23/01/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.Hi guys, Martin here with royal baby news on the way and the Baton going

:00:07. > :00:09.round the world. Let's start in Ukraine where violent

:00:10. > :00:13.protests are now spreading across the country.

:00:14. > :00:18.Last night's angry clashes in the capital Kiev were put on hold today

:00:19. > :00:21.as demonstrators waited for crisis talks with the president planned for

:00:22. > :00:25.tonight. But now there's reports of protests in at least four more

:00:26. > :00:28.cities. Some people there are angry at the Government for refusing to

:00:29. > :00:29.join the European Union, something they think could make their lives

:00:30. > :00:41.better. In other news: the Queen's new great

:00:42. > :00:45.granddaughter's finally been named - six days after she was born. Mum

:00:46. > :00:47.Zara Phillips and rugby star dad Mike Tindall announced this

:00:48. > :00:55.afternoon that she'll be known as Mia Grace. Mia is 16th in line to

:00:56. > :00:58.the British throne. Now you probably know by now that

:00:59. > :01:02.today marks exactly six months until the opening ceremony of the

:01:03. > :01:05.Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. What you might not know is that for the

:01:06. > :01:08.last few months the Queen's Baton has been travelling round the world

:01:09. > :01:17.to the different countries invited to compete. Here's Nel with more on

:01:18. > :01:22.its epic journey. Travelling through the 70

:01:23. > :01:29.Commonwealth nations, the Queen's that on runners cover several

:01:30. > :01:32.kilometres in 280 days. The BBC has been following its incredible

:01:33. > :01:43.journey from Buckingham Palace back in October. The point of this is to

:01:44. > :01:46.build up to the Commonwealth Games. Sports stars and ordinary people

:01:47. > :01:49.across the Commonwealth have been coming out in their thousands to

:01:50. > :02:01.join the celebrations. Right now, the bat on is making its way across

:02:02. > :02:11.the Seychelles. I was really honoured to do this. I am proud to

:02:12. > :02:13.represent my country. The Commonwealth nations and

:02:14. > :02:19.territories make up one third of the world's population, so the The

:02:20. > :02:26.headlines: has quite a long way to go. From here it goes to Malawi and

:02:27. > :02:37.then up through the Americas and Europe before going back to the UK.

:02:38. > :02:41.As the Baton adventure ends this summer.

:02:42. > :02:45.Finally - if you Doctor Who fans have grown tired of waiting to see

:02:46. > :02:48.the weeping angels move - here's some statues that are definitely not

:02:49. > :02:51.static. Chinese artist Li Hongbo made these sculptures from thousands

:02:52. > :02:54.of sheets of paper. They appear firm at first but transform into all

:02:55. > :02:56.kinds of weird and wonderful shapes. That's all from me, Newsround's back

:02:57. > :03:00.in the morning.