18/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.Ayshah here with your latest Newsround headlines.

:00:07. > :00:12.British athletics is riding high as Team GB get a record 12 gold medals

:00:13. > :00:21.And hear turtles talking to each other underwater.

:00:22. > :00:32.First, the Government has said British forces could play a role in

:00:33. > :00:37.More than a million Iraqis have been forced to

:00:38. > :00:40.flee their homes, because of the threat they face from the extremist

:00:41. > :00:45.group Islamic State, which has taken control of several cities in Iraq.

:00:46. > :00:48.The Royal Air Force has been delivering aid to people

:00:49. > :00:51.in desperate need on the ground, but now British pilots are also

:00:52. > :00:53.flying missions to gather information about where militants

:00:54. > :01:00.For hundreds of thousands of kids in Iraq, they've had to leave their

:01:01. > :01:03.whole lives behind, running away from their homes just to stay safe.

:01:04. > :01:11.It is hot here in the Dohuk province of Iraq, and refugees here

:01:12. > :01:15.Many unfinished building sites have become temporary homes

:01:16. > :01:20.In the past ten days, 80,000 people have fled the northern cities

:01:21. > :01:27.They are mostly people from an ancient religion, called Yazidi.

:01:28. > :01:30.They are running from the radical Islamic group called IS,

:01:31. > :01:35.The children in these camps cannot go to school, and are

:01:36. > :01:40.They are eager to accept the food and sometimes toys that they are

:01:41. > :01:48.He wants Xbox, PlayStation to play games.

:01:49. > :01:52.While they may not be receiving any games consoles, UN officials

:01:53. > :01:56.This is one of the largest humanitarian

:01:57. > :02:01.responses of the last 50 years in a country that is not a country, in

:02:02. > :02:05.areas that are not secured, in areas where things change very quickly.

:02:06. > :02:09.We need more international partners, probably government stepping

:02:10. > :02:13.forward, and multiplying camps, food distribution,

:02:14. > :02:16.water distribution, to a level of dignity that actually

:02:17. > :02:22.Although fighting is continuing in northern Iraq, for

:02:23. > :02:28.now, the children are safe, and they are getting food, water and toys.

:02:29. > :02:30.And there's more information about what's going on in Iraq

:02:31. > :02:34.on our special guide on the Newsround website.

:02:35. > :02:37.Next, scientists in Brazil have recorded river turtles apparently

:02:38. > :02:48.The noises they make are slightly different depending on what

:02:49. > :02:51.they're doing, and whether the adults are communicating with each

:02:52. > :02:55.Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society

:02:56. > :03:06.believe the turtles are using these sounds to exchange information.

:03:07. > :03:07.Mo Farah added another medal to the British

:03:08. > :03:12.gold rush at the European Championships this weekend.

:03:13. > :03:15.Mo dominated the 5,000 metres on the final day yesterday.

:03:16. > :03:19.And Mo said having his kids there made quite a difference.

:03:20. > :03:25.It is the first time they have come to watch me properly

:03:26. > :03:42.It's a great championship for all the people.

:03:43. > :03:44.We have a young team, particularly the relay.

:03:45. > :03:47.He is only young, and we have done well overall.

:03:48. > :03:49.Another Olympic and Commonwealth Champion, Greg Rutherford,

:03:50. > :03:52.won the long jump with a jump of 8 metres and 29 centimetres.

:03:53. > :03:55.His win guaranteed Britain topped the medal table for only

:03:56. > :04:00.the third time in the Championships history, with a record 12 golds.

:04:01. > :04:03.And yet more British gold in both the men's and women's

:04:04. > :04:09.But it was the women's result that was particularly sweet.

:04:10. > :04:14.The ladies set a new British record, their time of 42.25 seconds beating

:04:15. > :04:23.England's women rugby union team

:04:24. > :04:30.Emily Scarratt's second try of the match sealed the win in Paris.

:04:31. > :04:38.They have made it to the final in the last three cups,

:04:39. > :04:49.David Silva gave City a first half lead, set up by a great

:04:50. > :04:52.backheel from Edin Dzeko, before Sergio Aguero came off the bench to

:04:53. > :04:56.The win puts City at the top of the table after the opening weekend.

:04:57. > :05:03.That's all we've got time for this morning.