29/03/2014 Newsround


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Hi, I'm Ricky with your morning Newsround. The man helping you hear

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the sounds of nature and good news for the Voice fans ahead of

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tonight's semi final. This is Newsround.

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But first to a big change to the law in England and Wales that came in

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overnight. Same-sex couples are now allowed to get married. Martin has

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been looking in to the change, which has sparked some strong views from

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people on both sides of the argument.

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I am now happy to announce that you are now legally married. These

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people have celebrated getting married. Until now, two men or two

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women have not been allowed to married each other. Now, the law has

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changed. While there were celebrations for those getting

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married, not everyone is happy with the change. Those against it,

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including many religious groups, say that marriage has been between a man

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and woman for hundreds of years and shouldn't be altered. Up until

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today, same-sex couples could only have a civil partnership, which

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gives similar rights but isn't exactly the same rights as marriage.

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Despite the change in the law, it will be up to the individual

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religious organisations to choose whether or not they want to hold

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ceremonies for gay people. Some, like the Church of England, and the

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Roman Catholic Church, say they will not marry gay couples. Attitudes to

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gay people vary across the world. 16 countries currently allow same-sex

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marriage but in others such as Iran and Nigeria, it is illegal for a man

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to have a relationship with a man or a woman with a woman. Scotland has

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also voted to make gay marriage legal but there are no plans to do

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the same in Northern Ireland. Russia says it no intention of

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sending troops further into Ukraine after an hour long phone call

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between their leader Vladimir Putin and US president Barack Obama.

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There's been a lot of unrest in Ukraine between people in the

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country who support closer ties to Russia and those who don't. Russian

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forces recently took control of Crimea, in southern Ukraine,

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something Obama said was illegal. The two men discussed a US-backed

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plan for Russia to stop to its military build-up on the Ukraine

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border. It's seen as a sign that the crisis could be solved through

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talks. Next up, smashing a world record

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doesn't get better than this. This is Lisa Dennis one of Great

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Britain's taekwondo world champions and she's attempting to break 1,000

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of these tiles in 90 seconds with her bare hands or knuckles. After a

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shaky start and rather a lot of noise, Lisa managed smash the

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records. She broke through 1,000 tiles in 84 seconds.

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Now it's spring and lots of you will have started to hear the birds

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singing in the trees each morning. But if you don't live in the

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countryside you might not get to hear it all that much. A survey from

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the National Trust says nearly half of people who live in cities feel

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they don't get to enjoy nature enough. So they've come up with an

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album featuring animal and insect sounds. But there's a big

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difference, the sounds haven't been made by animals but by beatboxer

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Jason Singh. Watch this. Well, the birds that you are likely

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to hear our blackbirds, woodpeckers and buzzards. A woodpecker sounds

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like this... A black bird sounds like this... And a buzzard sounds

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like this... I love that so much, Jason. Tell us more. It's a National

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trust campaign for spring, getting everybody excited and becoming aware

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offspring and getting people outdoors, experiencing National

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trust sites. It's about getting out and getting some fresh air. We saw

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you in action. How did you first find out you could do this? It's

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something I practice all the time. I'm fascinated by sound. I love all

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kind of sound, mechanical, natural, rhythms and beads, melodies, and

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it's about practising those. I've been doing it since I was ten years

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old. I have annoyed everyone! We are going to put you to the test now.

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These are some quick sounds I would like you to recreate. A wood pigeon.

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OK, here we go... What about cooking? Oh, gosh. Here we go. What

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about a blackbird? A blackbird... I was going to give it a go but I just

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don't think I should... . It's a fantastic talent but what

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else can you do? I love creating all sorts of natural phenomena, like the

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breeze. The C... -- the sea... I love beats as well. Drum patterns.

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That is awesome. Thanks so much for coming in.

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Good news, Voice fans, BBC bosses have said the hit show will return

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for another two series. They've just announced the plans ahead of the

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live semi-finals tonight for this year's contestants. Each artist will

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perform one song before a group number with their team and superstar

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coach. The audience decide who'll make it through to the final.

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That's all from the Saturday team for now. Stay with us because we've

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got a Newsround Special coming up next. With some powerful scenes, Nel

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reports from Kabul in Afghanistan, the city where she was born, to meet

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children who are growing up with war around them. Here is

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I'm travelling thousands of miles back to where I was born.

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Since then, it's become one of the most dangerous places in the world.

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For over a decade, British soldiers have been fighting here,

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but this year, 2014, the British Army will leave.

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I'm going back to the capital city Kabul

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