Rate in 2022 was 1. 49 the lowest since records began. For a countrys population to hold steady, there must be 2. 1 births per woman. And falling birth rates are causing alarm for politicians, facing a future of ageing populations and shrinking workforces. Lets get more on this with our Correspondent. Lets get more on this with our Correspondent. South korea has broken its Correspondent. South korea has broken its lowest Correspondent. South korea has broken its lowest birth Correspondent. South korea has broken its lowest birth rate Correspondent. South korea has l broken its lowest Birth Rate Record once again according to new numbers released on wednesday by statistics korea, mother countrys Birth Rate Recorded 0. 72, an 8 decrease from the previous year. The Capital City Seoul recorded 0. 55 which is the lowest among all the districts across the country. Although the low birth trend is spreading all across the world, especially among developed countries, south korea is. After reach
Were politically motivated. His body was not handed over by the authorities for several days. His mother said they had threatened her because they wanted the burial to take place in secret. Since her husbands death, Yulia Navalnaya has held talks with Foreign Ministers and us president joe biden, and she has vowed to carry on the worker husband has done for several years now. We will keep an eye on this and take you back life to strasbourg as soon as see Yulia Navalnaya address those meps. To australia now, where its been announced that police in sydney will be able to attend mardi gras this weekend. A decision had been taken to un invite police from the parade. After senior constable Beaumont Lamarre condon allegedly killed jesse baird who he had previously dated and his partner luke davies last monday. The bodies of the couple were found yesterday. The suspect was charged late last week after handing himself in, our News Reporter in sydney, Simon Atkinson has more. This event is taki
risk for both the west and russia. joining me now is nbc news foreign correspondent, ali, and from kyiv, kelly. ali, president biden s going to meet with. sean: zelenskyy today. he s clearly not happy. that s right. he was here, he was addressing a massive crowd of supporters all waving ukrainian flags and he wasn t happy. he was talking about nato that doesn t waste time. he was very clear about that. he says they have to be decisive in their actions. yesterday, he tweeted that it was absurd that they were not giving a clear path to nato s membership. so this is clearly upset president zelenskyy and this was not the quantum leap he had hoped for nor the rest of kyiv hoped for. clearly, these issues are going to be front and center with his meeting there, but he has to tread a very careful line. the united states is the biggest financial and military contributor to ukraine and president zelenskyy can t overlook that. so i don t think he s going to try and alienate preside
and more shocking pictures coming out of vermont. rapid flood waters pounding that area following those massive storms. so much damage that the federal government has now officially declared a state of emergency there. so lots to get to, but we begin with the high stakes nato summit in lithuania. members making decisions that could change the course of the war in ukraine and that are already reshaping the alliance itself. this as the man with arguably the most at stake, ukrainian president zelenskyy here, you see him arriving ending speculation on whether he would even be invited or show up to this summit. well, he will meet, as we said, with president biden tomorrow less than three days after the president poured cold water on the idea of ukraine joining the transatlantic alliance. and ahead of his speech, where he ll make his case for his country s membership. zelenskyy tweeted earlier today uncertainty is weakness. nbc s monica alba is traveling with president biden in lit