04/01/2016 Newsround

Martin here with all the top stories this Monday.

Coming up, we meet the sheep getting a long overdue haircut.

Plus Star Wars just keeps smashing records.

First, to north-east India where an earthquake measuring six

point eight in magnitude has hit in the state of Manipour.

Buildings have been badly damaged and some have completely collapsed.

The BBC reporter in India Justin Rowlatt has sent us this.

Imagine being shaken from your bed in the middle of the night. That is

what happens to hundreds of thousands of people in north India

and Bangladesh this morning. The earthquake hit just before dawn.

Lots of people ran out of their homes and into the street, that is

the safest place to be when an earthquake hits. There was quite a

bit of damage in the city numerous to the quake. A number of buildings

have collapsed and many more have been damaged. The earthquake was so

strong that it was felt hundreds of miles away. Quite a few people ended

up in hospital but rescue workers are now on the scene and they are

trying to help people out. Thank you, Justin.

In Scotland, more than 30 flood warnings are still in place

with strong winds and heavy rain continuing to cause problems.

Thousands of homes were flooded in parts of Scotland and northern

Many roads have been closed in Scotland today because of

the weather and the main train route between Cumbria and

Ivory poaching has become one of the biggest threats to some

of the world's most endangered animals.

There are lots of ideas about what can be done to protect

elephants, rhinos and even hippos from criminals.

I've been to meet one team who think they can help stop this illegal

An African elephant's tasks are made from ivory. You might not know it

but hippos have big ivory teeth. Sperm whales, yes, they have ivory

teeth, too. Ivory poaching has had some devastating effects on the

populations of these endangered species around the world is, because

it is worth a lot of money. A single ivory task could be worth between

?5,000 and ?10,000. Rhino horn, just one kilogram is worth more than

gold. To give you an ideal, in Africa, where ivory poaching is

common, 30,000 elephants a year are killed for their tusks. --

you an idea. That is the equivalent of 80 a day. Now a team of

scientists from London might just of 80 a day. Now a team of

have come up with a way to tackle of 80 a day. Now a team of

this problem. This is my fingerprint. It is unique because no

one else in the world has the same one. That includes member of my --

members of my own family. Fingerprinting could be the key to

protecting some of these animals. Normally fingerprints are done using

a certain kind of powder which normally reveals a clear print that

you can see. Why has this not been done for ivory in the past?

Previously, that was impossible. Ivory itself, even though it looks

smooth and hard, if you look at it under a microscope, it is full of

tiny holes. Your fingerprint will actually disappear down the halls.

The powder we use here is much smaller. If you decrease the size of

the powder, it needs less to stick onto. This type of fingerprinting

has two still be tried out for real. When it eventually does, what do the

scientists hope to achieve? In the short-term, we can use this type of

technology to link somebody to illegal trafficking of ivory.

Ideally, in the long term, we would like to stop hurting the animals.

It's probably no surprise to lots of you that the latest

Star Wars film has taken more than ?94 million in sales since it

Making it the UK's biggest film of 2015.

If you want to test your Star Wars knowledge, then take on our quiz

over on the Newsround website.

Finally a sheep who's been missing for six years has finally been

Meet Sheila the sheep, from Tasmania in Australia.

She was found on the roadside unable to move because of the weight

Her coat was full of dirt and sticks from the forest where

Newsround's back right here tomorrow morning at 7.40 with Ayshah.