16/08/2017 Newsround


16/08/2017

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Good morning, you're waking up with Newsround -

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Ricky here with Wednesday's top stories.

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On the way...

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The mother of all ships arrives home in Portsmouth.

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And...

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The countdown is on for the great American solar eclipse.

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The largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy is arriving

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at its new home in Portsmouth for the first time this morning.

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The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth cost

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three billion pounds, weighs 65,000 tonnes

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and is as high as Nelson's column.

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But she won't have any aircraft on board until flying trials

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are conducted in America next year.

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Next up, the countdown is on for the great American solar

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eclipse, which happens on August 21st across 14 US states.

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It's the first time a total solar eclipse has happened

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in America in decades.

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Here's Whitney to explain.

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There's three key players in the solar system -

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the sun, the moon, and, of course, the earth

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which we live on.

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Now, on a normal afternoon, the sun shines on the earth.

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This means it's bright during the day.

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And as the earth turns around at night, it makes

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everything go dark.

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But on the afternoon of Monday 21st August,

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something different will happen.

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The moon will come between the earth and the sun.

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The moon will block out the sun rays, which will cast a shadow over

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the United States of America.

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This will create a total solar eclipse.

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It will happen over 14 states in the US,

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from the west to the east coast, in the middle of the day.

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It's a big deal because there hasn't been one there in 38 years.

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And one like this, which goes from coast to coast,

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hasn't happened in nearly 100 years.

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Wowzer!

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Millions of people are expected to watch it in the US

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and they will be making sure they wear their special protective

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glasses before looking up.

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But don't feel left out - we will be able to see a small part

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of the moon covering the sun from the UK.

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And, of course, we'll be showing you exactly what's happening

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in America here on Newsround.

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To a country with lots of secrets, where children find it

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impossible to go online, and getting information about what's

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going on in the world is really difficult.

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North Korea is in the news because of the arguments its government

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is having with America.

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So what is life like for children there?

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Ayshah's been investigating.

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This is what children in North Korea are watching at the moment.

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It's a cartoon about a big fierce tiger getting beaten

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by a small spiky hedgehog.

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It was made by the North Korean government for children to watch.

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It seems that the message they want to send to kids

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is that the orange tiger is America and the brave hedgehog

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is North Korea.

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They want children to believe that their country is brave

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and clever and that America is a nasty bully.

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The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-Un, controls all of this -

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what children can see, what they hear and

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what they can say.

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Because North Korea is such a secret place, it's hard to know

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what children living there think of cartoons like this.

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But we can find out some things about their lives.

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At school, pupils are taught a lot about their leader.

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From an early age, they are told he is wonderful

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and should always be praised.

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And at the age of ten, all kids have to join

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the Children's Union, where they sing songs about how

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great the leader is.

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And we know that life is hard for many children in North Korea -

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last year, a report by the United Nations said that

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many children weren't getting the food they need.

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And although we know some things, we still don't know

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what North Korean children really think about the leader

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of this mysterious country.

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And if you want to understand more about North Korea,

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there's a Newsround guide online.

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That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.

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Don't forget to head online for the rest of the day's stories.

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Right now, I am watching the finals at internationals.

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