Friday 18th of December 2009

UK Bulletin

Hi there, I'm Hayley from Newsround. It's Friday the 18th of December.

First up - depending on where you live, you might have noticed it's been snowing! Hundreds of schools have closed on what would have been the last day, but these kids certainly don't seem to mind......

Clip: "I saw the sign, and it said 'sorry school closed'. Sorry!...we don't want to go to school, this is fun! Out of school and snow, snow's best!"

But it has led to problems on planes, trains and roads. More than 20 centimetres of show has fallen in some areas. The chaos is set to continue with more of the white stuff expected over the next 24 hours in the East of England.

Next to Copenhagen where world leaders are struggling to agree a deal on climate change. US President Barack Obama has been speaking on the final day. He says it's time to stop talking and take action. Despite overnight negotiations, an agreement doesn't look likely. There's not long to go before everyone starts going home. School pupil Annie has been in Copenhagen for two weeks - she says she's going to do her best to be even more green when she gets home.

CLIP: "I think people can do it without the politicians giving us targets. I'm just going to try so hard to get the message across to people at home."

In footy news - David Beckham is set to return to Old Trafford after Manchester United were drawn with AC Milan for the knockout stages of the Champions League. Chelsea will be playing Inter Milan, and Arsenal will take on Porto.

And finally - the Christmas chart battle is hotting up with Xfactor's Joe Mcelderry taking on Rock band Rage against the machine. Joe's been talking to the BBC about the festive battle.

Clip: "I would be disappointed if I didn't get number one, but I can only promote the single, and I've been working really hard, and I can only hope the public get behind us and buy the single"

OK, that's all from the Newsround radio team. We're off on our Christmas holidays - we're back on Monday the 4th of January. In the meantime you can keep up to date with all the top stories on our website. Merry Christmas!

Bulletin

Hi there, I'm Ore from the BBC World News for Children. It's Friday the 18th of December:

Coming up:

It's crunch time at world's biggest climate talks.

Tens of thousands leave their homes under threat of volcanic eruption.

And YouTube hit goes to Hollywood.

But first...world leaders are struggling to agree a deal on climate change in Copenhagen. The President of America, Barack Obama, arrived there for the crucial talks on the final day - he says the time for talking is over - it's time for action! However, despite lots of negotiations overnight - countries are still struggling to agree on some really important issues - like targets for limiting global warming, and the setting up of a fund to help poor nations cope with climate change.

Well school pupils Akash and Annie have spent the past two weeks at the conference - reporting for the BBC on what's going on. 15 year old Akash says the atmosphere has been pretty crazy.....

CLIP: "There were just so many things going on at once, people were all running around, people were screaming, there were cameras chasing people, journalists chasing people, people making speeches, protests."

Lots of very small countries have had the chance to speak up - our reporter Annie was really impressed by a woman from the Pacific Island of Tuvalau - one of the islands at risk from rising sea levels.....

CLIP: "She was so strong and determined to try and change everyone's views. She was there shouting 'come on! - stand up for Tuvalau.' and everyone in the room just stood up for Tuvalau and started clapping. It was just so nice to see, she's just a normal person who's been given the chance to come over and shout out about what's happening over there, and hopefully the politicians will listen."

There're just hours to go before political leaders and climate change campaigners start heading home. It's yet to be seen whether leaders will reach a deal - but whatever the politicians decide - Annie says she's going to do all she can to do her bit......

CLIP: "I think people can do it without the politicians giving us targets. I'm just going to try so hard to get the message across to people at home."

To the Philippines now where the country's most active volcano looks ready to erupt. The Mayon Volcano has been spewing ash and lava for three days- scientists reckon it could erupt in a few weeks. Around 20 thousand people have been evacuated from their homes - Chief Superintendent Jose Capintin says it's been a really hard task...

CLIP: "There are some families that don't want to leave the area, but we told them there is an order that they had to move. So we had to do forced evacuations for some"

People are sheltering in all kinds of places. This woman has moved into a local school.

CLIP: "We don't know how long we have to stay here. We won't be able to leave until the volcano stops acting up."

It's not just volcano's above ground causing havoc - a robot has managed to capture the deepest ever film of an undersea eruption. It went more than a thousand metres deep into the Pacific Ocean - about 200 kilometres south-west of the Samoas. It recorded pictures of the West Mata submarine volcano, which is bursting lava into the water.

Staying with robots - when Fede Alvarez uploaded his short film about giant robots invading and destroying the capital of Uruguay to YouTube - he probably never thought it would be spotted by a Hollywood director. But - Sam Reimi - the man behind Spiderman - is offering Fede 30 million dollars to turn it into a Hollywood film. At the moment Panic Attack is just under 5 minutes long and was made on a budget of 3 hundred dollars. You can watch it on the BBC website.

Some footy news now and David Beckham is set to return to Old Trafford after Manchester United were drawn with AC Milan for the knockout stages of the Champions League. Chelsea will be playing Inter Milan, and Arsenal will take on Porto. You can check out the BBC Sport website for more of the fixtures.

And finally we have the answer to yesterday's question. We asked - what is the biggest planet in the solar system?and the answer is Jupiter.

Ok, that's all from us - The World News for Children team are off on our xmas holidays - we're back with you on the 4th of January - So Christmas wishes from us and we'll see you in the New Year. bye!