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Hi. You're just in time for Newsround on CBBC. Here's what's | :00:08. | :00:13. | |
coming up - paying more for pop - we hear what you think. And, the | :00:13. | :00:22. | |
monkey sent into space. But first, to something that's really got you | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
going on the Newsround website - the call to make you pay more in | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
tax for your favourite fizzy drinks, to help pay for healthier options | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
like fruit at school. We've had tonnes of comments on both sides of | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
the debate. Hana in Lancashire says, "We should pay more". While Emily | :00:36. | :00:41. | |
in Liverpool reckons, "We already pay enough". Your average can of | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
sugary fizzy drink contains around none cubes of sugar and charities | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
and medical groups want you to pay more and drink less in a bid to | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
improve health. The companies that make the drinks say 10p from every | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
60p can of fizzy drink already goes to the Government in taxes, but the | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
charities say an extra 20p of tax on every litre of pop would raise | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
�1 billion every year to help fund free fruit and healthy meals in | :01:01. | :01:11. | |
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schools. The only benefit is the excess calories and it's not a | :01:19. | :01:26. | |
benefit, because we have an obesity crisis in the country. Well, as I | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
said, you guys have been getting in touch and opinion is really divided | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
on this one. Olivia in Lancashire isn't happy about the idea. "We | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
should have our own free choice on drinking pop. I am sensible and do | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
not need to be forced to drink less by making pop too expensive!" Ben | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
in Hampshire says, "Soft drinks are very fattening and there should be | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
a small tax on them to try and get people to drink a healthier | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
alternative like water." But Jake, in says Waterlooville says, "I | :01:48. | :01:58. | |
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think that fizzy drinks cost too much already. If the price goes up, | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
they will be bought a lot less and the Government won't get any tax." | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
We'll keep an eye on this one for you. Next, the Government has | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
announced that up to 350 British troops are going to be sent to Mali | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
and neighbouring countries in north-west Africa. French forces | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
have been there for three weeks already, helping Mali's government | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
stop Islamist rebels from taking control of the country. The British | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
are joining to help the French with things like transport and | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
communication, as well as training West African soldiers. They won't | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
be fighting on in front-line combat like they do in Afghanistan. I'll | :02:25. | :02:32. | |
have a full report on that in our next update. Next, visiting space. | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
For many humans it's an impossible dream - but officials in Iran in | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
the Middle East claim to have successfully sent a monkey into | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
orbit and brought it safely back to Earth. Some people have said that | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
Iran's experiment is no more than animal cruelty, but there's a long | :02:46. | :02:56. | |
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history of animals being sent into space. Joe's got more. When you see | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
a rocket blasting into space, you would expect it to be piloted by an | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
astronaut with years of space training, but this Iranian rocket | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
has a monkey on board. The Government say their animal | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
astronaut is a big step forward for their space plans. Iran is keen to | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
flex its muscle by testing rockets and missiles, which has got tuns | :03:20. | :03:26. | |
like the United States -- countries like the US and United Kingdom | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
worried. Iran aren't the first country to do this. Flies were the | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
first animals sent into space in 1947. Scientists in the United | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
States wanted to find out about the effects of radiation at high | :03:40. | :03:46. | |
altitudes. In 1951 the first monkey went through a space flight. Mica | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
the dog has become one of the most famous animals. She travelled on | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
the famous Soviet Russian spacecraft Sputnik, but died a week | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
into the journey. Some people think it's cruel, especially if they | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
don't make the journey back. But the knowledge gained in these early | :04:03. | :04:09. | |
days helped pave the way for human space travel. In Iran, officials | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
say the monkey was unharmed, but critics say it was more about | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
showing off their strength than real space research. Finally, to | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
Australia, where torrential rain and flooding in the north-east of | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
the country has led to some dramatic rescues. In Bundaberg, | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
Queensland, the city worst hit by the floods, emergency crews | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
launched around 1,000 rescue attempts, pulling people to safety | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
after the river that runs through town broke its banks, sending fast- | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
moving, muddy water pouring into streets and homes. The flooding - | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
caused by Tropical Cyclone Oswald - has also hit the neighbouring state | :04:39. | :04:46. |