left in the wild and experts say they could become

:01:32. > :01:34.extinct within the next 20 years. But now one zookeeper has gone to

:01:35. > :01:37.extreme lengths to help protect them for

:01:38. > :01:41.a new TV series starting tonight. Meet the rarest cubs in the world.

:01:42. > :01:48.These babies Sumatran tigers are the rest hope for the future of their

:01:49. > :01:52.critically endangered species. For the first four months they will be

:01:53. > :01:57.growing up in a suburban Australian family home and they will be

:01:58. > :02:04.completely reliant on foster dad and tiger expert Giles Clarke. To ensure

:02:05. > :02:09.that this -- their survival he took the difficult decision to raise them

:02:10. > :02:16.at home. What was it like looking after Spot

:02:17. > :02:19.and Stripe in your house. It was an amazing privilege to have them there

:02:20. > :02:24.for the first four months of their lives. At -- at the start they were

:02:25. > :02:34.the -- they were less than two kilos. Why wouldn't you keep them at

:02:35. > :02:37.the zoo? Spot and Stripe will be in captivity all of their lives and so

:02:38. > :02:43.they are more adjusted in terms of being around people are best way to

:02:44. > :02:48.give them that start was to hand rear them and have them at home.

:02:49. > :02:54.What did your family make a few bringing a tiger home? It was such a

:02:55. > :02:57.privilege for everybody involved, very much a novelty at first but

:02:58. > :03:04.quickly became the norm. What sort of things did they get up to? They

:03:05. > :03:10.are like overgrown kittens, really into mischief and constantly

:03:11. > :03:19.playing, and then the next minute they would be fast asleep. What are

:03:20. > :03:24.they doing now? Spot and Stripe now weigh 65 kilos so they are pretty

:03:25. > :03:28.big and they spend their time at the zoo with all of our rubber tigers.

:03:29. > :03:30.You can see more of Giles, Spot and Stripe

:03:31. > :03:35.on Tigers About The House tonight at 8pm on BBC Two.

:03:36. > :03:39.Scientists at Birmingham University are testing their latest project by

:03:40. > :03:44.The robot's name is Bob and he uses 3D scanning to keep an

:03:45. > :03:58.It's similar technology to what's used in video games.

:03:59. > :04:06.Humans replacing robots is not going to happen. One security guard can

:04:07. > :04:10.monitor one area more closely. It is about having this autonomous

:04:11. > :04:15.technology which will become almost like an extension of ourselves.

:04:16. > :04:18.France have become the first team in World Cup history to benefit

:04:19. > :04:22.They beat Honduras 3-0, a result helped by the ruling that

:04:23. > :04:24.their keeper had pushed Karim Benzema's shot over the line.

:04:25. > :04:27.The French striker Benzema scored the other two goals on the night to

:04:28. > :04:33.Argentina also opened up with a victory in the first game to be

:04:34. > :04:35.played at the tournament in Rio's famous Maracana Stadium.

:04:36. > :04:39.There was a piece of Lionel Messi genius as they beat World Cup

:04:40. > :04:44.In yesterday's other game, Switzerland beat Ecuador 2-1 to get

:04:45. > :04:55.their campaign off to a positive start.

:04:56. > :05:01.There is much more on the website on the World Cup as well as quizzes and

:05:02. > :05:03.other news.