27/05/2014 Newsround

Hello, you're live with me, Nel.

Let's start with the discovery of a giant bog as big as England

which scientists unearthed while searching a remote part of Africa.

They think it could help uncover mysteries of nature

going back thousands of years. Here's Ricky.

Deep in the heart of the African rainforest, UK scientists have made

a rather remarkable discovery, a huge area of swampland unearthed

in the Republic of Congo.

At 200,000 square kilometres, it's bigger than the whole of

England and, at seven metres, deeper than an Olympic-size swimming pool.

But the discovery wasn't easy.

The scientists had to watch out for dwarf crocodiles,

gorillas and elephants as they gathered samples from the area.

To me, it was incredibly surprising to find an area the size of England

that essentially was uncharted.

We were walking through it in the daytime, collecting

our samples, and then in the evening we would build platforms in the

forest to perch little tents on.

The land is special because it contains billions of tonnes

of decaying vegetation called peat which is more than 10,000 years old.

Peat bogs aren't just found in deep, remote parts of Africa.

They're actually all around us, even here in the UK.

This peatland in Greater Manchester is quite wet and spongy,

as you can see, on the surface.

It doesn't really smell that bad, either.

And it is incredibly important for conservationists, because all

of this has been slowly decomposing for more than 12,000 years.

It's basically a living history that records everything that's

happened in the area.

They've got things like elephants, crocodiles,

things that we don't have here, but also they've got a lot more trees.

The scientists took samples of the Congo peat to bring back to

the UK and test.

They say it will help them to learn more about how

the environment has changed over a thousand years and the Congo

Basin's role in the world's past.

In Ukraine, there has been serious fighting at an airport

in the eastern city of Donestk.

Armed groups who want Russia to have more of a say in how the country is

run clashed with the Ukrainian army for control of the airport.

Over the weekend, a new president was elected promising to bring

peace to the whole country.

But after months of unrest, the situation is still unresolved.

Footy, and in the last hour Spurs have appointed Mauricio Pochettino

as their new manager.

He's left Southampton after guiding them to eighth

in the league last season.

He's agreed a five-year deal at the club.

And Frozen has become the fifth biggest selling film

in box office history.

The Disney hit has made more than ?700 million worldwide

since its release.

It replaced Iron Man 3 in the all-time top five

and is now just behind Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

That's all from me. Newsround is back tomorrow morning.