China allows three children in major policy change

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China will allow families with three children after a sharp fall in birth rates. Stuart Gietel-Basten is a professor of social science and public policy at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and explains why the policy is needed. In the US cold case murder, sexual assaults and unidentified person cases that were once thought unsolvable are being cracked thanks to public genetic databases. But with this success come deep worries for our DNA data. The BBC's Ivana Davidovic has an extended report on ongoing controversies over genetic databases. And a new phenomonen called The Phil Collins Effect has been identified by researchers, and explains the sudden resurgence in popularity of music artists, companies and brands. We speak to Andre Spicer, one of the professors behind the study. Jamie Robertson is joined throughout the programme by Peter Morici, economist at the University of Maryland in Washington, and by Karen Lema, Philippines bureau chief for Reuters, in Manila. (Picture: A woman holding a baby. Credit: Getty Images)