In Thailand, reformist Pita Limjaroenrat fails to be elected PM

Also, with a space race to the moon underway, India launches a mission with plans to land a rover on the lunar surface. Hopes are high following a failed attempt back in 2019.

Plus Japan is facing a shrinking population, with the number of births down for a seventh straight year. Our correspondents take you to one rural town which may have found a way to reverse the trend.

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