We'll start with impeachment. It's something that's built in to the U-S constitution to make sure Presidents can be held to account, and maybe even kicked out if they're found to have done something seriously wrong.

It's really rare. In fact, only two presidents have ever been impeached but neither of them were found guilty.

At the moment, President Donald Trump hasn't been impeached, but the speaker of the house has started an investigation because she thinks he's done something that could be impeachable.

What Nancy Pelosi is talking about is an accusation that President Trump put pressure on the President of Ukraine to investigate a politician who may be going up against him in next year's election. A lot of people say it's not right for the President to ask the leader of another country to interfere in an election or to use his position for his own political gain.

Donald Trump says he didn't do anything wrong and he'll release the official record of the phone call he made to Ukraine's President tomorrow to prove it.

So what happens next? Well, we don't really know but stay tuned because things could get interesting.

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BORIS JOHNSON LIES TO THE QUEEN
Speaking of world leaders… the British Prime Minister is in a little bit of trouble too.

Back in August, Boris Johnson got the Queen to agree to suspend British parliament. That's something other P-M's have done before, but Mr Johnson's case was unusual because it was for 2 months, which is way longer than previous breaks.

It also made a lot of people angry because it gave politicians less time to debate a Brexit deal, before the October 31st deadline, for the U-K to leave the European Union.

The U-K's supreme court got involved, and now 5 weeks after parliament shut down it's been ruled unlawful! That decision's a big deal because technically it means Mr Johnson misled the Queen when he asked for the suspension.

Now, many people, including politicians, are calling on Mr Johnson to resign, but the Prime Minister says didn't do anything wrong.

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$10 MILLION PAINTING FOUND IN THE KITCHEN
This next story will make you look twice at some of those weird paintings in your grandparents' house.

See this one? It's nice, although a bit dull, and it's also worth around 8 million dollars!

It shows Jesus Christ being arrested, and was painted back in the 13th century, but it was thought lost, until an antiques expert found it in an elderly French woman's house!

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WORLD PEACE BOARD GAME
The World Peace Game is kinda like a board game but it's also way more than that.

At the beginning of the game, the participants get detailed documents explaining the problems they have to solve and get assigned different roles within the game.There's prime ministers, chief financial officers, and a heap of different staff in organisations like the United Nations and the World Bank. And then, they have to work together to figure it all out.

John says that while it is possible to lose the game, that's never happened and he reckons it shows that kids are actually pretty amazing at this stuff, and while it's difficult, these guys say it's really fun.

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WET WHEELS
It's been a little bit rainy in the UK lately... OK, seriously rainy. So much so that the UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire turned into more of a swimming comp than a cycling one.
And this guy ended up going for a swim!

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BABY PANDA'S ON PARADE
These fluffy little panda cubs have probably had a few tumbles since they're still working out the whole walking thing!

The seven baby giant pandas made their debut at a breeding facility in China. So cuddly!

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DISNEY WORLD'S FAVOURITE DOG
And get ready to fall in love with Disney World's favourite dog! Nala is a medical response service dog, and she helps people in distress at the famous amusement park in Florida.

While every Disney character seems to love Nala, Nala seems to really love Donald Duck! Aww! If this doesn't make you smile then I quit right now.

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