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May 21
22m 29s

Kid News This Week: New pope, India-Paki...

LEELA SIVASANKAR PRICKITT, LYNDEE PRICKITT
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In this episode of world news… We give you the dope on the pope with special reports from BOTH Rome and Chicago, where the world’s first US pontiff comes from. We’ll also try to explain India and Pakistan’s conflict – the aerial dogfight (which is not at all as cute as it sounds) and ceasefire. China and the US agree on some new, cheaper tariffs. The Australian dog lost on Kangaroo Island is trapped and found – confused? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you all. And we’ll also tell you why those kooky Kiwis love the ugly blobfish. 

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