17/05/2017

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0:00:05 > 0:00:07Hi, I'm Whitney.

0:00:07 > 0:00:09It's Wednesday, and this is what's coming up on Newsround.

0:00:09 > 0:00:12Check out the Samba street cleaner.

0:00:12 > 0:00:19And stay tuned to find out what happens next...

0:00:21 > 0:00:23First up, to the biggest and most powerful wind

0:00:23 > 0:00:26turbines on the planet, which have just been

0:00:26 > 0:00:29opened in Liverpool Bay.

0:00:29 > 0:00:33They're taller than two Big Ben towers.

0:00:33 > 0:00:38Their blades are as long as a queue of nine double-decker buses.

0:00:38 > 0:00:43And there are 32 of them ready to go in Liverpool Bay.

0:00:43 > 0:00:46This wind farm, called Burbo Bank Extension,

0:00:46 > 0:00:49covers 40 square kilometres in the Irish Sea, 12 kilometres off

0:00:49 > 0:00:53the coast of Liverpool.

0:00:53 > 0:00:55Wind turbines are hardly new.

0:00:55 > 0:00:58You can see them in lots of places in the UK,

0:00:58 > 0:01:00inland and out at sea, turning in the wind

0:01:00 > 0:01:03to make electricity.

0:01:03 > 0:01:06But this is the first place in the world where turbines this

0:01:06 > 0:01:07big have been built.

0:01:07 > 0:01:11Being so big makes these turbines really powerful.

0:01:11 > 0:01:14Every time the blades make a full circle they make enough electricity

0:01:14 > 0:01:19to run a whole UK home for more than a day.

0:01:19 > 0:01:22Altogether, the turbines at the Burbo Bank Extension

0:01:22 > 0:01:25are expected to power more than 230,000 homes,

0:01:25 > 0:01:28more than enough for the city of Liverpool.

0:01:28 > 0:01:33And we might see more mega-farms like these in the future.

0:01:33 > 0:01:36Next, look at this.

0:01:36 > 0:01:39That's the explosion from a bomb left over from the Second World War,

0:01:39 > 0:01:41which was found on a building site in Birmingham.

0:01:41 > 0:01:44Don't worry, it was a controlled explosion carried out

0:01:44 > 0:01:45by the police, to make it safe.

0:01:45 > 0:01:49Homes nearby were evacuated to make sure that no-one was hurt.

0:01:49 > 0:01:53Now, two years ago an earthquake hit the country of Nepal in South Asia.

0:01:53 > 0:01:56It had a devastating affect on the country and its people.

0:01:56 > 0:02:02But Hayley's been finding out how people there are getting on today.

0:02:06 > 0:02:10Two years ago, two huge earthquakes hit Nepal,

0:02:10 > 0:02:14a country in South Asia famous for having some of the biggest

0:02:14 > 0:02:18mountains in the world, including Mount Everest.

0:02:18 > 0:02:21The earthquake caused massive amounts of devastation to the area.

0:02:21 > 0:02:25Nearly 9,000 people lost their lives.

0:02:25 > 0:02:29Buildings were destroyed, including hundreds of homes and schools.

0:02:29 > 0:02:33TRANSLATION: I pulled my mother and took her to the road

0:02:33 > 0:02:36and as soon as I had done that, our house collapsed behind us.

0:02:36 > 0:02:39It caused food and water shortages across the region.

0:02:39 > 0:02:42All in all, eight million people were affected -

0:02:42 > 0:02:46roughly a quarter of the country's population, including children.

0:02:46 > 0:02:51TRANSLATION: After the earthquake, children were highly vulnerable.

0:02:51 > 0:02:57They were employed as labourers and had stopped coming to school.

0:02:57 > 0:03:02Two years have now passed and life is slowly getting back to normal.

0:03:02 > 0:03:04People have running water again.

0:03:04 > 0:03:07They are now able to farm again.

0:03:07 > 0:03:12People have access to health care and kids are back at school,

0:03:12 > 0:03:15thanks to the aid of organisations including World Vision, who helped

0:03:15 > 0:03:18people like this headmaster.

0:03:18 > 0:03:22TRANSLATION: One of the buildings was entirely destroyed and the wall

0:03:22 > 0:03:24structures of the concrete buildings suffered damages.

0:03:24 > 0:03:27World Vision supported us by refitting the building

0:03:27 > 0:03:31and building toilets for male and female students.

0:03:31 > 0:03:35With the help of these aid organisations, it's hoped that this

0:03:35 > 0:03:38beautiful country can find its feet again and move on from

0:03:38 > 0:03:41this terrible tragedy.

0:03:41 > 0:03:43Thanks Hayley.

0:03:43 > 0:03:47Next, I think our mate Ore Oduba may have competition for his Strictly

0:03:47 > 0:03:48crown from this guy.

0:03:48 > 0:03:51He's called Gari Sorriso and his Samba moves are all part

0:03:51 > 0:03:54of Dia do Garis, which means Day of the Street Cleaners.

0:03:54 > 0:03:58Held on the 16th May each year in Rio De Janero in Brazil.

0:03:58 > 0:04:01There are 15,000 street cleaners in the city and they celebrate

0:04:01 > 0:04:03their day with music, singing and plenty of Samba dancing.

0:04:03 > 0:04:07Definitely my kind of thing.

0:04:07 > 0:04:11Now, take a look a look at this.

0:04:11 > 0:04:13Now, take a look at this.

0:04:13 > 0:04:15Yep, those are tortoises, they're not dancing but they are

0:04:15 > 0:04:18definitely wriggling around.

0:04:18 > 0:04:22330 of them were found hidden in suitcases

0:04:22 > 0:04:24in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia.

0:04:24 > 0:04:26The owner of the suitcase is unknown, but wildlife officials

0:04:26 > 0:04:30believe they were going to be illegally sold.

0:04:30 > 0:04:33They will now be returned to their hometown of Madagascar.

0:04:33 > 0:04:36Finally, we've all had that moment when we wish we could disappear.

0:04:36 > 0:04:37I bet this guy does!

0:04:37 > 0:04:40His name is Adrien Gulfo and he was playing in Switzerland

0:04:40 > 0:04:42when instead of clearing his own goal, this happened.

0:04:42 > 0:04:43Oh, that's bad, let's see it again.

0:04:46 > 0:04:49Luckily for him, his team still won the match 4-3 on penalties.

0:04:49 > 0:04:51I'm guessing he didn't take one of them!

0:04:51 > 0:04:53That's all from me.

0:04:53 > 0:04:54Newsround's back tomorrow with Leah.

0:04:54 > 0:04:57Bye for now.