Greta Thunberg has spoken at the United Nation's big New York climate summit and boy did she let world leaders have it!
In a super passionate speech, she told them she is worried about the future of the planet and challenged them to do more to help.
About 60 leaders from countries including Germany and New Zealand came to New York for the Climate Action Summit.
They talked about their country's plans to cut carbon emissions.
But a group of young people including Greta were also invited to present their views on climate change.
They want to inspire leaders to take more urgent action and while many countries have promised to do more, some people, like Greta, are worried that promises alone aren't enough to turn back the clock on climate change.
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SCIENTISTS RECKON VENUS MAY HAVE ONCE BEEN HABITABLE
NASA scientists reckon Venus, the hottest planet in our solar system, was once a lot cooler and a bit more earth like!
Venus is known as our sister planet because it's a similar size and mass to Earth but it's WAY hotter, like 462 degrees hotter, and there's no liquid water.
NASA scientists have known for a while now that Venus used to have heaps of water covering its surface, kind of like a shallow ocean, but all that water turned to gas about 750 million years ago.
Now, they think that a few billion years ago Venus might have also been WAY cooler like a balmy 20 to 50 degrees on average and it may have even been habitable!
They're still not sure what happened to make Venus change so much but they say knowing more about the history of the planets in our solar system can help us learn more about our planet and its future.
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HARRY AND MEGHAN KICK OFF SOUTHERN AFRICA TOUR
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have just started a tour of southern Africa. They landed in South Africa yesterday where a big party was waiting to welcome them!
They met a bunch of people involved in different programs that are empowering young women to be strong leaders in the community. That's something Prince Harry and Meghan says is really important to them. Later this week Prince Harry will move on from South Africa to visit Botswana and Malawi.
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BROWNLOW MEDAL
The AFL's biggest award was handed out last night; the Brownlow Medal. The Brownlow's given to the year's most valuable player as voted by the umpires.
Nat Fyfe won it back in 2015 and again last night! Meanwhile, Liam Ryan was awarded the mark of the while Eddie Betts won his fourth goal of the year.
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FIFA BEST AWARDS
Speaking of awards, FIFA handed out its awards to the year's best soccer players. Lionel Messi bagged his 6th men's player of the year award while Megan Rapinoe was best of the women.
She was a star at the recent women's World Cup, scoring 6 goals for the United States including a penalty in the final. 18 year old Daniel Zsori booted the goal of the year with this long range bicycle kick.
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PRO STREET SKATERS BUST A MOVE
Meet some of the world's best female street skaters! Pamela Rose won gold at the Street League World Championship, while 11 year old star Rayssa Leal came in second.
The comp's a big deal because the rankings they earn here will decide whether they make it into the 2020 Olympics.
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