Hurts that country’s pushing South to the end (5)
I believe the answer is:
pains
'hurts' is the definition.
(paining is a kind of hurting)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pains that I've seen before include "effort" , "Unpleasant feelings" , "Nice bakery's production" , "Great care taken" , "Labour" .)