Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

China's leaders want to boost the country's faltering fertility rate, but they also push family values and want parents to be married.

We examine the struggles faced by single mothers and the battle to make things more equitable.

And the pandemic has driven loads of demand for mental health apps, and the supply is skyrocketing too.

But it's hard to put numbers to how much any of the apps helps, many of them are worryingly sloppy with very sensitive information.

First up, though, this morning in Germany's parliament,

On the air intradine the

chiefsfuelling,

Ms. Angela Merkel. Auxha

Aux

outgoing Chancellor

Angela Merkel was given

a standing ovation

by her colleagues.

Shortly after,

members voted in her successor,

Oloff Schultz.

Herr Ola Schultz

had the

affordedly

...