23/02/2018 Newsround

Hi.

I'm Ayshah with Friday's Newsround.

First, a group of countries

are meeting right now to try

and agree a plan to stop fighting

in the country of Syria.

Here's why.

For seven years, people

in Syria have been affected

by a devastating war.

Many have fled the country but some

people, including children,

are still living there.

This week, the people who live

in the region of Eastern Ghouta

have been suffering,

as their homes are hit by bombs.

Today, a group of leaders

from different countries, called

the United Nations, are meeting

in New York to try and agree a deal

to stop the fighting for 30 days.

This would mean help can get

to those who have been stuck,

and those who have been hurt

can be treated.

Around 400,000 people live

in the area, which is about

the size of Manchester.

In war, soldiers are only ever meant

to fight other soldiers,

and they are supposed to take great

care in protecting people who aren't

fighting, including children.

But more than 400 people have been

killed and many others are living

underground with difficulties

getting food and water.

Lots of powerful countries have been

talking about what to do,

but so far no one has been able

to agree on how to stop the war.

There's more about what's happening

in Syria online and you can also

find help there on what to do

if you're upset by the news.

Let's head to the Winter Olympics

in Pyeongchang now.

And Team GB's women's

curling team have lost

their semifinal in PyeongChang.

Sweden won the game 10-5.

But Team GB are still in the running

for a medal, playing Japan tomorrow

to compete for bronze position.

If they win, it will take

the medal tally to five,

the best ever recorded

by Great Britain at a Winter Games.

We gave our all and the Swedish

girls were on fire.

Myself, I missed a couple

of key draws and you can't

afford to do that.

Of course, absolutely gutted.

I guess we have trained hard

for the last four years

to be in that position,

and unfortunately today

we were just outplayed.

But we have still got

a medal to play for,

so we will be giving

it our all tomorrow.

Now, think Pogba's hair is cool?

Your head teacher might disagree.

Kids at a school in Norfolk have

been told they're not allowed

to have certain hairstyles.

The headmaster there has

said extreme haircuts,

like this one worn by Myles

from Rak-Su, are unacceptable.

He's sent a letter home to parents

saying students who don't

follow his rules could be sent home

or excluded from lessons.

Well, we wanted to know your views

on this one,

and loads of you have

been commenting.

One person thinks that having

a certain hairstyle doesn't

affect your learning,

so schools should let kids

wear their hair how the want.

Thanks for all those comments.

There's still time to send

us your views on this one.

Head online and let us

know what you think.

Now, I don't know about you,

but I'm looking forward to spring.

But though we've all got a bit

longer to wait before

the warm weather arrives,

if you're a fan of the white stuff

you could be in luck.

Here's BBC Weather's

Simon King with more.

If you have been shivering a little

bit so far this winter, well,

you are going to be shivering a lot

more into next week.

It's time to get back out

the thermals, gloves, hats

and scarves, because it is turning

much colder for the UK.

We've got some really cold air

at the moment sitting

across parts of Russia.

This is Siberia and you can

see by the dark blue

that cold air is gradually

moving its way towards the UK.

It is called the "beast from

the east", because we have these

easterly winds bringing in that cold

air, which means temperatures really

dropping down for the time of year.

Through next week, it's going

to turn very cold, temperatures not

much above freezing.

With that, snow is likely,

mainly across eastern areas,

but through the week all of us

at some point could see

some of the white stuff.

Bye-bye.

That's all there's time

for this afternoon.

Have a great Friday evening.

Newsround's back tomorrow.

Bye!