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The iPhone maker's market value reached the figure in New York on Thursday. Our North America Technology reporter, Dave Lee gives us analysis. We get a markets update from Cary Leahey of Decision Economics. In Zimbabwe, the incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa has a significant lead over his main opponent, Nelson Chamisa. Our correspondent in Harare Shingai Nyoka gives us the latest. The UK interest rate has risen to 0.75%, its highest level since March 2009. Freya Beamish is an economist at Pantheon Economics, and considers the potential economic impact. Also in the programme, we have a report from Uganda on the impact a new tax on the use of some social media apps is having in the country. Plus, as new research in the UK indicates that we check our smartphones on average every 12 minutes, Elle Boag, a social psychologist at Birmingham City University, discusses the impact on our mental health. (Photo: Apple iPhone. Credit: Getty Images)