23/11/2017 Newsround

I'm Hayley, and this is Newsround.

And I've got all this on the way.

Why more lights at night

could be a problem.

And we talk to the author of the

Jamie Johnson books.

First this morning,

the new leader of Zimbabwe,

Emmerson Mnangagwa, has urged

the country to unite.

In a speech to a cheering crowd

he praised the army for removing

controversial leader,

President Robert Mugabe,

peacefully earlier this week.

He is the former vice president

of the country and will officially

take control tomorrow.

And if you want to know more

about what's happening in Zimababwe

go to our guide online.

Images of the Earth by night have

revealed that artificial light,

like that from street lights

and houses is growing brighter

and bigger every year.

Scientists say that this

light pollution could be

bad news for our health

and the lives of animals and plants

as we need the darkness to rest

and natural light to help us grow.

Next, a huge sporting clash begins

today when the best cricketers

from England and Australia

battle it out.

They are all trying to win this very

small but extremely important prize

in a competition called The Ashes.

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Then watch this!

What are the Ashes?

Great question.

The Ashes is England versus

Australia and it is like 100 years

ago they played, and Australia beat

England and some Australian media

said it was the death of English

cricket and they took the bails that

sit on the stumps and they burned

them and they put the ashes in this

tiny little urn, that

is what you play for.

Because of all the hype

and the build-up and the old

rivalry, to win against Australia,

beat Australia, that's the best

thing you can do as

an England cricketer.

Which England players

are you watching out for?

Joe Root, one of the best

batsmen in the world right

now, the captain,

hoping he will do well.

Alistair Cook was the England

captain and he has played the most

Test matches anyone's played for

England and scored the most runs.

Who are the Australian

players to look out for?

The Australians have two very good

batsmen, David Warner

and Steve Smith, the captain, they

are the ones that England will want

to get out the most.

Who do you think will win?

England, of course.

Obviously.

OK, time for a quick

round-up of some of

the Champions League action.

This goal in the 89th minute

by Swiss side Basel meant

Manchester United didn't get

the point they needed and instead

have to wait longer to see

if they can book their place

in the next round.

But with a 4-0 win against FK

Qarabag in Azerbaijan,

Chelsea have secured their place

in the last 16 of the tournament.

And even though Celtic were

the first to score in their match

against Paris St-Germain,

the French side ended up

thrashing them 7-1

If you're a football fiction fan

you might know this guy.

He's the star of a series of books

all about footie-mad

character Jamie Johnson which have

been made into a CBBC series.

We'll be meeting author Dan Freedman

in just a sec but first let's take

a look at the show which features

some real life football players.

Make the goalkeeper believe you are

going to smash it, then at the last

minute, Inc it. -- dink.

Hi, Dan, thanks for coming in.

What has it been like,

seeing your stories told

on screen and having real

footy starts involved?

It is a dream. You sit down and

write a book, maybe gets published,

and then it becomes a TV show on the

BBC put it on and kids over the

country watch it, and that is what

you hope one day might happen.

And

you have real footballers in the

programme as well. How did it

happen?

I knew players through my

previous career, and it's important,

because it makes the show not only

interesting and exciting, but

realistic, so at the cartons --

becomes part of the football world.

How have the fans of the books

reacted to the TV show?

Very good,

and they understand that the TV show

will not be the same as every book,

but the TV show has the spirit of

the books which is why it's

important.

So you've re-released

the final book, why?

So, Jamie Johnson doesn't win every

game he plays. His life is not

perfect and it ended on a

cliffhanger, but kids were writing

to me saying you cannot leave it

like that and I said I would not

leave it like that and I've

rereleased it with a bit extra so

they know what will happen.

So the

kids told you, and you made it

happen. Power of the people. Will

this be the final book?

I think I

will let it breathe for a while, and

the TV can take the limelight.

Hopefully there will be other Jamie

Johnson books in the future if the

bosses want them.

I know you've met

lots of players in the time, but who

are your favourite players?

Lionel

Messi, Harry Winks and Cruyff, he

created the modern Barcelona. And

Harry Winks, young British player,

who would be at home on the stage

with Cruyff and Lionel Messi.

Have

you met any of them?

I met Lionel

Messi and asked it what it was like

to be the best player on earth. What

did he say? He said he wanted to get

better and improve.

Thank you so

much. We are back later this

afternoon and we