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Hi there, I'm Ricky from the BBC World News for Schools. It's Wednesday the 23rd of March. 

Coming up 

The school boy who's attempting a record breaking arctic trek¹. 

A top U.S. baseball star is on trial. 

And meet the 9 year old rapper who's taking New York by storm! 

First, In Tokyo people are being told not to give babies tap water, in case it's poisoned with radiation. Officials say levels of radiation are twice what's recommended to be safe. This mum says she's not sure how she'll cope... 

CLIP: "I think there will be lot of shortage of water again and we have to think of how we keep our food and daily meals safe." 

Meanwhile, people living near the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant have also been told some vegetables aren't safe to eat. Workers are doing what they can to get the nuclear reactors² under control but worsening conditions at the plant means the work has had to be put off. 

And if you are in Japan and want to let us know how things are for you. You can e-mail us at [email protected]. 

Now, to a quick update from Libya where the leader, Colonel Gaddafi has gone on TV to say that he'll never surrender as Libya's leader. It was the first time he's spoken since U.S. and European jets launched air strikes against his troops. The planes are trying to stop Colonel Gaddafi attacking his own people. 

Next, how would you fancy walking nearly 130 kilometres in temperatures of minus 50 degrees? Well that's what 16 year old Parker is planning to do next month. If he manages it, he should get his name into the record books but it's a risky³ business... 

Clip: One of them is the risk of a polar bear attack. Probably the main danger is open water. You end up trying to cross any area of very thin ice and you fall through." 

And for today's question we want to know which is colder the North Pole or the South Pole? Yesterday, we asked you what the official length of a full marathon is? And the answer is.....42.195 kilometres! 

More news now and one of America's top baseball stars is in court. Barry Bonds Is accused of taking drugs to improve his performance, and then lying about it in court, but the player says he's not guilty. 

Cricket news and Pakistan will need just 113 runs to become the first side through to the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup. They've bowled the West Indies out for 112 in Dhaka, with six and a half overs to spare. 

And finally, when you think of the big stars on the hip⁴-hop⁵ scene, the last thing that comes to mind is a 9 year old girl. But it seems school girl, Priscilla, aka P-Star is taking the New York rapping scene by storm. Here she is performing at a New York club... 

CLIP: FX of P-Star 

And if you're thinking that it's more than a little unusual to have a 9 year old performing in a club, it might have something to do with the fact that her dad Jesse Diaz used to be a big hip hop star himself! 

OK, that's all from the World News for Schools team. We're back tomorrow.

1 trek   

vi.作长途艰辛的旅行；n.长途艰苦的旅行

参考例句：

• We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
• It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。

2 reactors   

起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 )； 反应装置； 原子炉； 核反应堆

参考例句：

• The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。

3 risky   

adj.有风险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
• He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。

4 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

5 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？