:00:00. > :00:13.You're with Newsround on CBBC. Loads to get through this Tuesday morning.
:00:14. > :00:17.A big campaign to prevent this sort of thing happening at level
:00:18. > :00:20.crossings in the UK. And the Chinese chickens making a bid for freedom.
:00:21. > :00:30.This is Newsround. First, one of the biggest countries
:00:31. > :00:34.in Europe, Ukraine, is in crisis as violent protests there continue.
:00:35. > :00:37.They started in the capital city, Kiev, in November last year but have
:00:38. > :00:42.become more extreme in the past week, with some protesters taking
:00:43. > :00:45.over government buildings. You can see here how the unrest has now
:00:46. > :00:48.spread to other towns and cities across the country. The protests
:00:49. > :00:51.began because officials wouldn't sign a deal bringing the country
:00:52. > :00:56.closer to the European Union, choosing stronger ties with Russia
:00:57. > :00:59.instead. Then the government introduced controversial
:01:00. > :01:05.anti-protest laws and the clashes got worse. Now the president has
:01:06. > :01:07.made an offer to reverse the anti-protest law if demonstrators
:01:08. > :01:13.clear the streets and leave government buildings. There's going
:01:14. > :01:19.to be a vote on it but it's not yet clear whether other politicians will
:01:20. > :01:22.support it. Now to the Somerset Levels in South West England,
:01:23. > :01:25.underwater since Christmas and now, to make matters worse, more rain is
:01:26. > :01:28.expected today across Southern England and Scotland. England
:01:29. > :01:33.currently has 14 flood warnings in place, ten of which are in the
:01:34. > :01:38.south-west. There are three flood warnings in place across Scotland.
:01:39. > :01:42.We want to hear if you've been affected by the flooding. Have you
:01:43. > :01:45.had trouble getting to and from school, or are there flood waters
:01:46. > :01:53.near your house? Head online and let us know.
:01:54. > :01:58.Next, to a campaign to make people, and you guys in particular, more
:01:59. > :02:01.aware about the need to be safe near level crossings. Network Rail say
:02:02. > :02:05.they've reached their target early, of closing off 750 crossings, making
:02:06. > :02:13.them safer. And as I've been finding out they want to close another 500
:02:14. > :02:19.when it comes to level crossings there is always the risk of an
:02:20. > :02:23.accident, when a road, footpath or cycleway crosses the tracks. And
:02:24. > :02:29.somebody will always try to beat the barrier. So in 2010, Network Rail
:02:30. > :02:35.set itself a target of closing 10% of Britain's rail crossings by April
:02:36. > :02:40.this year. They've closed 766 so far, ahead of schedule. Level
:02:41. > :02:44.crossings are dangerous places because trains move very fast at
:02:45. > :02:48.often 100 miles per watt or more, and they are also very quiet. You
:02:49. > :03:06.think you've got plenty of time but you don't. The only true safe level
:03:07. > :03:08.crossing exist any more. Network Rail says it spent ?130 million
:03:09. > :03:10.improving level crossing safety. Part of that money was spent on
:03:11. > :03:12.making adverts like this one. Despite the safety improvements, ten
:03:13. > :03:15.people were killed on level crossings last year. The easiest way
:03:16. > :03:18.to stay safe on a level crossing is to know where you are. A lot of
:03:19. > :03:21.people are listening to music or text thing their friends and are not
:03:22. > :03:24.really sure of where they are. So if you can really keep an eye out when
:03:25. > :03:26.you are at a level crossing, know what you are doing, stock text
:03:27. > :03:30.links, look left and right and crossed over as safely and quickly
:03:31. > :03:38.as you can. Even though they've reached their target and more ahead
:03:39. > :03:41.of schedule, Network Rail say they want to close another 500 of these
:03:42. > :03:46.over the next five years. Because they hope that will mean many more
:03:47. > :03:50.lives are saved. Buckingham Palace should be opened up to the public
:03:51. > :03:53.whenever the Queen isn't at home. That's what a group of MPs is
:03:54. > :03:57.saying, as they advise the Royal Family to get its money in order.
:03:58. > :04:00.More money is needed to tackle repairs and improvements to the
:04:01. > :04:03.likes of the Palace itself, and Windsor Castle. The public can buy
:04:04. > :04:07.tickets to see the Palace but MPs say more can be done to raise money.
:04:08. > :04:11.More than one billion Smartphones were sold across the planet for the
:04:12. > :04:14.first time last year. Samsung phones were the top sellers, followed by
:04:15. > :04:17.Apple in second. Market research company IDC says the success is down
:04:18. > :04:20.to larger screens and lower costs, with big countries like India and
:04:21. > :04:33.China snapping up loads of cheaper models that cost around ?100 or
:04:34. > :04:36.less. . Now, you've heard of a wild goose chase, well, the weekend saw
:04:37. > :04:39.more of a chicken chase, after a truck loaded with about 3,000
:04:40. > :04:43.chickens turned over on a motorway in south west China. The birds made
:04:44. > :04:47.a bid for freedom from their cages and ran around all over the road,
:04:48. > :04:50.through the bushes and into the hills beyond. Traffic police had
:04:51. > :04:53.quite a job trying to collect them all up again. No-one was hurt
:04:54. > :04:57.though. Doctor Who fans get onto the Newsround website. The first picture
:04:58. > :05:00.of new Time Lord, Peter Capaldi, in costume has been released. Head
:05:01. > :05:01.online now to check out his new look! That's