Who is that girl? georgia is coming to terms with a black market adoption scandal spanning decades. It's believed tens of thousands of babies were stolen, some as recently as the mid 20005. And while some are connecting with lost family. . . I texted herfirst, i have been looking for you. . . Many are still fighting forjustice. I texted her first, i have been looking for you. And she said, me too. I'm coming up from the escalator and it's like my heart is like — it was pumping so much blood! i was in shock. Am i looking in the mirror? am i in the train? 0r — could someone slap me in the face? exact same person, exact same faces, exact same voice, exact same thoughts. I'm like, i need to hug you. She doesn't like hugs but she did hug me. Then, we took a couple of pictures and i posted it on facebook. Then, my mother's friend texted me. Did you find your sister? i'm like, who? what. . . What sister? amy and ano were not the only ones making strange discoveries about their past. So, this is my one birth certificate and it's written that i was born on tenth august. And this is new one, which i took in 2017, and it's written that i was born in tenth october in 1984. Unfortunately, none of them are the real dates and i don't exactly know when i was born. I am tamuna, i am journalist, and i am the first one who started talking about baby—selling scandal in georgia. In 2016, my mother died unexpectedly. She was only 64 years old. One month later, i wasjust looking in her documents, just organising some stuff, and ifound my birth certificate where it was written my name, my surname, my parents' names and surnames. But it was said that my birth date was not the day which i knew. Tamuna went to the archives to find a document that in georgia every woman receives after giving birth, but no document existed. Her mother hadn't given birth to her at all, and it meant she must be adopted. When her family refused to talk about it, tamuna set about finding answers. I think that this is a mission which was made for me, or maybe i was made for this mission. She wanted to find out if there were others in the same position as her. So she and a friend set up a facebook group called i am searching. Everything exploded, message after message after message. Mothers looking for children, children looking for the mothers. One of those messages was, like, oh, my. . . She suspects her mother was involved in other cases of baby—trafficking, working with corrupt doctors and criminals. Nato�*s mother said not everyone was involved, but many people were. Black—market adoptions and child—trafficking were rife in georgia between the 19705 until the mid—2000s, when adoption became more regulated. Lia believes the practice thrived because of a culture of shame around adoption, which pushed it underground and a lack of questioning authority under communism. Later, after georgia gained independence from the soviet union, a period of turbulence followed which allowed criminals to cash in on a more organised system of illegal adoption. It's now known that no hospital cemeteries ever existed and that mothers were lied to. It's believed tens of thousands of babies were stolen, but with no exact records, the true number is unknown. Even today, no—one knows for sure exactly how connected these criminal gangs were or to what heights the corruption reached. Tamuna believes the very top. International child—trafficking in georgia has been investigated by authorities twice since 2003. Some people did face jail time, but they were just the tip of the iceberg. There are reports that some of those who were accused of being involved are still working in hospitals today. With tamuna's facebook group gaining momentum, in september 2022, the georgian government launched a new formal investigation into child—trafficking. Led by the ministry of internal affairs, it set out to investigate hospital employees and gather evidence. Amy and ano now have serious questions to ask their families. My mother. God! and i'm like, what i'm going to say to her? and for the first time, i hear my mother cry. And i'm like, 0k, you're making me cry, so i can't. . . No, i can't talk to you. She said that. . . |�*m sorry. And i'm saying, you're sorry for what? i didn't know that you had a twin sister. My whole life is a lie. That was the first feeling i had. The twins posted their story on the group. Within a few days, they received a message from a woman called anna. She said, i also have twin sisters and i am looking for them. Anna's mother had been told her twins had died in 2002, but now she had doubts. Then we decided to get a dna test, and it turns out that the woman, who lives in germany, is our biological mother. As you see, there are almost 36,000 posts and comments in two months in our group. And you can also see the views of the group and there are more than five million views. I am searching now has over 230,000 members. I get messages every day with new leads. They are from all over georgia and even people based abroad. Tamuna's research has found that the trafficking of babies was happening right across georgia. She's found multiple allegations against at least 20 hospitals, many in rural areas. Tamuna is meeting a family in kvareli, a small town in the east of the country. She wants to hear what happened to irina more than a0 years ago. A few days after giving birth, irina was told her twins had died. She was instructed by doctors to find something to bury them in. Unable to access a plot for the children in a cemetery, the family buried the suitcase in their garden. It remained there for more than a0 years. The family were so suspicious that they decided to dig up the suitcase. More than a year after the investigation was launched, very little seems to have happened. With frustration building, tamuna has gathered women from the group to meet lia and discuss legal action. Meanwhile, the twins are grappling with whether to meet their biological mother in germany. This is my biggest moment in my life. I want answers to my questions. Adopted children have that feeling that everything, it's her fault. You know? it's our fault. It's their fault. No, it's not. And it's not but we felt like that. We all our life thinking about it, oh, it's my fault. It's my fault. Because i wasn't enough. And you don't. . . And you don't know why. I just want answers. I can't change the past. I can change my future. 0h! they cry 0h. During their chat, amy and ano's mother said that after giving birth, she was unconscious and it was only when she woke up that she was told i felt something like i've never felt. I don't know what that's called, but, yeah, i'm shaking. Ijust want to comfort her because i know what she's feeling. The georgian ministry of internal affairs did not agree to an interview. Amy and ano are among the few to have reconnected with family. Elsewhere, irina and nino may have had a breakthrough in their search. They found someone who lives nearby who they think could be one of the twins. They are awaiting dna test results. Nato often thinks about finding herfamily. Lia's group legal battle continues to gather pace. They plan to begin legal action this year. Meanwhile, tamuna continues to search for her biological family. She is due to meet the president of georgia to lobby on behalf of all the victims. The saddest part of my story is that i have reunited hundreds of families and i cannot find my biological parents. But i will. I'm sure i will. I will find them. Hello. This weekend will take us out of august and into september — technically speaking, the start of the meteorological autumn. But in spite of that, there is some warmth and some humidity on the way. Warm and humid conditions drove a lot of the showers and thunderstorms across the western side of continental europe during friday. That warm and humid air wafting its way northwards over the weekend. And while there will be some spells of sunshine, we also have the chance of some pretty intense thunderstorms, although there is still a lot of uncertainty about exactly how many of those there will be and where they might crop up. And actually, saturday will be a largely dry day. Quite a lot of sunshine around, more cloud spilling into southern parts of england, perhaps south wales, and the chance of one or two showers and perhaps the odd thunderstorm across the channel islands and perhaps south—east england later in the day. A breeze will keep things cool close to these north sea coasts — 17 for aberdeen and newcastle. More generally, though, 19 to 22 or 23 degrees, so quite a warm day. Quite warm and humid overnight, through saturday night into sunday, especially across the south, and we will see further, very well—scattered showers and thunderstorms pushing northwards, i think especially across some eastern counties of england. 16 degrees the overnight low in london, a cooler 9 degrees there for glasgow. As we go through sunday, well, that warm, humid air continues to push northwards. With it, quite a lot of cloud and the chance for one or two of those showers and thunderstorms. If they do crop up, they could bring a lot of rain, perhaps some squally winds, maybe some hail thrown in, especially across eastern england, but many spots will avoid the showers and stay dry. 19 to maybe 27 or 28 degrees down towards the south—east. Now, through sunday night, we will see further showers and thunderstorms, perhaps most especially across eastern england. But low pressure�*s swirling in from the west, and that means from monday, there will be a lot of cloud, there will be some outbreaks of rain. Some of that rain will be heavy, possibly thundery. It could really be quite misty and murky around some coasts out towards the west, but we will see some spells of sunshine as well. Still getting up to around 25 degrees across parts of east anglia, but out towards the west, things will be turning cooler and fresher. And that sets the theme, really, through the middle part of the week — some cooler conditions, some rain at times. It might warm up again, though, for some of us by the end of the week. Live from washington, this is bbc news. Ukraine's president fires the commander of the country's airforce days after a deadly fighterjet crash. Another deadly strike on an aid convoy in gaza. And riding high in the polls. The far—right alternative for germany looks set to come out on top in state elections this sunday. Hello. I'm helena humphrey. Good to have you with us. We begin in ukraine, where a russian air strike killed at least seven people on friday in the city of kharkiv. Among those killed was a 14—year—old girl on a playground. The six others were killed when the strike hit an apartment building. Many others were wounded, including 20 who are in a severe condition according to the regional governor. Ukrainian officials said the area was hit by a guided bomb. Kharkiv has come under heavy russian attacks for months. 0ur correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov has the latest. The city of kharkiv is located just 30 kilometres from the russian border so moscow targets the city on a regular basis using bombs, using drones and guided bombs as well. And for many people in kharkiv their life is basically russian roulette. Each day they can only guess who and what moscow will target next. Today, russian bombs killed people in an apartment block. They also killed a 14—year—old girl in a playground. The guided bombs that moscow used to attack kharkiv, they are not as precise as ballistic rockets or cruise missiles.
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