:00:05. > :00:08.It's Monday 22nd October, and you're live with Newsround.
:00:08. > :00:12.Ricky, she's Hayley, and here's what's going on around the world.
:00:12. > :00:15.We've got the low-down on one of the closest ever races for the
:00:15. > :00:20.White House, the boy with the solar-powered car takes us for a
:00:20. > :00:30.test drive, and the red button finally means the end for Ceefax.
:00:30. > :00:44.
:00:44. > :00:47.First, tonight sees the third and final instalment of one of American
:00:47. > :00:51.TV's most popular sagas in years. Two heavyweights go head-to-head in
:00:51. > :00:55.front of 60 million viewers to be in with a chance of winning the
:00:55. > :00:58.ultimate prize. Sound a bit like The X Factor? Well, we're talking
:00:58. > :01:02.about the battle to become the American President, possibly the
:01:02. > :01:06.most powerful man in the world. And as I've been finding out, this
:01:06. > :01:16.election is so close that it'll be won and lost on the tiniest of
:01:16. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:24.The debate part three hits screens across America tonight. Starring US
:01:24. > :01:29.President Barack Obama...and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney.
:01:29. > :01:39.Part one was a clear win for Romney. Even the President admitted he had
:01:39. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:45.a real shocker. I had a lot more energy in our second debate! I felt
:01:45. > :01:48.really well rested after the Long Now I had in the first debate!
:01:48. > :01:52.part two, things got a bit fiery and Obama pulled a little ground
:01:52. > :01:54.back. Thanks, movie trailer man. Tonight's debate is the final
:01:54. > :01:58.showdown with everything to play for.
:01:58. > :02:04.With just over two weeks to go, the latest opinion polls show Obama and
:02:04. > :02:14.Romney neck and neck on 47% each. That leaves just 6% undecided. Many
:02:14. > :02:15.
:02:15. > :02:21.states pretty much always vote the same way. Romney can count on those
:02:21. > :02:27.in red. Obama get those in blue. That means the election should be
:02:27. > :02:29.decided by voters in just nine states out of 50. One of those
:02:30. > :02:32.states is Florida, where tonight's debate is happening. The head-to-
:02:32. > :02:35.head is all about America's relationship with other countries
:02:35. > :02:38.around the world. But it's the issues at home that Americans feel
:02:38. > :02:41.strongly about. When Obama was elected in 2008, he made history as
:02:41. > :02:43.the first black President of America. But his popularity has
:02:43. > :02:48.fallen, partly because four years on America's still got serious
:02:48. > :02:51.money problems, with many millions of people out of work. That's one
:02:51. > :02:55.of the reasons why this is one of the most closely-contested
:02:55. > :02:58.elections America has ever seen. Neither side has yet to deliver the
:02:58. > :03:05.killer blow to convince voters, so that's why more than 60 million
:03:05. > :03:15.will be watching tonight to find out. Who'll come out top? American
:03:15. > :03:15.
:03:16. > :03:18.election, coming 6th November 2012. In the last few hours, the
:03:18. > :03:21.organisation in charge of world cycling, the UCI, has stripped
:03:21. > :03:25.Lance Armstrong of all seven of his Tour de France titles, saying that
:03:25. > :03:27.he has no place in the world of cycling. It's because a report by
:03:27. > :03:30.the American anti-doping agency showed he cheated, using drugs to
:03:30. > :03:35.help him win. Armstrong still claims he never used drugs to
:03:35. > :03:41.improve his performance. Next, there are worrying signs that
:03:41. > :03:44.the violence in Syria is spreading to one of its neighbours, Lebanon.
:03:44. > :03:47.There were protests over the weekend following the killing of a
:03:47. > :03:51.top Lebanese official who spoke out against the Syrian government. Some
:03:51. > :03:56.people believe that Syria was behind the killing. I've been
:03:56. > :03:59.looking at why tensions between the two countries are running so high.
:03:59. > :04:03.These are the latest scenes of violence in the Middle East, but
:04:03. > :04:06.this isn't in Syria, it's in Lebanon, just over the border.
:04:06. > :04:10.These people are protesting because Wissam al-Hassan, a senior figure
:04:10. > :04:12.in Lebanon, was killed in a car bomb attack on Friday. He
:04:12. > :04:18.criticised the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, for violence
:04:18. > :04:22.against his own people and the people of Lebanon. But why are
:04:22. > :04:26.Lebanese people involved in what happens in Syria? The two
:04:26. > :04:31.neighbours have a very close connection. For many years, Lebanon
:04:31. > :04:35.was controlled by Syrian forces. It means many people in Lebanon have
:04:35. > :04:38.strong views about what's going on in Syria. In both countries, the
:04:38. > :04:43.people there fall on two sides, the Sunni and the Shia, and they don't
:04:43. > :04:47.see eye to eye. They are two forms of the same religion, Islam, but
:04:47. > :04:51.they have very different views on how Muslims should live their lives.
:04:51. > :04:54.The murdered Lebanese official, Al- Hassan, was a Sunni Muslim. But
:04:54. > :04:59.most of the Syrian and Lebanese governments are made up of Shia
:04:59. > :05:03.Muslims. Now many Sunni Muslims in Lebanon say that Syria is to blame
:05:03. > :05:07.for the attack. But they're also angry against their own government
:05:07. > :05:12.for supporting Syria. When a country falls into civil war, as
:05:12. > :05:15.has happened in Syria, the violence can affect nearby countries too.
:05:15. > :05:18.It's thought that up to 700,000 Syrian refugees will have escaped
:05:18. > :05:25.into Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan by the end of this year, where they'll
:05:25. > :05:29.need food and shelter. Earlier this month, Turkey reacted angrily when
:05:29. > :05:32.Syrian shelling just over the border killed five of its people.
:05:32. > :05:35.And after this latest attack, people in Lebanon fear their
:05:35. > :05:45.country could be pulled into Syria's bloody civil war too, as
:05:45. > :05:45.
:05:45. > :05:48.Next, how much time do you get to spend with your mum or dad? A new
:05:48. > :05:51.survey says the busy lifestyles of parents mean they're not spending
:05:51. > :05:54.as much time with their kids as they'd like. Well over half of kids
:05:54. > :06:00.surveyed said they'd like to spend more time with their parents. We've
:06:00. > :06:04.been asking what you think on the Newsround website. Jasmina from
:06:04. > :06:09.Dorset says she only sees her dad on a weekend and even then he's
:06:09. > :06:12.still on his emails or very tired from a busy week. And Steph from
:06:12. > :06:18.the Wirral says, my mum works, but spends as much time with us as
:06:18. > :06:20.possible, she does a great job with the time she has with us.
:06:20. > :06:29.Next up, this is a specially designed solar-powered car that can
:06:29. > :06:32.travel at up to 100mph. And one boy from Wales has helped build his
:06:32. > :06:42.very own mini version. Ten-year-old Finnbar took Newsround for a test
:06:42. > :06:43.
:06:43. > :06:53.Hello, I am Finnbar, the youngest member of the Welsh Solar Car team.
:06:53. > :07:02.We have been working on cars This is a small working model of a
:07:02. > :07:08.solar car. This is where I sit to drive the car. There are around 50
:07:08. > :07:12.solar panels funnier. It is shaped like a wing to make it go faster.
:07:13. > :07:19.Sunlight comes into the solar panel, which converts the sunlight into
:07:19. > :07:29.electricity. The energy goes into the battery which powers the motor.
:07:29. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:42.I am going to show my solar car to We have never had anything in his
:07:42. > :07:47.school before really cool like that. It is like a really exciting,
:07:47. > :07:51.because it gets energy from the sun. He is a very lucky boy. The reason
:07:51. > :07:55.I got involved is because my mum and dad were in the team, and they
:07:56. > :08:03.built this car and needed somebody small enough to drive it. What
:08:03. > :08:07.happens if there is no sun? It can run on the battery. When it is
:08:07. > :08:12.cloudy, like now, or it is raining, or in the night, it can run for
:08:12. > :08:20.five hours without problems. I like driving it because it is fast. This
:08:20. > :08:24.is Finnbar reporting for Newsround. He is all right, isn't it? I would
:08:24. > :08:27.love one of those! And in the days long ago before the internet and
:08:27. > :08:29.digital TV, this used to be a familiar sight, Ceefax. It was the
:08:29. > :08:32.world's first teletext information service for things like news
:08:32. > :08:35.headlines and footy scores. It was pretty old-school, and much slower
:08:35. > :08:41.than the internet, you sometimes had to wait as long as a couple of
:08:41. > :08:44.minutes for the pages to load. But it was revolutionary. Well, this
:08:44. > :08:51.week the service ends for good. Ceefax has been replaced with the