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[08:00:47] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream.

Now fresh calls for calm as the UN chief visits the Palestinian territories, we will examine the roots of the rising tension on both sides.

Plus, shaking hands in Moscow: Syria's president makes his first foreign trip since the civil war started in his country.

And, the UK hopes to ink new deals with China. We'll have the latest from Xi Jinping's state visit.

An urgent call to end the bloodshed. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is asking leaders in Israel and the Palestinian territories to put an end

to weeks of escalating violence. He just wrapped up talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank. And on Tuesday, he met with the

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

Now Ban is calling for restraint on both sides of the divide.

Now let's head straight to Jerusalem now, where Phil Black joins me now live. And Phil, how is Ban Ki-moon addressing the violence and how to

end it?

PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, he's not being too ambitious here to begin with, Kristie. His visit is really just about

dialing back the tensions just enough to break the cycle of violence that has been taking place here for the last three weeks. So over the last 24

hours, he has now met with both the Israeli prime minister and today the President of the Palestinian Authority stood beside both of those men at

press conferences. And in both cases, the Israelis and the Palestinians, have stated their grievances.

And the notable thing from these appearances and the language that is used is that it hasn't really changed despite Ban Ki-moon's intervention.

On the Israeli side, well the government, the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu there, has spoken about Palestinian incitement, the belief of the

Israeli government that Palestinian leaders are broadly inciting hatred and violence against Jews.

While on the Palestinian side they continue to talk about occupation and the problems that go along with that: oppression, collective

punishment, the spread, they believe, of settlers, Jewish settlers, on what they consider to be Palestinian territory.

So, what is means is that both side's positions remain unchanged. They both claim that they want peace, but they also both believe that it is

the other side that is using language in behaving ways, which is exacerbating the tension and the violence which has really consumed this

region over the last three weeks or so -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: So, for the both sides their positions remain unchanged. Will the violence end? That remains an open question. What is the view in

Hebron where the latest attack took place?

BLACK: So, Hebron itself is largely almost entirely a Palestinian city, but it is one of those locations where Palestinians believe Jewish

settlers have moved in unjustly onto their land. And so it is for that reason a frequent flashpoint. We traveled there recently to talk to some

of those Jewish settlers, and got their view on the broader causes behind this long and seemingly intractable conflict. Take a look.

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PHIL BLACK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Hebron is a sprawling city, home to some 180,000 people, almost all of them Palestinian. The

rest, a tiny fraction of the population, drawn here from around the world to fulfill a religious dream.

NOAM ANON, JEWISH SETTLEMENT SPOKESMAN: Hebron is the beginning and the cradle and the roots and the foundation of Jewish history.

BLACK: Niagh ANON is one of around 700 Jews who have settled here in the center of the city, located in the West Bank. Territory Israel took

from Jordan during a war in 1967. It's why Palestinians and much of the international community consider this occupied territory.

(on camera): Just out there, there are so many people out there that view you and your community as occupiers. Are these people right when they

say that you are occupiers?

[08:05:06] ANON: Totally not. Totally not.

BLACK: Why not?

ANON: Because Hebron was liberated by the state of Israel.

BLACK: Israeli soldiers are still here, guarding the handful of streets that make up this isolated community.

A recent video shows the tension that comes with living here. A Palestinian man lies dead, shot by a Jewish settler who said he was

defending himself against a knife attack. That inspired wider street clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli forces protecting the Jewish

settlement. Jews blame the ongoing violence on what they call an incitement machine, made up of mosques, schools, media, and politicians, which they

say train Palestinians to hate Jews. And they insist it's not new.

ANON: These are just some of the victims.

BLACK: Anon shows me a museum exhibit dedicated to the massacre of 1929 when Palestinians turned on the local Jewish community, murdering 67

people.

ANON: It happened right here against an innocent Jewish community. 40 years before this the State of Israel was even established.

BLACK: There's been lots of violence in Hebron since then, notably here, a sacred site known to Jews as Tomb of the Patriarch, the burial

place of the Biblical Abraham. It's holy to Muslims, too. And in 1994, an Israeli Jew massacred 29 Muslims praying here.

(on camera): There's the violence is fueled by the total absence of the peace process, any viable hope of an end to this conflict. The Jews of

Hebron don't buy that at all.

(voice-over): Uri Karzen (ph) settled here more than 30 years ago and voices a theory widely held by many Jews, that Palestinian leaders use

incitement and terror to strengthen their hand in pursuing their goals.

URI KARRZEN (ph), JEWISH SETTLER: The attacks will continue if they think that they're going to achieve a Palestinian state.

BLACK: The idea of a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine as peaceful neighbors, doesn't fly here either. Too much hate, too little

land, say the settlers.

KARZEN (ph): Eventually, the Arabs will have to get used to the idea that we're here to stay.

BLACK: Determination that will be met with more violence because these Jews and the Palestinians resisting them all believe their cause is just.

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BLACK: Now, the Palestinian view is obviously very different to that which you heard there expressed by those Jewish settlers. Palestinians

believe that the growth in Jewish settlements in territory that they believe one day should form a Palestinian State remains one of the greatest

obstacles to negotiating a lasting peace in this region, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Phil Black reporting for us live from Jerusalem. Thank you, Phil.

Now I want to bring you the Palestinian perspective.

Many have lost hope after living under occupation for decades watching settlements expand and peace talks fail time and time again.

Now Ben Wedeman has their side of the story.

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BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Pull up your pants, pull up your T-shirt, turn around, show your I.D. -- that's

the only way residents of the east Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhood of Esoweia (ph) can get to the city center under tough new security measures

in the wake of a spate of stabbing attacks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly accused of Palestinian Authority, Hamas and others, of inciting the violence. But ask

the Palestinians at the checkpoint what's behind it all, and they seem to say the same thing, the Israeli occupation.

"The occupation sleeps on our chests, on our stomachs," says 63-year- old Faruk (ph).

Says this woman, "occupation is oppression, oppression and subjugation."

Since the June 1967 War, more than half a million Israelis have settled in east Jerusalem in the West Bank, often on confiscated

Palestinian land. Israel has set up an extensive network of roadblocks and checkpoints across the West Bank and now walls and concrete blocks have

gone up in east Jerusalem.

URI ZAKI, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Occupation means that you have approximately two and a half million Palestinians living for almost 50

years now under military administration.

WEDEMAN: The Palestinian Authority, set up after the 1993 Oslo accord, has little authority beyond the confines of Ramallah.

ZIAD ABU ZAYYAD, PALESTINIAN ANALYST: What occupation is the major incitement of the people? People want to live normal life. They want to

feel free. I did nothing wrong

WEDEMAN: Former Palestinian Authority Minister Ziad Abu Zayyad warns that stopping the violence without addressing its causes, won't cure the

ills of this unhappy land.

[08:10:00] ZAYYAD: If you have cancer, do you think that Advil can help you? It can be a relief of pain for a short while, but it will not

cure you. You need real medicine to cure you, and the real medicine here is the end of the occupation.

WEDEMAN: The clashes here in Hebron and elsewhere in the West Bank continue. The attacks on Israelis also continue.

(on camera): For the last 30 years, there have been two major Palestinian uprisings. Before, in between, and after, there have been many

more flare-ups like this one going on right now. And in the absence of a final resolution to this problem, more flare-ups, and more uprisings aren't

likely, they're inevitable.

(voice-over): Expect more of the same, only worse.

Ben Wedeman, CNN, Hebron, on the West Bank.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now Syria's president leaves his warring country for an unexpected trip to Moscow. We'll tell you what he had to say to the

Russian President on his first foreign trip since war broke out four years ago.

Also after the break, we take you live to London where the Chinese president and British prime minister are talking through deals worth

billions this hour.

And later in the program, an animal rights group says Hong Kong is a major player in the illegal ivory trade. And we have got the undercover

video suggesting that some dealers here may be trying to skirt the law.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, the Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street this hour.

Now, it comes after a day of pomp and pageantry that included meetings with three generations of the royal family as well as lodging at Buckingham

Palace.

And at those talks that are underway right now, David Cameron is expected to try and cement a relationship that the British hope will bring

billions of dollars in economic benefits.

Now CNN's Nima Elbagir has been following Mr. Xi's visit. She joins me now live from London. And Nima, after yesterday's very lavish welcome,

the UK and China, well, they are getting down to business right now.

What is David Cameron expected to announce?

NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, you see that red carpet behind me there, Kristie, the warm welcome definitely continues.

David Cameron is expected to announce a preferential visa system for Chinese tourists, cheaper visa fees. And he hopes, we expect, to be

announcing a broader based investment in British infrastructure, and the details of an expected plan that will bring Chinese investment into the new

nuclear projects that will be announced later today.

They're also looking to broaden out the trade deals that we have been hearing about, the $30 billion pounds worth of trade deals that the prime

minister and President Xi Jinping will be looking to give us some details about that. But it really will be a reinforcement of the message that so

many around the world had very loud and clear that both countries see that their future is together and President Cameron -- Prime Minister Cameron,

I'm sorry, should say, and the chancellor of the exchequer really are talking about a strategic shift in terms of the broader British-Chinese

relations, not just in business terms, Kristie.

LU STOUT: So, right behind you, we know David Cameron is actively courting Xi Jinping for more business, more trade.

Is this what the British people want? Or is there a feeling in some quarters that China should be taken to task on issues like human rights and

its position on Syria?

ELBAGIR: Well, there has been a lot of controversy here about the concerns over China's human rights record, and there has been controversy

about China's position in terms of its voting and its use of its veto at the security council on Syria.

And these are all positions that the prime minister has said that he will be raising, that he will be discussing with President Xi.

But the concern is that these discussions will be behind closed doors. And many human rights activists have been speaking out saying that they

will not be subject to the level of scrutiny that many have. I don't know if you can hear behind me the demonstrators. We have demonstrators outside

on the road on White Hall there, a combination of those supporting President Xi, but also those representing the Free Tibet Movement, those

who were concerned, the human rights actors were concerned about China's broader human rights record.

And these are the conversations that many are hoping will continue not just during the state visit, not just during President Xi's stay here in

the UK, but as China and the UK move forward with this relationship, will Britain continue to ask these questions? Those are the concerns that are

being raised here, Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, Nima Elbagir reporting for us. Many thanks indeed.

And while Britain roles out the red carpet this week and this hour there at 10 Downing Street for the Chinese President, we want to take a

moment to take a look at the storied past these two countries share.

Now 10 years ago, then President -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and his wife -- they received a royal welcome from the Queen and the Duke of

Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace, but it was a less enthusiastic crowd on the streets of London. Protesters, they massed outside the palace to

demonstrate against Beijing's occupation of Tibet.

And images from the opium wars from the mid-19th Century conjured the sparring days between the two nations when Britain took hold of Hong Kong

as a crown colony and later razed China's summer palace in Beijing.

Now even since the 1997 handover, dogged relations have remained the status quo. Ties soured after Mr. Cameron met with the Dalai Lama back in

2012.

You're watching News Stream. Still on the program, Back to the Future day is finally here. So how well did the hit 1980s film predict the

technology of today. We'll take a look.

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[08:22:12] ANDERSON: Coming to you live from Hong Kong. You're back watching News Stream.

Now, on Tuesday, we showed you this, and we told you about that DeLorean in Japan that is actually fueled by recycled clothing. It was

inspired by the movie, of course, Back to the Future.

Now, Jeanne Moos looks at what has come true from the film and what is still just fantasy.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is called...

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD, ACTOR: Back to the Future.

MOOS: ...but now the future is becoming the past as the time traveling machine's destination and the actual calendar match.

LLOYD: Where we're going, we don't need roads.

The flying DeLorean might not, but we 2015ers still do. Flying car likes the Aero mobile exist. As a business they're barely off the ground.

Ditto for the hover board. Up until now they have hardly hovered. As people riding seem to do most of the flying off.

The actors who played Marty McFly and Doc Brown reunited.

LLOYD: Those self-tying sneakers.

MICHAEL J. FOX, ACTOR: I've been waiting for those.

MOOS: Waiting for Nike to match the movie.

FOX: Power laces. All right.

MOOS: An outfit called Power Lace claims to have the technology.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You slide your foot into the shoot.

MOOS: Though they haven't tied up the financing, and the lag in laces is being mocked.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Put these on.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh Rad. I bet they are futuristic self-lacing sneakers, right doc?

UNIDENITIFIED MALE: What? No they are called Crocs.

MOOS: And this seemed to be a crock as well.

FOX: This thing doesn't fit.

MOOS: It's 2015, and there's still no self-sizing, no self-drying.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Drying clothes on.

MOOS: Remember when Marty McFly ordered a drink?

FOX: All I want is a Pepsi.

MOOS: His Pepsi perfect came with a straw built into the lid.

But Pepsi special commemorative bottle is just a regular twist off, with plain old Pepsi inside.

Pepsi created 6,500 of the bottles and is selling them for $20.15. Get it? 2015.

Back to the Future's most astounding prophecy was this. 26 years ago, there was no team in Miami but there is now. And the forever hopeless Cubs

are in the playoffs.

The ride service Lyft is offering free rides for a day in Deloreans. Mercedes jumped on the band wagon with a spot mimicking the movie's

floating robot dog walker.

In real life we're dog years behind. With all this "Back to the Future" hoopla, here' a toast to the past.

How time McFlys when you are hydrating pizza.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hydrate level four, please.

Jeanne Moos, CNN...

FOX: Boy, oh boy, mom. You sure can hydrate a pizza.

MOOS: New York.

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[08:25:05] LU STOUT: Time McFlies. Nice one.

Now there's a lot of excitement over the Back to the Future day. It is also the 30th anniversary of the franchise. So, what makes the film

timeless?

Now here's what the actor Christopher Lloyd who, of course, plays Doc Brown, had to say about that.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

LLOYD: Time travel is something we've all -- everybody thinks about. Gee, I wish I could go 100 years in the past or the future or something.

Time travel is a fantasy we all have. It would be so great to go back and understand and see something in history, whether it's your personal

history, family history or, you know, anything. So, the Back to the Future series really exploits that wish -- wish that we all have.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: And you can also hear from the film's screenwriter and score composure, just go to CNN.com throughout the day for more.

Now you're watching News Stream. And coming next on the program, Syria's president is in Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart. We'll

have more on what they discuss next.

Also ahead, an undercover operation reveals just how big a role Hong Kong plays in the illegal ivory trade.

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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.

Now the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is asking leaders in Israel and the Palestinian territories to put an end to weeks of escalating

violence and bloodshed. He held talks earlier today with the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank. And on Tuesday, he met with Israeli

prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

Now Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street this hour. Now their talks

follow all the pomp and pageantry Mr. Xi and his wife enjoyed at Tuesday's welcoming ceremonies. Now the two leaders are expected to try to cement

stronger economic ties and to discuss new trade deals.

Now a fire swept through a migrant camp off Slovenia's eastern border, destroying several tents. More than 20,000 migrants and refugees have

arrived in Slovenia since neighboring Hungary closed its borders last week. The head of the European Commission has called for a summit in Brussels on

Sunday to discuss the crisis.

Now Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was in Moscow Tuesday night for an unannounced meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin

says the two leaders discussed the joint military campaign against Islamist militants in Syria. Now for more on this story, let's turn to Jill

Dougherty. Now she is now a researcher with the International Center for Defense and Security. Of course, she was our former Moscow Bureau Chief.

Jill, really good to see you. And thanks for joining us here on CNN.

Now this was a surprise visit to Moscow. It was believed to be Assad's first overseas visit in years. What does it represent to you?

JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think it's interesting that it was at the invitation of President Putin. The Russians invited

President Assad to Moscow. I think it was -- it was useful for both sides, there's no question.

From the side of President Assad, he was full of thanks to Vladimir Putin for taking the military action that he has been taking. And in fact,

he said that President Putin had helped avert a tragic scenario. Here's exactly what he said.

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BASHAR AL-ASSAD, PRESIDENT OF SYRIA (through translator): The terrorism that is now spreading today would perhaps be, without your

decisions and actions, would have spread to even more territories and states, not just in our region, but to other regions too.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

DOUGHERTY: So, President Assad, according to the Russian media and the defense ministry gave -- he explained the situation on the ground in

Syria, talked about what they referred to as future plans, but future plans in this context do not necessarily mean anything about real future, let's

say, after the conflict, any political settlement. In fact, the spokesperson for the president -- for President Putin -- said -- did not

say specifically whether that came up. In other words, what is the future of Bashar al-Assad.

And President Putin, from his side, was much more focused on a political solution. He went in to quite a bit of detail, saying that it --

that Russia not only wants to participate militarily, but also politically. And he said that all sides, every religious group, et cetera, should

participate.

So, I think that is the focus now that President Putin has on ultimately what comes next after the military action.

But a lot of that is very unclear at this point, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, the optics of this meeting was very interesting. It shows that Bashar al-Assad was confident enough to leave Syria and to be

properly received by his ally, Vladimir Putin. But will Putin shore up Bashar al-Assad's position? What's next politically and also what's next

in Russia's military involvement in Syria?

DOUGHERTY: Well, the military involvement, according to President Putin, continues based on the ground operations that the Syrians want to

carry out. So, the Russians would say we're there to make it a lot easier for the ground troops, the Syrians, and of course Iranians and Hezbollah,

all of those allies, to take ground operations while the Russians are in the air.

What comes next really is a question, because you know you have to ask the focus seems to be for the Russian air force is the Middle of the

country and then moving toward the West. In other words, the areas that are controlled by the Alawites, and that would President Assad's territory.

But, can they pacify the entire country? It does not appear that that is really the aim at this point.

So, what does that mean? A divided country? Some type of Alawite area in the west? All of these questions are there.

And then from the political side, who will participate? Will the opposition forces who are now being aided by the United States and attacked

by Russia want to participate in something if President Assad doesn't go, which has been their demand all along?

So, it's very complicated. And the only, I think, good thing would be that President Putin continues to talk about -- excuse me -- some sort of

political solution as opposed to military.

[08:35:04] LU STOUT: A very complicated, but a very key meeting on this Russian/Syria campaign. Jill Dougherty joining us live from Moscow,

many thanks indeed for lending your insight to us. Good to see you back on our air here on CNN.

Now, the U.S.-led bombing campaign. Jill Dougherty joining us live from Moscow, Many thanks indeed for lending your insight to us. Good to

see you back on our air here on CNN.

Now, the U.S.-led bombing campaign against ISIS will be losing help from Canadian war planes like Canada's Justin Trudeau. The prime minister

designate says that he will keep his campaign promise to end the combat mission.

Now Trudeau says that he is told U.S. President Barack Obama of his plans. Now the coalition has carried out more than 7,000 airstrikes in

Iraq and Syria. The U.S. military has conducted about 80 percent of them.

Now, still to come right here on News Stream, a damning new video is putting the spotlight on a troubling underground trade right here in Hong

Kong. Why the future of these incredible creatures could be at risk.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, I want to update you on the Texas teen inventor who was arrested after he brought his homemade clock to school.

Now, Ahmed Mohamed is now moving to Qatar with his family to further his education. Now his family says that he has received a scholarship from

the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. They thanked everyone for the outpouring of support, saying this, quote,

"we have been welcomed by a variety of individuals, businesses and educational institutions, which have all provided Ahmed with real

encouragement and the ambition to continue to work hard."

Now, remember, his arrest led to the I Stand with Ahmed movement on social media. And that turned into internship offers from companies like

Reddit and Twitter. Facebook and MIT invited him to visit.

Ahmed even got to meet President Obama on Tuesday.

And we'll recall Ahmed's clock was mistaken for a bomb by U.S. school officials. And critics say that he was the victim of religious profiling

because of his Muslim faith.

Now, in Hong Kong, there is a gruesome black market just hiding in plain sight. Activists say that this city is a major player in Asia's

illegal ivory operations. And now new undercover footage shows just how smugglers get around Hong Kong's ivory trade laws. Ivan Watson reports.

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IVAN WATSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Ivory for sale, giant elephant tusks, some as tall as grown man, on display in shops across Hong

Kong.

Ornately carved with drills in back room workshops, luxury items that have long been coveted in places like China.

There are hundreds of licensed ivory dealers here in Hong Kong, like this store here. And they all say they sell ivory from stockpiles of

elephant tusk that existed before the international sale of ivory was banned in 1989.

But a year-long investigation by the nature conservancy group Wildaid suggests some Hong Kong traders are cheating the system.

What does this video tell you?

ALEX HOFFORD, WILDAID: The legal trade of ivory in Hong Kong is masking an illegal trade.

WATSON: Hours of video filmed on hidden cameras obtained by Wildaid and shared with CNN, include this clip, which appears to show a Hong Kong

ivory dealer boasting how easy it is to launder ivory by swapping legal, pre-1989 elephant tusk for freshly poached ivory smuggled in from Africa.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

[08:40:11] WATSON: In a separate video, a merchant offers to get fresh shipments of ivory from Africa.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

WATSON: Africa is struggling with an epidemic of elephant poaching. Hunters killed tens of thousands of wild African elephants every year.

The government in mainland China long one of the world's largest markets for ivory, has been cracking down on ivory smuggling. Last month,

the U.S. and Chinese presidents announced plans to stop the domestic commercial trade of ivory.

Authorities in Hong Kong tell CNN they're also cracking down, seizing 16.7 tons of smuggled ivory in the last three years and introducing a more

sophisticated tracking system to better regulate the sale of legal ivory.

But one local lawmaker wants to shut down ivory sales altogether.

ELIZABETH QUAL, HONG KONG LEGISLATOR: We can stop the selling in Hong Kong. we can cut off the demand side. And then while we can stop the

buying, we can stop the killing, too.

WATSON: At current rates of poaching, activists fear the largest living mammal to walk the earth could be extinct within a generation.

QUAL: If we don't stop it, you know, fast enough or soon enough, what will happen is you and me have to tell our next generation, our kids,

there, once upon a time there are, you know, elephants on Earth.

WATSON: Some schoolchildren in Hong Kong have joined the campaign against the ivory trade. A Hong Kong University poll shows a majority of

people surveyed here support a ban of ivory sales.

But it could take years before such a ban is put in place. Precious time for Africa's dwindling elephant population.

Ivan Watson, CNN, Hong Kong.

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LU STOUT: A damming report that has got to lead to action, meaningful action.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere. World Sport with Christina Macfarlane is next.

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