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IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about sperm and egg donors in northern Cyprus
It's a fundamental human right for a donor-conceived person to know the truth about their origins." Rachel says she spent years questioning whether she had been given the wrong sperm donor during her treatment at Dogus IVF Centre. She says she first became concerned that Ditto was not the donor when patient co-ordinators, including Hodson, repeatedly refused to send her a medical report confirming his sperm had been used. He treated the parents of six children at Dogus who have told the BBC they suspect they may have been given the wrong sperm or egg donors.
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Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs
Thousands of life jackets, covered in plastic wrapping, were seized by the German authorities in the spring Germany has carried out its first raids under a new law to crack down on smugglers using the country as a staging post for small boat crossings on the English Channel, the BBC has learned. Germany's Interior Ministry confirmed that these raids marked the first time enforcement measures had been taken under the new law, but did not confirm if the law had been employed more than once. In June, when the National Crime Agency first revealed the raids had happened, it was estimated that the.
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South Korea president calls for military independence in wake of Trump call to cut joint drills
Lee Jae Myung reiterates desire for full command back in Seoul’s hands after Donald Trump cuts joint exercises, citing warm ties with Kim Jong-un ‘Inane, haphazard decision’ by Trump to gut South Korea alliance South Korea’s president has renewed his push to regain independent control of the military from the US in the event of war and urged faster progress in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines after Donald Trump’s order to cut joint drills. On Sunday night, Trump instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” this week’s joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the.
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