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Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim. Today is Friday, September 6,

2024.

And we begin with feline trouble brewing at Number 10 Downing Street.

Recently elected British Prime Minister Kieur Starmer is facing a familiar dilemma.

How to introduce his family's two cats to Larry,

the long-reining chief mouser who's lived at the PM's residence since 2011.

If history is a guide, Starmer's ginger cat Jojo and the family's

new adopted kitten may face a tough time winning over their famous

predecessor. According to the Wall Street Journal, Larry, a 17-year-old gray and white tabby, has a reputation for being territorial and has previously duked it out with the cats and dogs of former chief execs, earning him the nickname Cat Zilla.

Bully or not, Larry, a former rescue, is extremely popular with the Brits, regularly

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