:00:11. > :00:16.One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent years
:00:17. > :00:19.is expected to batter parts of the Caribbean later.
:00:20. > :00:22.Haiti is likely to get the worst of it, but Jamaica could also get
:00:23. > :00:27.lots of flooding and winds of up to 150 miles per hour.
:00:28. > :00:32.BBC Reporter Nick Davis is in Kingston in Jamaica.
:00:33. > :00:35.We are feeling the effects of the outer edges of that storm.
:00:36. > :00:37.It's 200-odd miles away from here, but even so we've seen
:00:38. > :00:41.some localised flooding, we've seen people having to be moved
:00:42. > :00:45.But it's been parked, as I said, 200 miles out.
:00:46. > :00:49.It's slowly moving away from here, wait from the north-west,
:00:50. > :00:55.Bad news for Haiti and especially for eastern Cuba as well.
:00:56. > :00:57.Thousands of elephants are being illegally killed
:00:58. > :00:59.every year in Africa for their ivory tusks.
:01:00. > :01:03.Now the biggest ever meeting of the world's countries
:01:04. > :01:05.to talk about wildlife and how to protect it
:01:06. > :01:08.is calling for a ban on the buying and selling of ALL ivory.
:01:09. > :01:10.Campaigners are calling it a big step forward
:01:11. > :01:13.but countries can't be forced to follow it.
:01:14. > :01:15.Jenny sent us this from South Africa,
:01:16. > :01:30.Elephants are some of the most famous and most loved animals on the
:01:31. > :01:39.planet. Just a few decades ago, there were millions of them, but now
:01:40. > :01:43.they are now wrote to extinction. A huge sensors which recorded the
:01:44. > :01:48.number of elephants and where they live was completed this year. They
:01:49. > :01:53.used a plane to fly across 18 African countries, from West Africa
:01:54. > :01:59.right down to South Africa, where I am now. The results? They were
:02:00. > :02:02.shocking. They found that, in seven years, one in three of Africa's
:02:03. > :02:09.elephants has disappeared. Elephants without Borders, a group involved in
:02:10. > :02:14.the census, say that around 30,000 elephants are being killed each
:02:15. > :02:20.year. Since 2007, Africa has lost roughly 144,000 elephants because of
:02:21. > :02:24.poaching. That is when they are illegally hunted and killed for
:02:25. > :02:28.their ivory tusks, which can be sold for huge amount of money around the
:02:29. > :02:34.world, as part of the ivory trade. They are now being killed faster
:02:35. > :02:38.than you elephants are being born. Unless something is done to stop
:02:39. > :02:41.poaching, it is being that elephants could die within our lifetime. This
:02:42. > :02:48.is where it gets confusing. Countries selling ivory to each
:02:49. > :02:50.other is allowed, but selling antique Ivory is still allowed in
:02:51. > :02:56.some countries. It all started in the 1800 's. A fashion for ivory
:02:57. > :03:01.objects like homes and piano keys and elephant tusks became really
:03:02. > :03:06.popular. For the next 100 years, thousands of elephants were killed
:03:07. > :03:08.every single month. In 1989, the buying and selling of Ivory to
:03:09. > :03:12.different countries was banned, which helped the numbers of
:03:13. > :03:21.elephants in the world to go up again. But, in 1999 and 2008, two
:03:22. > :03:25.Ivory sales were allowed to happen which kick-started more poaching,
:03:26. > :03:29.people think. Since then, the illegal ivory trade has not stopped.
:03:30. > :03:34.Poachers are still killing elephants for their tasks, and the ivory is
:03:35. > :03:38.still being sent around the world by networks of criminals, mostly to
:03:39. > :03:43.places like China and Vietnam, where they can be carved into things like
:03:44. > :03:45.ornaments or jewellery. They are different opinions about whether or
:03:46. > :03:50.not the ivory trade should be allowed. Some countries say they
:03:51. > :03:54.should be allowed to buy and sell ivory to raise money to look after
:03:55. > :03:58.elephants. But many other countries say the only way to stamp out
:03:59. > :04:02.poaching is to ban the trade on ivory completely.
:04:03. > :04:09.The United states have won the Ryder cup for the first time since 2008,
:04:10. > :04:14.At one point a comeback had looked to be on the cards with Europe
:04:15. > :04:17.leading in 7 of the 12 matches but the Americans fought back
:04:18. > :04:21.strongly and Ryan Moore sealed the victory.
:04:22. > :04:24.I couldn't have asked for one ounce more.
:04:25. > :04:27.Davis will have asked for the same from his team.
:04:28. > :04:31.That is the passion of the Ryder Cup, and that is what it brings out.
:04:32. > :04:34.Unfortunately, we are going back home without a trophy.
:04:35. > :04:39.But we will be fighting hard for it again in Paris in two years' time.
:04:40. > :04:42.And Melvin was the first celeb to be voted off Strictly last night,
:04:43. > :04:48.That's because singer Anastasia had an injury and couldn't dance again.
:04:49. > :04:50.Luckily, she was saved by the public.
:04:51. > :04:56.Right, I'm back in half an hour, when we're live from South Africa.