23/03/2016

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:00:00. > :00:19.In today's programme we're looking at what's been happening in Belgium.

:00:20. > :00:20.There's been a minute's silence to remember the victims

:00:21. > :00:22.of the attacks on Belgium's capital, Brussels, yesterday.

:00:23. > :00:28.In the city people have been writing messages and leaving flowers

:00:29. > :00:34.Anna Foster is in Brussels for the BBC.

:00:35. > :00:36.This is a place called Place de la Bourse.

:00:37. > :00:40.It's a big public square and it's right in the middle of Brussels.

:00:41. > :00:42.Hundreds of people have come out here today

:00:43. > :00:46.They've put big flags on these steps here.

:00:47. > :00:57.They've got balloons as well in the same colours.

:00:58. > :01:00.If you look down here you can see of the candles that people have

:01:01. > :01:03.There are big tubs of chalk and people are writing messages

:01:04. > :01:07.There are lots of children who've come here as well to remember

:01:08. > :01:10.the people who were caught up in the attacks here yesterday.

:01:11. > :01:12.Lots of people came overnight to light candles as well.

:01:13. > :01:15.Lots of people have come after work to lay flowers.

:01:16. > :01:18.Children were back at school today, but lots of them were quiet

:01:19. > :01:20.for a minute earlier today to remember the people

:01:21. > :01:27.who were caught up and involved in these attacks here in Brussels.

:01:28. > :01:30.The extremist group who call themselves IS have said they carried

:01:31. > :01:31.out the attack in Brussels yesterday.

:01:32. > :01:34.Hayley's been looking into why they are and what is being done

:01:35. > :01:42.to try and keep people safe from them.

:01:43. > :01:45.IS are a group based in the Middle East, mainly

:01:46. > :01:48.They have extreme religious beliefs and use brutal violence

:01:49. > :01:50.against anyone who doesn't agree with their views.

:01:51. > :01:52.They claim to follow the religion of Islam,

:01:53. > :01:54.but many people say their beliefs of hatred

:01:55. > :01:56.and violence have little to do with Islam and what the majority

:01:57. > :02:02.Since early 2014 IS has grown quickly, using the internet

:02:03. > :02:06.and social media to recruit followers and spread fear.

:02:07. > :02:09.They've been able to take over large parts of Syria and neighbouring

:02:10. > :02:12.Iraq, declaring this their own state and punishing anyone who doesn't

:02:13. > :02:18.Lots of different groups are fighting in Syria,

:02:19. > :02:21.and nations around the world can't agree on who they want

:02:22. > :02:27.What does unite most of the world is the desire to stop

:02:28. > :02:31.IS because of how violent their methods are.

:02:32. > :02:35.IS claimed they carried out the attacks in Paris,

:02:36. > :02:37.the capital city of France, last year and also the attacks

:02:38. > :02:44.Last year, the UK joined the US and France in bombing some areas

:02:45. > :02:54.The UK's Prime Minister David Cameron argued, in Parliament,

:02:55. > :02:59.that bombing IS was one way to try and stop them.

:03:00. > :03:04.living in Syria and that the UK shouldn't be involved.

:03:05. > :03:07.Following the attacks on Brussels, there has been extra security put

:03:08. > :03:10.in place across the UK and other parts of Europe,

:03:11. > :03:31.with police forces working together to try and keep people safe.

:03:32. > :03:38.If you are upset by anything you hear on the news, there's advice

:03:39. > :03:46.online too. Prince Harry has been covered in coloured paint as part of

:03:47. > :03:51.a Hindu festival in Nepal. He had powder paint smeared on his face and

:03:52. > :03:59.herself as part of the festival of Holi. A type of tree in Britain is

:04:00. > :04:06.facing extinction. Ash trees are under threat from a fungus called

:04:07. > :04:14.ash dieback. As well as a beetle called the emerald ash bora. A

:04:15. > :04:18.rocket Clairying a 3D printer has blasted off for the International

:04:19. > :04:23.Space Station. Tim Peake will be able to print offer their own tools

:04:24. > :04:28.for jobs, and testing the special glue that copies the way gecko

:04:29. > :04:33.lizards cling to surfaces. Finally to a dog who is really on the ball.

:04:34. > :04:38.This beagle has broken a Guinness World Record. This cute Japanese pup

:04:39. > :04:43.smashed the record for the fastest 10 metres travelled on a ball by a

:04:44. > :04:50.dog. She already holds another world record for catching balls with her

:04:51. > :04:56.paws. If you need more information on our story from Brussels, go

:04:57. > :04:59.online. We're back tomorrow at 7.40am. Bye-bye.