0:00:04 > 0:00:06Good morning, I'm Ayshah with all the top stories this Tuesday.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Keep watching for all of this.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Big news about Brexit.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Find out why this dog is going to school...
0:00:12 > 0:00:18And the miraculous birth of this baby bat.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29It's been over half a year since the people in the UK voted
0:00:29 > 0:00:31in an historic referendum to leave a club of countries called
0:00:31 > 0:00:33the European Union.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35However, we haven't officially told the European Union that
0:00:35 > 0:00:37we're going to leave.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40This can only be done by triggering a law called Article 50.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42So why hasn't it been done yet?
0:00:42 > 0:00:47Here's our political guru, Chris Mason.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51This is all about a decision being made here by the UK's Supreme Court.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54It is the most important court in the land.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58The 11 judges have to decide who should be in charge
0:00:58 > 0:01:01of telling the European Union that we are leaving.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06Officially, the process is called "triggering Article 50".
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Once that has happened, the UK has got two years
0:01:10 > 0:01:12to get it all arranged.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Some people think the decision should be made by those
0:01:14 > 0:01:18who make our laws, MPs, in Parliament.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh assembly and people
0:01:21 > 0:01:27in Northern Ireland want their views to be heard too.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29But the Prime Minister, Theresa May, thinks the Government shouldn't have
0:01:29 > 0:01:32to ask permission to say goodbye.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35We'll find out later this morning what they decide.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37But whatever they say, it's the next big step
0:01:37 > 0:01:45in what is a really important time for the future of this country.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And don't forget, there's loads more info about what leaving
0:01:48 > 0:01:50the European Union could mean for the UK and how
0:01:50 > 0:01:51it's going to happen.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54You can also check out Ricky's explanation of all the words
0:01:54 > 0:01:59and phrases everyone seems to be using!
0:02:02 > 0:02:05To tennis and Britain women's number one Johanna Konta says she's done
0:02:05 > 0:02:07everything she can to be ready for her first ever meeting
0:02:07 > 0:02:09with 22-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams
0:02:09 > 0:02:12at the Australian Open quarter finals on Wednesday.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Konta has won 18 sets in a row and she says says
0:02:15 > 0:02:20she's pretty excited.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25She is one of the, I mean if not THE best player for us
0:02:25 > 0:02:28to ever have in the game, so I think to play against someone
0:02:28 > 0:02:31like that, who you also grew up watching, I think is another great
0:02:31 > 0:02:38opportunity for me to take a really mega load of experience from.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Next up - this is Alice, she's 15 and has trouble seeing
0:02:42 > 0:02:47but now her life has been transformed by Billy,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49her very own guide dog.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Alice is one of the youngest people in the country
0:02:51 > 0:02:54to be given a guide dog.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59The pair go everywhere together, including school.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02It's the new term and there's a new face at this high
0:03:02 > 0:03:04school in Nottinghamshire.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05A very furry one.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Billy the Labrador is just one of around 50 expert pets helping
0:03:08 > 0:03:11to guide blind children or those who have problems with
0:03:11 > 0:03:17therir sight in England.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21I think it's good because I don't have to constantly have
0:03:21 > 0:03:24people watching me. He gives me a bit more freedom.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27In the past, guide dogs weren't paired with children
0:03:27 > 0:03:30as they were thought to be too much of a responsibility
0:03:30 > 0:03:35for a young person. But now, the rules have changed.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37The amount of work you have to do with him and the
0:03:37 > 0:03:39responsibility is overwhelming.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44But if you put the work in, you get the results out of it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46These two have been together since October
0:03:46 > 0:03:49and are getting on just fine.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Having Billy in school just allows her to gain that
0:03:51 > 0:03:53independence, build resilience, confidence, and go
0:03:53 > 0:03:58through her school life as every other child would.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01The school had to create a quiet area for Billy to rest
0:04:01 > 0:04:03in and somewhere for him to walk.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07And he's been a big hit with the rest of the pupils too.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09He's a bit of a poser.
0:04:09 > 0:04:15They did say the novelty will wear off but everybody still loves him.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Zoo keepers at San Diego Safari Park are celebrating the miraculous
0:04:18 > 0:04:22arrival of this baby fruit bat...
0:04:22 > 0:04:24His mother had problems giving birth and staff needed to perform
0:04:24 > 0:04:26an emergency operation to save him.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30The surgery had never been done on a fruit bat before.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Thankfully, 12-day-old Rodrigues is now doing really well,
0:04:31 > 0:04:38he's being hand-fed by staff at the zoo.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42I have to show you this before I go, it's a bus that drives itself!
0:04:42 > 0:04:45It's just been launched in France.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47It will go between two train stations to start.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50It can carry ten people at a time and uses sensors to figure
0:04:50 > 0:04:51out its surroundings.
0:04:51 > 0:05:00That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.
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