27/02/2016

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:00:00. > :00:00.Good afternoon, it's Saturday and you're live with Newsround.

:00:00. > :00:08.I'm Hayley and here's what I've got for you coming up.

:00:09. > :00:26.First to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil where the 2016 Olympic Games kick

:00:27. > :00:32.But for some living one part of the city the battle

:00:33. > :00:35.is on to save the neighbourhood from demolition.

:00:36. > :00:43.A city known for its beaches, its football and in five months'

:00:44. > :00:50.time, it'll be known for 2016 Olympic Games.

:00:51. > :00:52.But just metres away from the Olympic site,

:00:53. > :00:59.the Vila Autodromo favela is being cleared out.

:01:00. > :01:02.Favelas are homes packed together in a sprawling maze

:01:03. > :01:08.Homes are often made of cement or brick and most people have

:01:09. > :01:16.For many years, residents here have been told they have to leave to make

:01:17. > :01:18.way for a bigger road next to the Olympic park.

:01:19. > :01:24.Many have moved on but some, including Maria, have stayed.

:01:25. > :01:27.TRANSLATION: While I don't have a place to go to live,

:01:28. > :01:30.I am sending some of my furniture to my neighbour's house

:01:31. > :01:38.What I really want is to stay in Vila Autodromo.

:01:39. > :01:45.Almost 600 families used to live here but now there are less.

:01:46. > :01:47.The city say residents who have to move will

:01:48. > :01:52.Some say this is their home and they will stay for as long

:01:53. > :02:01.Next, at just 18 years old Kyla Nelson in on the team

:02:02. > :02:03.for Great Britain's women's basketball team.

:02:04. > :02:06.She checked in with Newsround to tell us about how the sport has

:02:07. > :02:13.I'm Kyla Nelson, I'm 18 years old, and I play for the Great Britain

:02:14. > :02:16.I got into basketball from birth, really.

:02:17. > :02:19.My dad was still playing when I was born, and growing

:02:20. > :02:26.And I was about seven when I started playing for a local youth team.

:02:27. > :02:29.It's a privilege, having two people in your life that have played

:02:30. > :02:34.I just want to absorb everything they say.

:02:35. > :02:36.What I love about basketball is just the hustle, the competitiveness

:02:37. > :02:42.Basketball has helped my confidence a lot growing up.

:02:43. > :02:45.I was a little bit overweight when I was younger, and sometimes

:02:46. > :02:49.when I have a bad game, I don't know how good I am.

:02:50. > :02:51.But when I come here, and having team-mates like these

:02:52. > :03:02.They've done some stuff that I just aspire to do myself.

:03:03. > :03:05.Next to the largest missile launcher of its kind in the world.

:03:06. > :03:08.The massive fire-throwing catapult at Warwick Castle in the Midlands

:03:09. > :03:10.is back in action after some serious repair work.

:03:11. > :03:27...and launches, like, big balls that are on fire.

:03:28. > :03:31.Allow me to introduce you to the world's largest seige engine.

:03:32. > :03:38.A huge catapult called the trebuchet.

:03:39. > :03:40.Our machine is called Ursa - the bear.

:03:41. > :03:42.She's designed to destroy castles, towns, villages.

:03:43. > :03:50.She stands at 18 metres tall and she weighs two tonnes.

:03:51. > :03:54.Each shot we would launch from our machine would weigh

:03:55. > :03:57.about 150 kilos, imagine two huge washing machine is being thrown

:03:58. > :04:02.This machine has to fire every six minutes, so my men must run up these

:04:03. > :04:06.If the sun is pouring through the slats of the wheels

:04:07. > :04:08.and they're looking at it, they're going to get dizzy,

:04:09. > :04:18.What comes out is going to come round and...

:04:19. > :04:39.We're asking you to get online and tell us what you think

:04:40. > :04:43.of the video game and how you think it rates compared to your other

:04:44. > :04:50.Some of you have already posted your thoughts on Pokemon.

:04:51. > :05:01.Lola from New Zealand says that she prefers Minecraft. Lucy says it is

:05:02. > :05:06.her favourite game ever and she hopes there is a new one soon. Sean

:05:07. > :05:10.says Pokemon is still popular because of the strategy involved, it

:05:11. > :05:18.makes you think. Sometimes I find it hard to think on a Saturday!

:05:19. > :05:20.A new job for homeless dogs in Brazil.

:05:21. > :05:23.They haven't learned how to play the actual game just yet,

:05:24. > :05:26.but sporty dogs Ruffal Nadal and Roger Fetcherer acted as ball

:05:27. > :05:28.boys and girls at a match in Sao Paulo.

:05:29. > :05:33.It looks like they weren't too keen to give the balls back, though.

:05:34. > :05:36.The aim of the match is encourage more people in Brazil to adopt

:05:37. > :05:40.Next to a story about an escaped unicorn.

:05:41. > :05:45.Unicorns only exist in story books but this pony dressed up to look

:05:46. > :05:47.like one managed to escape a children's party in California

:05:48. > :05:54.It was only caught after a four-hour chase through the streets of Madera

:05:55. > :05:59.That's all from me, but ill be back right here tomorrow morning