22/02/2014 Newsround


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Hello. I'm Jenny, live with all the news you need to know this Saturday.

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Keep watching or you'll miss all this:

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The houses which have more in common with frogs than you might think.

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And the two giant pandas making a big journey to Belgium.

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First to Ukraine, a country that looks on the brink of revolution. In

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the capital city Kiev, there have been weeks of demonstrations against

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the country's president, Victor Yanukovich. Those clashes turned

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more violent in the past few days, with dozens killed and many injured.

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A deal was signed yesterday, promising elections before the end

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of this year. But today things have moved even further on. At the

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moment, there is no sign of the president in the capital city. His

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official government buildings have been abandoned. As you can see from

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these live pictures, protestors still line the streets of Kiev,

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demanding that President Yanukovich resign immediately. They don't want

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any deals to be done. Not they will not except any

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agreements and demand that he stands down. Some people say he is hiding

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in a city in eastern Ukraine, loyal to the current government. Others

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say he has left the country altogether. Is no way to confirm or

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deny the reports. It is empty and calm in Kiev for now.

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We'll keep you updated on what happens as the day goes on and if

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you want to know more about what's been happening in Ukraine, head to

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the website where there's more detail on how this came about.

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Next, the recent flooding in the UK has caused chaos, and millions of

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pounds worth of damage. But rather than turning to sandbags in times of

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crisis, there could be a new way to build flood proof houses. In the

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Netherlands, they have built floating, amphibious homes that

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adapt to the rising water levels. Take a look at this.

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On the inside, they look like any regular house but on the outside the

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view tells you they are anything but. These are floating houses in

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the Netherlands built on cement blocks. When the water rises - so do

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the houses - making them flood-proof. Let's take a look

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around one. I am on the outskirts of Amsterdam. Is a floating community.

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The homes work on the basis of the Archimedes principle. Have a look at

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this view. If we go into the basement, life goes on below the

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surface of the lake. So is this something we should be doing in the

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UK, in areas at risk of flooding? We are looking at the possibilities in

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the UK. It is a combination of floating houses and amphibious

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houses. Like frogs, amphibious houses can live on land and on

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water. It does cost a bit more to build them but the idea is that

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spending more money making houses flood-proof means you won't have to

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pay the expensive clean-up costs that flooding can cause. Housing

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planners from Britain, America and India have already been over to the

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Netherlands to check out this buoyant idea. So it may be that in

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the future, this could be the view you wake up to in the morning.

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It's another big weekend of Six Nations rugby action. In today's

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early kick-off, Italy take on Scotland in Rome, with both sides

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looking for their first win. Last night, Wales put in a thumping win

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over France. A try from George North helped give the Welsh a healthy 20

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points to six lead at half-time. And when France had Louis Pickamole sent

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to the sin bin, Wales captain Sam Warburton made it over the line to

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finish the job. That result means Ireland are the

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only side unbeaten in the championship now. Centre Brian

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O'Driscoll will equal the world record for international caps with

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139, when his side take on England at Twickenham at 4pm.

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The home support will count in my side's favour. Twickenham is an

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inspirational place to play. You walk down the corridor of fans and

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it brings it home to the magnitude of the game.

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The Winter Olympics in Sochi draws to a close this weekend, and we now

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know who will have the honour of carrying Team GB's flag in

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tomorrow's closing ceremony. And it will be Lizzy Yarnold - the gold

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medal-winning skeleton superstar - who will wave the Union flag and

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lead her team-mates out in Sunday's grand finale to the Games.

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One British star who might be glad to see the back of these games is

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speed skater Elise Christie, who was disqualified for the third time

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yesterday. The Brit was penalised for a collision, in her 1,000 metre

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short track semifinal. Had she won GB's fifth medal, it would have been

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the nation's best ever total at a Winter Olympics. Afterwards she said

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she couldn't understand what had gone wrong.

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I am devastated. Not being given the chance to do the final, I can't

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believe it has happened again. I will come back in four years try

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again. I will work hard. Last up, two giant pandas from China

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are on their way to Belgium where they will be the star attractions in

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a zoo. Xing Hui, who's a boy, and Hao Hao, who's a girl, are both four

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years old and have been leased to the zoo in Belgium for 15 years.

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They will arrive tomorrow afternoon. That's all from me. Newsround is

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back at 1:30pm. Bye.

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