:00:22. > :00:24.Hello guys. I'm Ore, he's Joe and you're live with Newsround this
:00:24. > :00:31.Thursday afternoon. We've got some special stuff on the way,
:00:31. > :00:34.including: Meeting the man jumping off the edge of space. And
:00:34. > :00:44.first to an international story that involves war, diamonds and
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:00:47. > :00:49.child soldiers. Today, the former leader of Liberia, a country in
:00:49. > :00:54.West Africa, was found guilty of war crimes in neighbouring Sierra
:00:54. > :00:57.Leone. Charles Taylor was accused of helping arm rebels - many of
:00:57. > :01:00.them children - so they could carry out brutal attacks on millions of
:01:00. > :01:10.people during a civil war that lasted more than a decade. Ricky's
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:01:11. > :01:14.These are the victims, and these are the young soldiers who were
:01:14. > :01:16.forced to spread terror throughout Sierra Leone. This was no ordinary
:01:16. > :01:19.war. Children were recruited by a rebel group called the
:01:19. > :01:22.Revolutionary United Front and given no choice but to leave their
:01:22. > :01:26.families and fight for control of the country. Ruled by fear, they
:01:26. > :01:29.took part in a violent civil war that killed more than 50,000 people.
:01:29. > :01:33.They had to fight, guard diamond mines and even cut off the hands
:01:33. > :01:43.and feet of people who tried to stop them. Edward was attacked by
:01:43. > :01:45.
:01:46. > :01:49.rebels. If I do not breathe the free air that we breathe, I will be
:01:49. > :01:52.happy. This man, Charles Taylor, supported the rebels and gave them
:01:52. > :01:54.the weapons in exchange for diamonds. At the time, he was
:01:54. > :01:57.leader of the neighbouring country, Liberia. Today, after a trial
:01:57. > :02:00.lasting nearly five years, he was found guilty of 11 different war
:02:00. > :02:02.crimes, including helping gangs murder civilians. But the judge
:02:02. > :02:07.said Charles Taylor wasn't directly responsible for what happened in
:02:07. > :02:10.Sierra Leone. Leaders from around the world were so shocked by the
:02:10. > :02:13.violence that they agreed to help Sierra Leone to punish those
:02:13. > :02:16.responsible. Taylor's crimes were committed in Africa, but his
:02:16. > :02:26.trial's been held in the Netherlands, and he could end up in
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:02:27. > :02:32.jail here in the UK. Although the war in Sierra Leone ended in 2002,
:02:32. > :02:36.if effects of the war are still being felt today. What's the
:02:36. > :02:43.lasting impact of the war there? affected children, children who
:02:43. > :02:48.were put into the Army to fight. They were given guns. It has had a
:02:48. > :02:51.very deep impact on the lives of young people in the region.
:02:51. > :02:54.It will take weeks for the court to decide how Taylor will be punished,
:02:54. > :02:58.but it will be much longer before people here in Sierra Leone can
:02:58. > :03:01.forget the effects of his crimes. Back in the UK - The Queen is used
:03:01. > :03:04.to meeting all kinds of important people, but even she looked a
:03:04. > :03:08.little nervous when she came face to face with the Grand Slam-winning
:03:09. > :03:13.Welsh rugby team today. It was part of a two-day Diamond jubilee tour
:03:13. > :03:18.of Wales. She also met these excited school kids and took part
:03:18. > :03:21.in a special church service at Llandaff Cathedral.
:03:21. > :03:24.Next - being so high up that you're on the edge of our planet's
:03:25. > :03:28.atmosphere is scary enough. But then imagine jumping out of a plane
:03:29. > :03:31.and hurtling towards Earth at top speeds! Crazy, right? Well, not if
:03:31. > :03:41.you're one adventurer looking to freefall from space and break a
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:03:43. > :03:49.special world record. Nel's been to meet him. Even jumping from the
:03:49. > :03:59.smallest heights can be scary. Well, for one man it's the higher the
:03:59. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:07.This is Felix Baumgartner and later this year he'll be attempting to
:04:07. > :04:12.break the skydiving world record by jumping from the edge of the
:04:12. > :04:18.Earth's atmosphere, 23 miles above the ground. It sounds crazy but
:04:18. > :04:23.he's not the only one who doesn't have a fear of heights. Back in
:04:23. > :04:28.1960 Colonel Joe Kittinger fell from 19-and-a-half miles above the
:04:28. > :04:34.ground to set the current skydiving record. What was it like in that
:04:35. > :04:40.split second before you jumped? It was what I had worked for for two
:04:40. > :04:46.years. The only thing in my mind was doing the jump. Felix, why are
:04:46. > :04:51.you jumping toff edge of the earth? I always wanted to fly like
:04:51. > :04:57.Superman. The easiest way to do that is to become a skydiver.
:04:57. > :05:02.licks have to use scientifically- designed equipment because he is
:05:02. > :05:06.jumping from such a great height. We think the first 30 seconds we
:05:07. > :05:12.will break the speed of sound, 700 miles per hour. The only fear I
:05:12. > :05:16.have is that I mist the earth. Feast your eyes thon lot.
:05:16. > :05:19.Over the last two weeks, hundreds of you have been in touch with your
:05:19. > :05:23.ideas for a new kind of superhero. It's all because Iron Man, The Hulk
:05:23. > :05:25.and Thor - just to name a few comic book characters - are taking over
:05:25. > :05:28.the big screen in "Avengers Assemble". It's the biggest
:05:28. > :05:34.superhero team-up ever, but the stars of the movie are so impressed
:05:35. > :05:42.with your designs that some of them want your heros in their team! This
:05:42. > :05:47.week in the cinemas its buy one superhero get five free. We asked
:05:47. > :05:51.tow design your own superhere oevements we had so many he to get
:05:51. > :05:58.random selection man in to select six. Here's what the movie stars
:05:58. > :06:04.thought of them. This one was done by Grace. Wow! Look another that.
:06:04. > :06:11.That's amazing. Chris, this is one for you. They think this could be
:06:11. > :06:18.your next character. Muelty- coloured Muscle Man -- multi-
:06:18. > :06:22.coloured Muscle Man, designed by Lily. That's awesome. Thank you.
:06:22. > :06:32.you two are senior agents in the organisation that brings together
:06:32. > :06:37.
:06:38. > :06:43.the superheroes, this is an Abominator. He has an enchanted
:06:43. > :06:49.bombing knocker. Who doesn't want one of those! And this is Claw us.
:06:50. > :06:54.What have I to fear? The Avengers. That's what we call ourselves.
:06:54. > :06:59.did the supervillain of the film cower at the sight of your
:06:59. > :07:06.superheroes? Flame is the superhero I'm most afraid of. But I would
:07:06. > :07:13.like to recruit Doughnut girl, because I think in this film, if
:07:13. > :07:18.Loki was teamed one Doughnut Girl it would be a different story.
:07:18. > :07:22.Keep on drawing, because the world always needs superheroes and you
:07:22. > :07:25.never know where your doodles could take you.
:07:25. > :07:29.There's loads more Avengers fun on the Newsround website, including my
:07:29. > :07:32.review of the movie. Sticking with movies, a ten-minute
:07:32. > :07:35.preview clip of the new Hobbit film has been released. Director Peter
:07:35. > :07:38.Jackson used special cameras that capture twice as much detail as
:07:38. > :07:42.normal ones. But some critics say it makes the scenes look like low
:07:42. > :07:45.budget telly! Ouch. The movie's out in December.
:07:45. > :07:48.Now, how about this for a once-in- a-lifetime shot? This guy from an
:07:48. > :07:51.Estonian basketball team scored from the sideline with this amazing