
South Korea's population continues long-term decline
South Korea says its birth rate has fallen to a record low, despite concerted government efforts to stabilise the population.
South Korea now has the world's lowest birth rate - we hear from our Seoul correspondent Jean Mackenzie who's been talking to women in the country's capital.
In the United States, Joe Biden and Donald Trump seem set to comfortably win their parties' primaries in the state of Michigan, but tens of thousands of Democrats have voted against Biden over his stance on the war in Gaza.
And we continue to look at the cost of living crisis in Africa - in Nigeria a second day of protests over higher prices has been called off, while in Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera is facing criticism from the church over the state of the economy.
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