26/04/2012 Newsround

Hello guys. I'm Ore, he's Joe and you're live with Newsround this

Thursday afternoon. We've got some special stuff on the way,

including: Meeting the man jumping off the edge of space. And

first to an international story that involves war, diamonds and

child soldiers. Today, the former leader of Liberia, a country in

West Africa, was found guilty of war crimes in neighbouring Sierra

Leone. Charles Taylor was accused of helping arm rebels - many of

them children - so they could carry out brutal attacks on millions of

people during a civil war that lasted more than a decade. Ricky's

These are the victims, and these are the young soldiers who were

forced to spread terror throughout Sierra Leone. This was no ordinary

war. Children were recruited by a rebel group called the

Revolutionary United Front and given no choice but to leave their

families and fight for control of the country. Ruled by fear, they

took part in a violent civil war that killed more than 50,000 people.

They had to fight, guard diamond mines and even cut off the hands

and feet of people who tried to stop them. Edward was attacked by

rebels. If I do not breathe the free air that we breathe, I will be

happy. This man, Charles Taylor, supported the rebels and gave them

the weapons in exchange for diamonds. At the time, he was

leader of the neighbouring country, Liberia. Today, after a trial

lasting nearly five years, he was found guilty of 11 different war

crimes, including helping gangs murder civilians. But the judge

said Charles Taylor wasn't directly responsible for what happened in

Sierra Leone. Leaders from around the world were so shocked by the

violence that they agreed to help Sierra Leone to punish those

responsible. Taylor's crimes were committed in Africa, but his

trial's been held in the Netherlands, and he could end up in

jail here in the UK. Although the war in Sierra Leone ended in 2002,

if effects of the war are still being felt today. What's the

lasting impact of the war there? affected children, children who

were put into the Army to fight. They were given guns. It has had a

very deep impact on the lives of young people in the region.

It will take weeks for the court to decide how Taylor will be punished,

but it will be much longer before people here in Sierra Leone can

forget the effects of his crimes. Back in the UK - The Queen is used

to meeting all kinds of important people, but even she looked a

little nervous when she came face to face with the Grand Slam-winning

Welsh rugby team today. It was part of a two-day Diamond jubilee tour

of Wales. She also met these excited school kids and took part

in a special church service at Llandaff Cathedral.

Next - being so high up that you're on the edge of our planet's

atmosphere is scary enough. But then imagine jumping out of a plane

and hurtling towards Earth at top speeds! Crazy, right? Well, not if

you're one adventurer looking to freefall from space and break a

special world record. Nel's been to meet him. Even jumping from the

smallest heights can be scary. Well, for one man it's the higher the

This is Felix Baumgartner and later this year he'll be attempting to

break the skydiving world record by jumping from the edge of the

Earth's atmosphere, 23 miles above the ground. It sounds crazy but

he's not the only one who doesn't have a fear of heights. Back in

1960 Colonel Joe Kittinger fell from 19-and-a-half miles above the

ground to set the current skydiving record. What was it like in that

split second before you jumped? It was what I had worked for for two

years. The only thing in my mind was doing the jump. Felix, why are

you jumping toff edge of the earth? I always wanted to fly like

Superman. The easiest way to do that is to become a skydiver.

licks have to use scientifically- designed equipment because he is

jumping from such a great height. We think the first 30 seconds we

will break the speed of sound, 700 miles per hour. The only fear I

have is that I mist the earth. Feast your eyes thon lot.

Over the last two weeks, hundreds of you have been in touch with your

ideas for a new kind of superhero. It's all because Iron Man, The Hulk

and Thor - just to name a few comic book characters - are taking over

the big screen in "Avengers Assemble". It's the biggest

superhero team-up ever, but the stars of the movie are so impressed

with your designs that some of them want your heros in their team! This

week in the cinemas its buy one superhero get five free. We asked

tow design your own superhere oevements we had so many he to get

random selection man in to select six. Here's what the movie stars

thought of them. This one was done by Grace. Wow! Look another that.

That's amazing. Chris, this is one for you. They think this could be

your next character. Muelty- coloured Muscle Man -- multi-

coloured Muscle Man, designed by Lily. That's awesome. Thank you.

you two are senior agents in the organisation that brings together

the superheroes, this is an Abominator. He has an enchanted

bombing knocker. Who doesn't want one of those! And this is Claw us.

What have I to fear? The Avengers. That's what we call ourselves.

did the supervillain of the film cower at the sight of your

superheroes? Flame is the superhero I'm most afraid of. But I would

like to recruit Doughnut girl, because I think in this film, if

Loki was teamed one Doughnut Girl it would be a different story.

Keep on drawing, because the world always needs superheroes and you

never know where your doodles could take you.

There's loads more Avengers fun on the Newsround website, including my

review of the movie. Sticking with movies, a ten-minute

preview clip of the new Hobbit film has been released. Director Peter

Jackson used special cameras that capture twice as much detail as

normal ones. But some critics say it makes the scenes look like low

budget telly! Ouch. The movie's out in December.

Now, how about this for a once-in- a-lifetime shot? This guy from an

Estonian basketball team scored from the sideline with this amazing