30/03/2017 Newsround

You're with Newsround this Thursday afternoon.

I'm Ricky with some of this on the way...

You tell us all about your smelly shoes, and...

Find out how you rescue 11 elephants from a pond...

But first to Syria, a country in the Middle East.

A war there has been going on for seven years.

Many thousands of people have been killed and millions more have fled

But what is life like for the families who are

A team of BBC journalists went to the city of Homs to find out.

Buildings have been completely destroyed.

Some parts of the country are unrecognisable.

Different groups who can't agree on the way the country should be

run have been fighting against each other.

Life has changed drastically for children living here.

Three years ago Barah-hah was scared.

She lost members of her own family in some of the fiercest fighting

and had to stop going to school because it wasn't safe.

Back then she told the BBC what life was like.

TRANSLATION: We were not eating properly. I would like to go to

school. Three years on and

a lot has changed. Her classroom is crowded

and she gave the BBC's You know, in some ways,

of course this is terrific to see, children just being

children here in Syria. A place that has seen some

of the worst fighting of the war. And now an ordinary day

with children going to TRANSLATION: I am much happier now.

I am back in my house, thank God I've got everything. When I go to

bed I remember when I get a part in a play, what I did at school, it's

all good stuff, no bad memories. These children are lucky to be back

in school but not every child Many are still not able to got

to school and there is still no end We've all got a pair of really

bad smelling trainers But are they stinky

enough to win a prize? I've been sniffing out the facts

Axel! To get the X Factor and Britain's

got talent... There's a new contest on the block all the way from the

USA, the 42nd stinky sneaker contest! The smelliest trainers in

one room... Seven contestants were judged on how rotten their trainers

smelt. It's not just what counts on the inside... They absolutely stink!

It also counts on how they smell outside! The top judge works for the

US space agency Nasa, and is a certified Master sniffer, nice!

Let's build the tension please... Who was 2017's stinky sneaker

winner? Seriously, who Zardes? These are really bad! -- who Zardes? I

help out on a farm, when I see animal to I stepped in it to get it

dirty! When I go fishing I step in fish guts! 12-year-old Connor was

the winner and will be inducted into the Hall of Fumes! Get it?

We asked you guys to get in touch about this stinky issue

Martha admits it's her feet that are the smelliest...

Thanks for getting in touch you smelly lot!

We all love a nice swim to cool down on a hot day,

but these elephants in Cambodia got a bit more than they bargained for.

11 of the Asian elephants got stuck in a pool

at the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary after they went for a swim.

So, a team of volunteers worked together using trees and ropes

to help pull the elephants out of the pool.