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Ms Archerd initially created four embryos, which were frozen. One became her now-30-year-old daughter but the other three were put into storage. Despite separating from her husband, Ms Archerd did not want to get rid of the embryos - she wanted to donate them for research or give them to another family anonymously. However, she wanted to be involved with the baby as they would be related to her daughter. Ms Archerd paid thousands of dollars a year to store her embryos until she found Nightlight Christian Adoptions. The Christian embryo adoption agency runs a programme called Snowflakes, which many...

France has declared a maximum security alert in the wake of a terrorist attack at a school that left one teacher dead and several other people injured. A maximum security alert means "vigilance and maximum protection in the event of an imminent threat of a terrorist attack or directly after an attack". There are also "concerns the whole territory may be targeted". A source told Le Parisien the man rushed into school shouting “Allahu Akbar" as he attacked the Gambetta high school in Arras on Friday morning.

Russian troops have launched an attack on a theatre in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol where as many as 1,200 civilians including women, children and the elderly, were taking refuge.

"Mum is so desperate to hold her great grandchildren and she just can't." This caller is moved to tears by how 'difficult' Covid care home rules are making visits to his mother, despite her having had two vaccine doses. Listen...

Jeremy Corbyn should resign over his "unacceptable" behaviour towards Syria air strikes vote, former Labour ministers have said as the first senior figures in the party break cover against his leadership. Ex-ministers Fiona Mactaggart and John Spellar have urged the Labour leader to take the "sensible" decision to stand down because of the damaging divisions his leadership is creating. Former Home Office minister Ms Mactaggart said his position had become “unsustainable” while fellow ex-minister Mr Spellar said Mr Corbyn’s behaviour over the Syria vote had been “unacceptable”. A third ex Labour minister minister Frank Field said that the party "needs...

Obama will be arriving at Long Beach Airport today at 3pm. "Air Force One is scheduled to land at Long Beach Airport at 3 p.m. Wednesday, the White House announced this morning. "