Hey. How's it going? Amelia here. Let's see what's making news.
You might have heard
that there are big protests going on in America right now
and many have turned violent.
They started after an unarmed black man was killed by police.
Leela can tell you more.
LEELA: His name was George Floyd,
a 46-year-old man who died while being restrained by a police officer.
The incident made a lot of people really angry.
I feel like those guys need to be put in jail.
They murdered my brother.
Many people have accused police of treating black people unfairly
compared to how they treat white people,
something they say has been happening for a long, long time.
I'm tired of it! I have three black men in my home. I'm tired!
Protests first began in the state of Minnesota, where George Floyd died,
but they've now spread across the country,
including New York City, LA and Washington.
Although a lot of them started as peaceful, many have turned violent.
Cars have been set on fire, shops looted and buildings vandalised.
While the government says it understands people's frustrations,
they say violence is not the answer.
It does not serve the interest of justice
or any citizen of any race, colour or creed,
for the government to give in to anarchy,
abandon police precincts,
or allow communities to be burned to the ground.
The protests haven't stopped
and lots of people, including some powerful and well-known ones,
say they want to see change.
If you're white, black, brown, or anything in between,
I'm sure you feel hopeless
about the racism going on in America right now.
Kylie Jenner isn't actually a billionaire,
at least according to Forbes.
The business magazine called her
the world's youngest billionaire in March of last year,
thanks to her enormous cosmetics company.
But now, Forbes said it was misled
about how much her brand actually makes
and Kylie's not that happy about it.
In news that's truly out of this world,
a SpaceX craft, carrying two NASA astronauts,
has docked at the International Space Station.
It's the first manned space flight to blast off from the US
in nearly 10 years.
WOMAN: ..three, two, one, zero.
Ignition. Lift-off.
NATHANIEL: They were some pretty exciting scenes
from the Kennedy Space Station in the US.
The Crew Dragon capsule,
carrying astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley
finally blasted into space over the weekend,
after the first launch was called off last week due to bad weather.
Everything went swimmingly.
The Falcon 9 rocket separated, as planned,
a few minutes into their trip.
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And the capsule carried on its 19-hour journey
toward the International Space Station.
As is tradition, they gave the Crew Dragon a nickname.
Without further ado, we would like to welcome you aboard
Capsule Endeavour.
And just to show off the Endeavour's abilities,
the capsule docked, fully automatically,
to the International Space Station.
MAN: Hard capture's complete.
Oh, piece of cake.
MAN: We have Bob Behnken from SpaceX Demo-2 mission
entering the International Space Station.
Followed by Doug Hurley.
We don't yet know how long they'll be onboard for,
but it could be as long as four months.
SpaceX is hoping the Endeavour's success is a sign of things to come,
with more flights to and from the ISS set for later this year.
Now, put away your electric cars, hoverboards and motorised scooters,
because we're doing it old-school.
It's time to saddle up.
Getting off to a really strong start, the Queen herself on a horse.
She's been living at Windsor Castle
in lockdown with her husband Prince Philip,
but she's clearly happy to get back in the saddle.
It's hard to imagine a more exciting ride
than being on the back of a wedge-tailed eagle.
Unfortunately, that means being a small, solar-powered GPS tracker.
Scientists have attached the devices
to study the bird's flight paths in Tasmania,
with their locations updated every 6 seconds.
We'll actually be able to see
what is happening with these eagles.
Where are they going? What are they encountering?
One bird managed to travel
nearly 250km around the state in eight hours.
Phew!
Finally, the race to end all races -
the Uluru Camel Cup.
Where else can competitors face off by throwing camel poo,
and follow it up by climbing on a camel?
For the first time, the Camel Cup was run without crwods
because of Covid-19 restrictions,
but the race was as tense as ever.
MAN: Tex taken out the cup!
WOMAN: It was just amazing.
I mean, yeah, Tex just kept running
better than he did before, I actually think.
And, um, it's just amazing.
Well, that's all the news for now. I'll be back with more tomorrow.
See you then.
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