Humans have never been healthier or better fed. We’re living longer, but having fewer children - and many countries’ populations are now shrinking. Gideon discusses these trends with demographer Nicholas Eberstadt. Have smartphones played a role in our declining fertility? How will we look after our elderly people? Is migration the answer? Clip: CBC

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The fight to revive Europe’s shrinking rural areas

Population undercounting threatens public policy, scientists warn

Japan urged to use gloomier population forecasts after plunge in births

The unspoken truth about the baby bust

Brain ageing is the best predictor of longevity, scientists find

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Israel’s military victories have brought little comfort to Israelis who are focused on the fate of those hostages still in Gaza. Sasha Polakow-Suransky, FT executive opinion editor, talks with Dahlia Scheindlin, Israeli pollster and author of The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled about what Israelis want. Why has widespread opposition to many of the Netanyahu government’s policies so far failed to translate into political change? And why do Israelis seem unable to sympathise with the plight of the Palestinians who are also caught up in the conflict? Clips: Reuters; France 24

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Israel strikes Syrian military headquarters in Damascus

Benjamin Netanyahu’s government teeters as ultra-Orthodox party quits coalition

EU weighs sanctions on Israel as concerns mount over Gaza aid deal

Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’

Israel’s quiet war in the West Bank

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Russia’s attacks on Ukraine are escalating, both on the front lines and across urban centres. Ben Hall, the FT’s Europe editor, talks to military analyst Franz-Stefan Gady about Ukraine’s battle to hold onto territory until a ceasefire can be agreed. Clips: Channel 4; ABC

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Russia attacks Ukraine’s draft offices

Russia hits Ukraine with biggest air attack of the war

Nato’s summit cannot disguise Ukraine’s plight

Kyiv’s sleepless nights under fire

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