China’s birth rate hits record low

China's population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low. The birth rate has been declining for years, prompting a slew of policies to try to slow the trend. We discuss the key reasons why this decline is happening. It's not just China, there's a global trend of declining birth rates. We hear a fascinating conversation with a group of women from around the world who have chosen not to have children.

Also on the programme, we head to Kenya, where LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba, was smothered to death, in a killing that caused outrage in the community. Our BBC reporter was at the funeral, and we also hear reaction from fellow LGBTQ people in Kenya.

And musician, Nick Cave, has written a scathing review of an artificial intelligence system that tried to write a song in his style. The singer called the results "a grotesque mockery" and "a travesty". Our reporter has more details on that story.

(Photo: Picture of mother and child. Credit Getty Images)