:00:08. > :00:16.hello, I'm Riki, and it is finally Friday. Here is what is coming up on
:00:17. > :00:17.Newsround. Manchester City ladies on a roll, plus how music gave this
:00:18. > :00:25.girl her voice. But first to Syria,
:00:26. > :00:28.a country in the Middle East. A war there has been
:00:29. > :00:30.going on for seven years. Many thousands of people have been
:00:31. > :00:33.killed and millions more have fled But what is life like for
:00:34. > :00:38.the families who are A team of BBC journalists went
:00:39. > :00:45.to the city of Homs to find out. In the last few years,
:00:46. > :00:48.so much has changed in Syria. Buildings have been
:00:49. > :00:52.completely destroyed. Some parts of the country
:00:53. > :00:57.are unrecognisable. Different groups who can't agree
:00:58. > :01:00.on the way the country should be run have been fighting
:01:01. > :01:04.against each other. Life has changed drastically
:01:05. > :01:07.for children living here. Three years ago,
:01:08. > :01:09.Barah-hah was scared. She lost members of her own family
:01:10. > :01:12.in some of the fiercest fighting and had to stop going to school
:01:13. > :01:15.because it wasn't safe. Back then she told the BBC
:01:16. > :01:22.what life was like. We were not eating properly. I'd
:01:23. > :01:30.like to go to school. Three years on,
:01:31. > :01:32.and a lot has changed. Her classroom is crowded
:01:33. > :01:38.and she gave the BBC's You know, in some ways,
:01:39. > :01:50.of course this is terrific to see, children just being
:01:51. > :01:57.children here in Syria. A place that has seen some
:01:58. > :02:00.of the worst fighting of the war. And now an ordinary day
:02:01. > :02:13.with children going to I am much happier now. I am back in
:02:14. > :02:17.the house. When I go to bed, I remember when I had a part in a
:02:18. > :02:20.play, I remember school, what I did during the day will stop its all
:02:21. > :02:23.good stuff, no bad memories. in school but not every child
:02:24. > :02:28.in Syria is so fortunate. Many are still not able to got
:02:29. > :02:32.to school and there is still no end Manchester City Women became
:02:33. > :02:42.the first English team to reach the Champions League
:02:43. > :02:43.semi-finals since 2014. They beat Danish side
:02:44. > :02:45.Fortuna Hjorring. Lucy Bronze scored
:02:46. > :02:47.the only goal in the game. City will face Lyon
:02:48. > :02:50.in the last four. Tennis now and Johanna Konta has
:02:51. > :02:53.become the first British woman Johanna Konta was just six years
:02:54. > :03:02.old when Venus William first won her Miami Open
:03:03. > :03:11.title 19 years ago. Even though she is seven years old,
:03:12. > :03:18.Ruweyda only recently Martin's been finding
:03:19. > :03:28.out more about her. Meet Ruwedya. She is seven years old
:03:29. > :03:33.and has something called selective mutism, a very strong type of
:03:34. > :03:37.anxiety meaning she cannot speak in certain situations. Until recently,
:03:38. > :03:47.Ruwedya did not say a word at school, until she started taking
:03:48. > :03:51.some special music classes. I guess Ruwedya was very quiet with
:03:52. > :03:58.selective mutism, not speaking within school at all. And then she
:03:59. > :04:03.came to music therapy and she was very shy in the first session and it
:04:04. > :04:07.took a little while to warm up, but then she responded really well and
:04:08. > :04:12.quickly. It was after her second session when she spoke her first
:04:13. > :04:19.word. Some of the kids came in and said Ruwedya is speaking. She can
:04:20. > :04:33.speak, she is just shy. Do you enjoy school more now? Yes. Great. Why?
:04:34. > :04:37.School is great. About 1% of children are thought to have
:04:38. > :04:41.selective mutism like Ruwedya but there's not a lot of research into
:04:42. > :04:43.helping people with it, so people like Ruwedya's music teacher working
:04:44. > :04:47.hard to different ways to help. That's all from me, Newsround's back
:04:48. > :04:50.right here in about half an hour. Don't forget to head
:04:51. > :04:52.online for loads more including our new Strange,
:04:53. > :04:54.Stranger, Strangest Strange Hill High is up next!
:04:55. > :05:08.And this afternoon, it's the final episode of Sam and
:05:09. > :05:10.Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up at six! You know, speaking of double acts...
:05:11. > :05:13.Yeah? We're a good double act, aren't we? I reckon we're THE best
:05:14. > :05:15.Of course! I mean, we get on
:05:16. > :05:17.really well... We do. Never get on each other's nerves.
:05:18. > :05:20.Nope! You know?