Adopted abroad in the last three decades, with more having gone to the United States than anywhere else. Officials are currently worried there arent enough babies being born to sustain the population. Lets speak tojoshua zhong, co Founder And President of cherish Children Adoption international. Thank international. You for coming on the programme. Thank you for coming on the programme. You are an international agency and this decision will clearly impact you, what is your reaction . I am very shocked and sad to hear of the closing of China Programme which has been running for over 32 years with over 130,000 or 140,000 children adopted. Its very devastating news especially for her families who have devastating news especially for herfamilies who have been waiting here for many many years who have been delayed by the pandemic. And hoping to go to china to pick up their children and be reunited with them and come home happy. It is a very hard time indeed. Mas them and come home happy. It
Overlooked yesterday by nominating von der leyen as the candidate for the head of the European Commission which is something that still needs to be approved. That is the thing and that is what the Financial Times highlights. It says that although there was year near unanimous support in the end for these various nominations, the European Parliament will still have resistance. So it is not necessarily a smooth path at this point. No. And an Interesting Development given that we have seen the European Parliament try to find its role in the last few years and become a stronger power in this set of institutions governing the European Union. I guess it will not be easy for von der leyen to get approvalfrom be easy for von der leyen to get approval from parliament, even though one of the candidates that the parliament had suggested has already said that his time as a candidate is over. So that may ease the transition for von der leyen. For Christine Lagarde moving to the ecb if her nominatio
Territory. Two returned back safely but the one carrying the president and Foreign Minister crashed in mountainous territory in heavy fog. All contact was lost. Our correspondent Caroline Hawley reports. You can see how bad conditions were in the area, as the Rescue Operation was under way. A fleet of ambulances on standby. The army is reported to have ordered all resources needed to be thrown at the search. Members of irans red crescent scoured the rugged landscape on foot for any sign of the missing helicopter, but Poor Visibility made it difficult for the rescue teams to reach the scene of the crash even to locate it. Translation there are currently three drone teams in the area but due to the thick fog and low visibility, the drones were not able to successfully operate. There are also three teams with rescue dogs in the area. We are searching and we hope well be able to reach positive results very soon. The first indication that something had gone wrong came on state run televisio
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