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In today's news, with Nancy and Hope:

A new animal hotline, new Banksy art, and a new number one song in the U.K.

All that and more, coming up next!
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台北市啟用「你救我救」 24小時動保專線
Taipei's New Animal Rescue Hotline

Are you an animal lover?

Then you should definitely know about this.

Taipei now has a new hotline for helping animals.

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office says people who see an animal in danger can call the number "1959".

It's easy to remember, because it sounds like "you save, I save" (你救我救) in Mandarin.

The city has had a hotline to help animals since 2010.

But this new number is easier to remember.

The office says people in the city can call this number if they see animals that are sick or hurt.

The hotline is free.

And it is open 24 hours every day.

Officials say last year, the hotline took almost 10,000 calls.

1,300 were for cats and dogs.

And more than 4,000 were about other kinds of animals.

The office says callers should know where the animal is.

They should also know the animal's condition (身體狀況).

Then they should follow the instructions given by the hotline representative.

台北市政府動物保護處請民眾先確認動物狀況和具體地點,再撥「1959」,照著話務員的指示提供資訊。
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班克西最新塗鴉 出現烏克蘭街頭
Banksy Art Appears in Ukraine

And the Banksy mystery continues!

Banksy (班克西) is a famous artist.

But no one knows who he or she really is!

This U.K. artist is famous for graffiti art (塗鴉藝術).

Grafitti is art that is drawn or painted on public places.

Graffiti art usually has a special meaning or message.

And it's usually made without permission (允許,許可).

Banksy's art work has appeared in public places all over the world.

And now, the artist has made seven new works of art in Ukraine.

People first noticed the art work in the city of Borodyanka.

The city has been hit by Russian bombs many times.

It was taken over by Russia's army for a while during the war.

And Ukrainian soldiers took back the city in April of this year.

After this, people began noticing graffiti in Banksy's special style in the city, and in other cities in Ukraine.

One of the works shows a female gymnast, balancing (倒立,平衡) on broken rocks, outside a building hit by bombs.

Another shows a little boy in a martial arts uniform, flipping a man onto his back.

班克西的另一幅塗鴉,畫著一名小男孩,在柔道比賽中,把一名男子摔了個四腳朝天。

These are the first public art works from Banksy in more than a year.
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英國單曲串流量冠軍
The U.K.'s Most-Streamed Song of All Time

There's a new number one song in the U.K.

The most-streamed song in the U.K. used to be Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You".

That means it was the song that has been played online the most in the U.K.

But now, it has officially become second.

And the new number one, is Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved".

The song has been played 562 million times.

路易斯卡柏狄的單曲 "Someone You Loved", 成為了英國串流量最高的單曲。

The Official Chart Company tracks sales of songs in the U.K., and it says only 3 songs have ever been streamed more than 500 million times.

They are Lewis' "Someone You Loved", and Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You", and "Perfect".

Lewis was very excited, and called himself "the king of streaming".

He says Ed Sheeran is "kind and gracious", and "a good friend".

Then he jokingly told Ed to "Keep Up!"

路易斯開玩笑的叫紅髮艾德【趕快跟上進度!】。
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So, in today's News Bites:

Taipei now has a new hotline for helping animals.

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office says people who see an animal in danger can call the number "1959".

It's easy to remember, because it sounds like "you save, I save" (你救我救) in Mandarin.
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The mysterious artist Banksy has made seven new works of art in Ukraine.

One of the works shows a female gymnast, balancing on broken rocks, outside a building hit by bombs.

Another shows a little boy in a martial arts uniform, flipping a man onto his back.
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And…

The most-streamed song in the U.K. is now Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved".

The song has been played 562 million times.

Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" is now the second-most-streamed song in the U.K.
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And that's today's episode of News Bites!