04/01/2016 Newsround

It's Monday morning.

I'm Ayshah with all you need to know to start your week.

Using new fingerprinting methods to tackle ivory poaching.

And the twins born either side of the New Year.

First this morning, an earthquake has struck in north-east India.

The quake measured 6.8 in magnitude and was felt 1,000 kilometres away

in the capital of the neighbouring country Bangladesh.

Buildings have been badly damaged and some have collapsed.

In Scotland, more than 30 flood warnings are in place with strong

winds and heavy rain expected today.

Experts say the rain won't be as bad as it was during Storm Frank,

which flooded thousands of homes last week, but showers may last

longer, causing river levels to rise again.

The wildlife trade has become one of the biggest threats to some

of the world's most endangered animals.

Here's Martin with a new breakthrough which it's hoped

will help catch those involved in the illegal trade.

An African elephant's tusks are made of ivory.

You might not know it, but hippos have big ivory teeth.

And sperm whales?

Yes, they have ivory teeth too.

Ivory poaching has had some devastating effects

on the populations of some endangered species around the world

because it is worth a lot of money.

A single ivory tusk can be worth between ?5,000 and ?10,000.

A rhino horn, just one kilogram of that, is worth more than gold.

Just to give you an example, in Africa, where ivory poaching

is particularly common, 30,000 elephants per year are killed

for their tusks.

That is the equivalent of about 80 every single day.

Now a team of scientists from King's College in London might

just have come up with a way to tackle the problem.

This is my fingerprint.

It is unique because no one else in the world as the same one.

That even includes members of my own family and it is fingerprinting that

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 you can actually see.

So why hasn't this been done with ivory in the past?

Previously that wouldn't have been possible, to get a fingerprint

of that clarity.

Ivory itself, even though it looks quite smooth and hard,

if you look at it under a microscope, it is full of tiny

holes and your fingerprint will actually disappear

down those holes.

The powder that we use here is much smaller and if you decrease

the powder size it needs less to stick on to.

This type of fingerprinting still has to be tried out for real.

When it eventually does, what are the scientists hoping

to achieve with this technique in the future?

In the short term, we can use this type of technology to potentially

link somebody to illegal trafficking of ivory.

Ideally, in the long-term, what we would like to do is stop

hurting the animals.

Next, from royal babies to sending a Brit into space,

2015 was a pretty amazing year.

But what do we have to look forward to in 2016?

Goodbye, 2015, and hello, 2016.

It is going to be a huge year for sport.

In August and September, Rio, the capital city of Brazil,

will host more than 40,000 athletes from 206 countries for the first

ever Olympic and Paralympic games to be held in South America.

And after the success of London 2012, Team GB will be hoping

to beat their haul of 65 medals.

June will see the UEFA European Championship finals

in France, with 24 teams battling it out for footballing glory.

Wales and England face each other after being drawn together in group

B.

And it will be the first time Northern Ireland have ever played

in the finals.

June also brings the super serves and bullet backhands of Wimbledon,

when once again the nation will be cheering on Andy Murray.

And the incredible spectacle of the Tour de France

launches in July.

Britain's Chris Froome will be trying to become the first rider

to successfully defend his Tour de France title.

2016 is the 100th anniversary of author Roald Dahl's birthday

and there is going to be a new film based on his famous book The BFG.

Other big films to watch out for this year are the new version

of the Jungle Book, an Angry Birds movie and the sequel we have

all been waiting for.

I remembered something!

Finding Dory will hit cinemas in June.

And there will be anew President of America.

The current President Barack Obama has served the maximum amount

of time he is allowed, so a new election campaign

starts in November.

In space, NASA probe Insight touches down on Mars in September,

hoping todiscover more about the red planet.

And the Juno probe launched back in 2011 will arrive

at its destination, planets Jupiter, in July.

Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 90th birthday on the 21st of April.

It is going to be quite a year.

These two adorable twins from San Diego in America were born

minutes apart but in different years.

Baby girl Jaelyn arrived on New Year's Eve in 2015

and her brother Luis was born a few minutes later

on New Year's Day 2016.

That's all from me and the Newsround team this morning.

Martin will be back at 4.20pm this afternoon.