0:00:02 > 0:00:05This is Newsround, you're live with me Ayshah this morning.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Stick around for some of this.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10These cuties make their debut at a New York zoo and the maker
0:00:10 > 0:00:14of a new dinosaur movie drops in to tell us all about it.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28But first, to a big break through that scientists
0:00:28 > 0:00:28hope one day could wipe out one of the most deadly diseases on earth.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Experts in the US say they've created a mosquito that is
0:00:34 > 0:00:35unable to carry malaria.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38The disease is passed to humans through bites from mosquitos
0:00:38 > 0:00:40like these.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41It's a huge problem in countries across Asia,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Africa and South America.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Scientists have worked out how to change the insect
0:00:46 > 0:00:48so that it is resistent to malaria and not just that.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53When the insect produces young, the new mosquitoes are malaria free too.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55They hope this plan, if it works in the wild, will
0:00:55 > 0:00:58eventually wipe out the disease.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Next to the girl who is being turned into a comic hero.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Fed up of not seeing cartoon characters with disabilities,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Emily decided to take action.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Along with ther dad, Dan, they've invented a comic strip
0:01:08 > 0:01:13called The Department of Ability and Ricky went to meet them.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Emily is nine years old.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19She has a condition called spina bifida which makes it
0:01:19 > 0:01:20difficult to move around.
0:01:20 > 0:01:26Like loads of young kids, she loves reading, playing guitar,
0:01:26 > 0:01:30football, and basketball, and when she's not busy doing all
0:01:30 > 0:01:36that, she is also a superhero.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Dad Dan has turned his daughter into a comic book star and it's
0:01:45 > 0:01:48in this room where the characters come to life.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59There's five characters, and the name of the comic is DOA,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01short for Department of Ability.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03And we've got our own theme tune.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08They're all disabled apart from the creator of them, the person
0:02:08 > 0:02:11who joined them all together.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13So what kind of superpowers does your character have?
0:02:13 > 0:02:19A flying wheelchair, lasers on her wheelchair.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Emily's dad is obsessed with comics.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Some of the characters he's created are based on other
0:02:24 > 0:02:26children with disabilities.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Together they make up Team Strong Bones.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33The Department of Ability came to life when Emily was born, and at
0:02:33 > 0:02:36the time we just started watching television, reading comics, she was
0:02:36 > 0:02:38looking for something she could relate to, ie disabled characters.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42And when we couldn't find any, I set about designing my own group of
0:02:42 > 0:02:45superheroes with disabilities that she could read and actually enjoy.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51Some shows I don't really see people in wheelchairs.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53And how does that make you feel?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Kind of upset.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57The aim of the comic is to remind young people
0:02:57 > 0:03:00that anyone can be a superhero.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03The charity Strong Bones is publishing the very first issue of
0:03:03 > 0:03:05the comic at the start of next year.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Go Super Emily!
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Arsenal are fighting to stay in the Champions League. They need a win
0:03:14 > 0:03:18against Dinamo Zagreb to stand any chance of qualifying. But if results
0:03:18 > 0:03:21go Chelsea's way a victory at Maccabi Tel Aviv would send them
0:03:21 > 0:03:25through.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34After more than 15 years working as a writer, an animator and even
0:03:34 > 0:03:36the voice behind the character Squishy in Monsters University,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Peter Sohn is trying his hand at directing for the very first time.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42The Good Dinosaur is the next Disney Pixar animation to hit
0:03:42 > 0:03:44the big screens this Friday and Martin caught up with him.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Peter, I've got to be honest, I love animated films.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53What is The Good Dinosaur all about?
0:03:53 > 0:04:00It's about this young dinosaur boy who's like 11 years old.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03He's born in a farm family and he's afraid of everything.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06And so he goes on this journey and he meets this new friend that helps
0:04:06 > 0:04:11him become more brave and stronger, and he learns to survive out there.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Why is this animation so special for you?
0:04:14 > 0:04:15This is my first time directing a feature.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18I directed a short, but it was only about five minutes
0:04:18 > 0:04:21long, this is 85 minutes long, so it's a whole other game.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23It's the same kind of thing with the storytelling.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Aren't you the cutest thing?
0:04:25 > 0:04:26What is the process like?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I can imagine it being pretty difficult.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32What is interesting about animation is that you have to make everything,
0:04:32 > 0:04:37you can't photograph anything, so you have to build everything, really
0:04:37 > 0:04:41design the eyes, so every little thing about the dinosaurs in the
0:04:41 > 0:04:44world has to be made and it takes a long time.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Get out of your sister's bubble.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50One of my favourite animations of all time is Up.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53You've got a story when it comes to that animation,
0:04:53 > 0:04:54can you tell us about it?
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Yes, absolutely.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59In working that movie, you are sitting around with
0:04:59 > 0:05:02your friends drawing each other.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05One of my friends drew a really kooky drawing of me that kind of
0:05:05 > 0:05:07looks like a thumb with a hat on it.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Shake.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Speak. Hi there.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15And they started using that design, that drawing of a thumb as Russell,
0:05:15 > 0:05:21that character in the movie. But they just based the shape of him
0:05:21 > 0:05:26after my face and it was so funny.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32And check out this couple of cuties!
0:05:32 > 0:05:35These red pandas have just made their public debut at a zoo
0:05:35 > 0:05:37in the US.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39The little creatures were born in July in New York,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41but haven't been given names yet.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Red pandas look similar to raccoons and have a reddish-brown coat
0:05:43 > 0:05:46and a long furry tail, but unlike giant pandas they're not
0:05:46 > 0:05:48members of the bear family.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Everyone was excited to see little guys because they're considered to
0:05:51 > 0:05:52be very vulnerable in the wild.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56That's all from me, Ricky's here at 4.20pm. Bye!