Matters of Life and Death

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Pascale Harter introduces stories from around the world focusing on the fundamental things in life: survival, family, ageing and health. In this edition: James Copnall hears from the South Sudanese people desperate for peace as two old foes reunite in Juba to damp down a civil war; Lucy Ash meets the children born in defiance of China's now-defunct one-child policy, and learns how their parents were punished; Will Grant explores why Cuba is so worried about ageing, not just among its population, but also of its political leadership; and Kieran Cooke takes a slightly surreal journey to Belarus, where even 30 years after the Chernobyl disaster which cast a shadow over the country, there's a healthy appetite for nuclear power - and they're building a new reactor. Photo: two wrestlers grapple at a tournament for peace held in the stadium in Juba, South Sudan, April 2016 (c) James Copnall BBC