it overtook apple as the second most popular smartphone maker in china during the first quarter of the year. but now, apple has reason to celebrate. the company s chinese iphone sales rose 52%, compared to a year ago. that s according to data from a research company affiliated with the chinese government. that entity doesn t track apple specifically. instead, it measures the increase in foreign branded shipments. but in the foreign branded game, apple is the main player. and apple could see more gains from may it s been discounting select models which could lead to more sales. staying with technology nvidia s momentum continues, with its stockjumping 7% to hit another record high on tuesday. the chip maker and leader in the artificial intelligence space is now valued at $2.8 trillion. it is currently wall street s third most valuable company, behind microsoft and apple. this year alone nvidia has seen its share price double. tuesday s jump also helped propel the tech heav
the authorities in papua new guinea now say more than 2,000 people were buried by a devastating landslide in a remote village. south africa has seen far fewer electricity blackouts in the last few months. critics say it could be an attempt to buy more votes for the forthcoming general election. welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start here, where the uk s general election is in full swing and rishi sunak has been defending his plan for mandatory national service for 18 year olds. the prime minister was on the campaign trail in buckinghamshire, defending the proposal as a bold move that ll foster a culture of service. under the tory plan, all 18 year olds will be legally required to take up either a 12 month placement in the armed forces or cyber defence or give up the equivalent of one weekend a month to volunteer in their communities. i believe this is the right thing to do because this is how we will del
but now, data scientists and demographers, like my guest today, stephen shaw, say we re actually facing a disastrous spiral of de population. why have birth rates declined dramatically and how much does it matter? stephen shaw, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. let s start with a basic fact. the world s population is still rising. at some point later this century, it s going to get to about 9.7 billion. and we can see the immense strain that our planet is already under in terms of resources, in terms of fragile ecosystems. and yet you seem to be saying that we as a species need to focus on having more babies. why? well, just to be clear, the reason the world s population is still growing has got nothing to do with births. births peaked in the planet around ten years ago, at around 143 million. today, that s down to around 135. we re already past peak birth as a planet. so, why is, confusingly, this total population increasing? it s because, thankfully, people are
i more now on the uk general election, and the conservative s plans to introduce a form of mandatory national service. under the plans, 18 year olds would be given the choice of either joining the military for a year, or taking part in community service. earlier on radio four they spoke to anne marie trevelyan, a minister of state of the foreign office and a former armed forces minister. the? former armed forces minister. they asked how the former armed forces minister. they asked how the conservatives helped to house 30,000 new recruit went according to experts from the kerslake commission existing troops are experiencing damp, mouldy homes, riddled with pests and plagued by shoddy gas and electrical fittings in service accommodation. it is shoddy gas and electrical fittings in service accommodation. it is not a matter of in service accommodation. it is not a matter of prioritising in service accommodation. it is not a matter of prioritising one - in service accommodati