18/05/2016

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0:00:03 > 0:00:04You're watching Newsround this Wednesday morning.

0:00:04 > 0:00:06I'm Ricky with all your top stories.

0:00:06 > 0:00:10The pesky peacocks causing problems.

0:00:10 > 0:00:16And the meteor caught on camera.

0:00:24 > 0:00:26First up, and the International Space Station has been

0:00:27 > 0:00:28circling our planet since 1998.

0:00:28 > 0:00:30This week it achieved a truly epic milestone.

0:00:30 > 0:00:36Here's Ayshah with more.

0:00:38 > 0:00:40The International Space Station has passed its 100,000th

0:00:40 > 0:00:45orbit of the Earth.

0:00:45 > 0:00:51It's travelled more than 2.6 billion miles.

0:00:51 > 0:00:54That's about the same distance as ten trips from Earth to Mars.

0:00:54 > 0:00:59The ISS is home to six people, who circle the Earth every 90

0:00:59 > 0:01:03minutes, and get to enjoy a spectacular sunrise

0:01:03 > 0:01:09and sunset every 45 minutes.

0:01:09 > 0:01:13And it's been part of 1,922 scientific investigations.

0:01:13 > 0:01:15It's been 15 and a half years of continuous human presence

0:01:15 > 0:01:19on board this orbital outpost.

0:01:19 > 0:01:22Over 220 astronauts and cosmonauts from 18 different countries have

0:01:22 > 0:01:26lived or visited here.

0:01:26 > 0:01:28The Space Station travels at around five miles per second,

0:01:28 > 0:01:31250 miles above Earth.

0:01:31 > 0:01:33Pretty fast for something that's 357 feet long.

0:01:33 > 0:01:37That's about the same length as a football pitch.

0:01:37 > 0:01:41The ISS probably won't reach 200,000 orbits before it's retired,

0:01:41 > 0:01:48but for now, this spacecraft has some more cruising to do.

0:01:48 > 0:01:51It's a tribute to the team that designed it, that put it together;

0:01:51 > 0:01:54the programmes that keep us flying safe.

0:01:54 > 0:01:55100,000 orbits.

0:01:55 > 0:02:01The journey continues.

0:02:01 > 0:02:03Football now, and Liverpool are fighting for the Europa League

0:02:03 > 0:02:04title this evening.

0:02:04 > 0:02:06They're taking on defending champions Sevilla in the final,

0:02:06 > 0:02:09at Basel in Switzerland.

0:02:09 > 0:02:11We asked Liverpool fans to tell us what a win

0:02:11 > 0:02:13would mean for them.

0:02:13 > 0:02:16Chloe said, "It would be so awesome, and I would be dancing and screaming

0:02:16 > 0:02:19with joy."

0:02:19 > 0:02:21And Anne said, "I think it would be great,

0:02:21 > 0:02:24because it is an amazing chance."

0:02:24 > 0:02:25Thanks for those comments -

0:02:25 > 0:02:31to have your say go to the Chat page online.

0:02:31 > 0:02:34Next: They're loud, they're large and living in people's back gardens.

0:02:34 > 0:02:37These peacocks are on the move in Suffolk in the East of England.

0:02:37 > 0:02:40The birds have damaged plants, cars and woken people up

0:02:40 > 0:02:41with their loud calls.

0:02:41 > 0:02:42No-one seems to know where they came from.

0:02:42 > 0:02:46A local farmer has offered to take them in - but catching the peacocks

0:02:46 > 0:02:53to re-home them is proving to be very difficult.

0:02:53 > 0:02:56Finally, it's the question hundreds of thousands of people across social

0:02:56 > 0:02:58media have been debating: Are these emojis the same monkey making

0:02:58 > 0:03:00three different faces, or three different monkeys?

0:03:00 > 0:03:02That got us thinking about other great online debates,

0:03:02 > 0:03:08so here's Jenny with some of our favourites.

0:03:08 > 0:03:10I know what you're thinking - is this cat going up

0:03:10 > 0:03:13or down the stairs?

0:03:13 > 0:03:17The optical illusion racked up thousands of hits

0:03:17 > 0:03:18online in April 2015.

0:03:18 > 0:03:21Because of the way the light falls it's difficult to decide

0:03:21 > 0:03:23whether the cat is moving up or down.

0:03:23 > 0:03:26It's thought the clue is in the moggy's tail.

0:03:26 > 0:03:27What do you think?

0:03:27 > 0:03:31Is this dress blue/black or white/gold?

0:03:31 > 0:03:33Back in February 2015 this picture got millions

0:03:33 > 0:03:35of people seriously confused, as no-one could decide

0:03:35 > 0:03:40what colour it was.

0:03:40 > 0:03:43It's because colours can appear differently depending on what kind

0:03:43 > 0:03:44of light they're in.

0:03:44 > 0:03:45Next up, a real puzzler.

0:03:45 > 0:03:48How would a dog wear trousers?

0:03:48 > 0:03:52It all started when a meme with an illustration of a dog

0:03:52 > 0:03:56wearing trousers two different ways was uploaded to social media.

0:03:56 > 0:03:59It got more than 60,000 likes and shares, and in a Twitter

0:03:59 > 0:04:02vote the two-legged version won most support.

0:04:02 > 0:04:04Which brings us to these - emojis.

0:04:04 > 0:04:08What do you reckon?

0:04:08 > 0:04:12One monkey making three separate faces, or three different monkeys?

0:04:12 > 0:04:15Hundreds of thousands of people have had a lot to say about it,

0:04:15 > 0:04:17and in one poll it was a close call.

0:04:17 > 0:04:20More than 200,000 people voted, and 53% of them think the monkey

0:04:20 > 0:04:21emojis are just one monkey making three

0:04:21 > 0:04:22different faces.

0:04:22 > 0:04:24Hmm.

0:04:24 > 0:04:29What about Newsround presenters, though?

0:04:34 > 0:04:36Next, a US police sergeant looking for speeders captured something

0:04:36 > 0:04:40he wasn't expected yesterday.

0:04:40 > 0:04:43What looked like a giant fireball streaking across the sky was caught

0:04:43 > 0:04:44on Sergeant Tim Farris' dashboard camera.

0:04:44 > 0:04:46The bright flash was seen from several states,

0:04:46 > 0:04:50and is thought to have been left by a meteor burning up as it passed

0:04:50 > 0:04:53through Earth's atmosphere.

0:04:53 > 0:04:58That's all from me; Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.