International

World News 17^th May
On Saturday, China’s Mars Rover landed and will drive around soon
It has to search for ice or water.  Humans might live on Mars. The robot will work for 90 days and will search for evidence of life on Mars.   This is a major technology development for China.  But do we really want to live on Mars in future?
Australia closed its borders a year ago to keep covid out.
Australians are free – rest of the world is in lockdown. Australian government say the country is likely to stay closed until the middle of 2022. Australians had hoped to travel abroad again at the end of this year but they have slow vaccine programme and there are covid problems in other countries.   No travel at the moment.
Monks win fight with quarry over Belgian beer
Belgian beer is famous.  The beer from the Trappist monks in Rochefort, south Belgium is very special.  A quarry company wanted to dig deeper and move a special water spring.  The monks said no.  it affects the taste of the beer.    A court in Belgium now says – OK the quarry owns the water spring but from a law in 1833, they are not allowed to remove or divert all or part of the water.  It must go to the Abbey where the monks make the beer.