i chat about it over state and suburban losing sperm donor records seems to happen a lot in this business. so i've gone to colorado to meet wendy kramer. i'm known wendy for a long time. she's one of the sperm banks. biggest critics. so good, didn't you? yeah, we were out have long before dna testing, wendy, and i don't concede, son, ryan started a website. it was called a donor sibling registry. the s our parents only know the anonymous donor by a number on the d. s. r site spring can use that number to find other children from the donor with the same number. their siblings and thousands of donors also sign on to match their offspring has are tim the donor and l. a. found is these numbers are

updated every night. this is how many people we've matched. 17926. so we will hit 18000 in february. and then 67188 people on the dsr. so that's parents don't or can see people children that parents have posted and donors and donors and firm donors. sometimes the donors find the dispersion, banks have lied. can you imagine you're this guy? and you go, you know, i think the right thing to do would be to make myself available to those 10 kids i was told i might have out there. yeah. and you come to the d. s. r and i know this because i hear from donors all the time. who go? ok, just a minute. i just went on your website and it says i have 35 kids. that's impossible . i was promised 10. yeah. well right. of course, this can only happen in a closed anonymous system, which wendy hates as much as i do. donor can see if people are all too often told.

you should be happy to be alive. you should be just happier parents want to do so much and it's like for sure. but i also am a human being. i have an innate desire to know where i come from and who i come from. so you can't deny that either not with adopted people, but also not with donor conceived people. california cro bank has no idea how many have siblings ryan has because they have no accurate record keeping. it's preposterous. you can't promise limits when you don't have accurate records. it's impossible, you know, a cost money to have accurate record keeping a cost money to update medical records and to share medical information. it costs money to have the accurate record keeping that it would take to limit the number of kids per donor. so it takes money to do all of that and that there are a profit business, they're selling gammy, it's, it least in the you can, australia, et cetera. there is some regulation. do you think that canada might progress to

having some here, but they get all their spare me from the u. s. firm bank? so what are they going to regulate california cry. oh bank. i don't think so. well, they could demand that the sperm be identifiable by yeah, let them try. sure. i just don't see it happening. so you see the way forward is basically people using the dna sides with the help of your website. absolutely. there's nothing else. nobody else cares to step in and provide regulation or oversight. the sperm banks are big, they're powerful. they're wealthy. they have lobbyists in washington, they keep any and all regulation from happening. anytime there's a regulation that gets proposed, they put the kibosh on it immediately. it's the fox watching the hen house. we can't change what's happened in the past, but now there is no, absolutely no excuse whatsoever for the donors to insist on secrecy. and

furthermore, there is no such thing as secrecy anymore. everyone has the right not to be deliberately deceived or deliberately deprived of information about essential aspects of their personal history. the trouble is straight couples often don't tell their kids. so david, a lawyer is campaigning for us to have birth certificates with the sperm or egg donors, name as well as the parents. these accurate birth certificates would be available to aspirin once they become adults. and in many countries, there is a growing movement from the donor, conceived to en anonymity back in 2004. i was here in ottawa arguing the same with the government refused. one of the employees who persuaded the government to preserved on anonymity was dr. eddie fry. hi, dr. fry you. i'm very steven. nice to meet you. nice to meet you. thank you for

doing this. the really appreciate it. i can answer your questions or concern was there too many people who donated? they did not want people to know that they did, they donated for whatever reason. but they didn't necessarily want to have someone coming and saying you my father or you, whatever. when you decided to preserve the anonymity, because some people might come and come out of my chest to preserve anonymity, it is to protect the rights of the donor just to protect the rights of the tribe. but they don't know how that we don't know how to choice. we didn't have a choice and we were the ones who donated from that choice. yes, and of course the jonah had a choice and the doing could refuse to do late, in which case a lot of people would not have had access to doing a spoon. and so i don't see how anyone can suggest that only one group

in a discussion should have their rights observed than the others should have known. the main reason was that you were afraid there would be no more donors if we ended up in one of the major reasons. because people were very reluctant to come into, an agent was based on many of them when he did so because he knew that their identity would be active. we didn't want to dry up the number of doing this. they don't dry up. when the u. k ended anonymity, the number of guns actually went up. i would like to see a system where only donors who are, who are willing to be identified to their offspring and the offspring it to be bold enough, should be recruited. and that has been shown to work and if it does work, then why not do it in the future? well then if you think you would like to see amendments you, if you're going to come up and ask, oh, put our petitions, get a lot of people to sign on to that y m s and what no, but i, i would respond to people coming to me in, in with a petition and saying,

a lot of us want this to happen. one person is not enough and, and i think it would be a good idea practically for, for the government of canada to get out ahead of this. there is no problem when i don't have a problem with people coming to do that. and again, i'm then i will wait and see what that evidence says and we make my decisions based on fair enough. thank you. about some progress. and i guess dr. fries, right, i have to come back again with thousands of us. in the meantime, i'm going back to london one last time. my new family loves a party, so i've got them together to hear what they have to say about all this. like the like any family you meet some people you really connect with the 1st person i met in england. david, we have what we had. we met up and they were lined up in soho and gape all by the end of the evening. so these guys, incredible,

this is really fun. this is amazing. then as you get to know of the people, you know, i just don't know if you like some people listen, you like just my family and that's the, that's the basic line. same thing is this 400 more on the cell. it's actually like $600.00 or more. when the tests are all complete, we're going to, one of the forest focuses on like, you know, where the 1st one is. the only very recently, like in the last 2 years, i went on to some of these don't conceive sort of what that grades and the facebook grades and, and, and i was really shocked really shocked and upset to see the really young people talking about how they hadn't been told, you know, people in the twenty's been told the finding we siblings, you know,

he's different in finding them. don't say that mean loans of them. i'm thinking jesus, i always was just off because we were in this, we're sort of initial phase. i was new, but it's actually still going on and that makes me really upset. really, people should know better now, like maybe our parents didn't better they should see. the end of anonymity surely surely is going to cause pain for those people who chose shoes or chose to do something that was deep. can private person for me that the real point is that we all have a right to our narrative. we will have a right to our story, and that seems to me just to be incontrovertible. he to be human, is to have a story. and to have a story, one must have a true story. just saying these, these kids are better off, not knowing. it's both and for someone else to come in and say, but for the convenience of others, we'll just delete that. it is not clearly to argument for historically short. he

was simply that donors would not come forward if understanding was that they might be off to the abolition of anonymity. the number of registered spun. denise went up. yeah. and then you will, the industry is making the money out often quite discussing actually with it. so, so i'd like that's what always like the diesel and nephews, but we didn't have any really uncles or anything like that. it is like, i don't know. i think it's great because the young, but i've got a whole lot of times of people and family to be able to stay in contact with and to be able to meet if you're traveling across the globe and everything like that. we have a lot of. gotcha. yeah, exactly. and i think, i mean on it, becky, carl, the name there is something, i mean a lot of people in the, in the job i day and most people like i get on, but there was something. there was a connection on like in some ways i know them all my life and i cannot describe it

. and i would like to say why thoughts? i oh, i felt may saying given diary and canada he was that was sort of not a made it fema connection, but it was connection that we bearing that i thought were not. i spent the day with him. we had some quite good last i think. but i wouldn't have had up with any other by the i just the experiences i don't know what it is, but there is something there is there is something last question. this is really who looks like who you're the, you look like you the while i was editing this film,

several new siblings appeared on the dna science. benzo visa as descendants that we have identified. now, number 137, and there are plenty more to come. there's a bit of a paradox. it's great to be part of this class. but i really hope that we are one of the last to be huge families produced by anonymous men. and that we can put an end to all the secrets and lies ah, in the me the

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the news w news wire from berlin. catastrophic flooding kills more than a 160 people in germany and belgium. as the flood waters subside, the enormous clean up guest underway. but the search for survivors is not over. around a 1000, residents are still in town. devastated by the flex, also coming up on the show, a key border crossing between afghanistan and pockets on partially reopened days

after the tale of on these control. if all those weeks of intensifying fighting across various ways, we don't think the gun at can jury president likely gets ahead of himself announcing the winner of the festival on her floor reveal which film received upon the the hello clare richardson, a very warm welcome to the show the worst flooding in decades has killed at least a 160 people in europe. most of the deaths store in western germany and chancellor uncle america will visit the worst effected areas on sunday. the disaster area stretches between the district of hinds back after that. and of iowa, near the border with the netherlands and belgium, in math and clean up operation is underway. as rescue cruise search for survivors.

more than a 1000 people are still missing. and he w reporter, kate brady has this report from some of the flooded villages around to bon destruction and deborah, on every corner. the only sound on the street mud being scraped away and tractors, rumbling through the once picturesque town of violence. here in our violet, the water has subsided, and it's only now that the real true extent of the damage caused by the floods is really coming to light. a lot of people are returning to their homes for the 1st time since the flood the scenes a devastating for those. returning the owners of this home moved in only 6 months ago. the flood water reached halfway up the walls of the 1st floor. still snow guy couldn't react quickly enough to move our belongings. we had to sit upstairs for 24

hours because the fire service came and asked, have you been hurt? if not, then you'll have to manage on your own. on emma's cooking, but at least where a life i'm of the navy. if there were so many this is the only, it's unbelievable. you can't imagine what's happening here. he's pushed us the park . the other volunteers, family and friends have travelled far and wide to violate to help those affected the here clearing homes while supplying people with the basics. for long pushing for tied trouble this morning i was handing out breakfast down by the river. there was a family that couldn't come out of the house, so i got the supplies to them over the balcony. fire the garbage room, yard for many locals. right now. one financial help from the state quickly and with his little red tape as possible. further north and after that, a donation bank at a school has been overwhelmed with clothes and food. donations have stopped now

because they just kept coming. it just became too much. most definitely plenty of willingness to help. some locals evacuated from apps that this week are also being sheltered at the school. many feel left in the dark doesn't mind them and they should be an official from the city that you can talk to here. even if they don't have much new to say. but at least then you'd have the feeling that they care for the men to come to come on. we don't know whether we'll get in our house again at all. can you even leave the name of a rigid all gone forever? the 1st one, you know? so many of those effected that question could take weeks months, if not years to be answered. and a state of emergency has been declared in the upper bavaria due to flooding and heavy rains and storms are causing serious damage in parts of austria,

in the town of how line close to the german border. a flash flood swept through the street late 100 a people living there had already been called upon to be careful, and to avoid going into their sellers while representatives of the afghan government and tale by insurgents have been meeting in casa for talks, it follows intensifying fighting across that kind of stone and deteriorating security situation, a key border crossing with pockets dawn has now reopened this after african government troops failed in their attempt to retake the area from italy by hundreds of people headed into afghanistan through the spin bolduc sherman border point on saturday summer afghans living in pakistan who want to rejoin their families for the muslim festival of ead, alada next week. pockets on close to crossing on wednesday after the taliban captured the afghan side. now they are letting limited numbers of travelers through

again. people are coming the other way to the afghans and pakistani, returning home. taliban was standing at the border, searching people, allowing them to leave. so with checking voted documents. on friday there was heavy fighting. as afghan government troops tried to retake the border town from the taliban. they didn't succeed. said go the better, but there were bodies of afghan government forces and civilians lying burnt on the sides of the road. checkpoints were burned down. the taliban were moving around in afghan forces vehicles. they're going to do that for the tunnel band border crossings provide a rich source of revenue. the group of those who taken other checkpoints with neighboring countries in the north and west in landlocked war torn afghan, us down the crossings, are a lifeline essentially brought in from pakistan and in the other direction. afghan goods transported to the world. here it's been bolduc sharman,

the taliban flag flying on the afghan side of the border. so pockets done this no longer seems to be any great obstacle. let's turn our attention now to some other stories making headlines around the world. dozens of people have been taken to hospital in texas for a chemical spill in a water park. people suffered minor skin irritation and breathing problems. authorities are investigating the cause of the leak. haiti has begun if corona, virus vaccine rollout, after receiving half a 1000000 joseph from the united nation until this week. the country of 11000000 had not received a single vaccine dose. it's nearly 2 months since the government declared a health emergency and imposed a curfew on germany is in a race against the delta variance of the corona virus. that is the warning from health minister young fun. at the same time, doctors groups are warning that many people here are not willing to get vaccinated

. authorities are hoping that targeted campaigns and improved access to shots will help convince. usually the people looking for a free spot at this parking lot come to shop for furniture, but today they've come to be vaccinated. for now, it's your turn for a shot. berlin is not the only place for german authorities are looking for ways to get more people vaccinated. the aim is to make it convenient without red tape or an appointment during the week, i'm always on the go. i leave home at 4 in the morning and get home late in the evening, so you don't have time to see my doctor. the next morning i was laying tiles and on the spur of the moment decided to do it today. mamma long lines are good news for the government after the vaccination campaign stalled recently, the leader of rhineland latin, it appealed to people to come forward twin thesis and do it for yourself for the

children and the young people waiting for the go ahead who missed out on so much and for our field, such vision was do it for those who can't get the shot. this is missed infant lesson kernan. there weren't enough doses for all the berliners who joined the line . medical staff say fresh stocks are on the way in saudi arabia. pilgrims are arriving and mecca to perform the high, which officially starts on sunday. the annual pilgrimage has been scale the back for a 2nd year running and is taking place under tight restrictions. this year, just $60000.00 people will be allowed to perform. what is one of the most important acts of faith in islam, and only people living in saudi arabia can attend before the crow virus pandemic, the hot withdraw. millions of muslims from around the world to the city of mac. and a reporter and a shorter has been following these developments and joins me now. in the studio.

and 860000 is still a huge number of people revisiting a city like mecca. what other precautions are the authorities taking to hold such a gathering? safely? so as well as limiting the number of people who can attend the pilgrimage, what they've done is they, they had a lottery to take part in the hodge the 10 times that number applied. but only to the people who could apply had to be between 18 and 65. they had to have had both over the vaccinations or they have to have had, have recovered from coded and limiting the the, the places on the hodge to these people who had recovered from coven over fully vaccination, was one of the precautions that authorities that, with the taking, i mean it's such a huge event. it lasts for 5 days. it involved groups of pilgrims like moving from different holy fights around mecca. and the saudi authorities have also done things

like limited the non good overall group sizes. and as you can see in that amazing image of the grandma's in a mecca behind us, limited them of worshippers who can be in a highly side to any one time. and of course they have the sites being regularly disinfected and cleaned to ok. so cleaning, we've got limit on the numbers of people who can attend and also the age limits of people who can attend. i understand there are also some changes for women who are performing the higher. what can you tell us about that? yeah, this year women are allowed to perform hodge without having a male guardian. that's different from previous years where a woman who wanted to do her islamic muslim duty and go on the hodge would have to be accompanied by a father or a brother or her husband or even her son. this year, groups of women travelling together can actually take take part in the college and

and complete the pilgrimage. but it hasn't been completely smooth for them. because taking part in the colleges usually organized through to travel agencies. and these agencies, they have government approval and they organize everything from you travel to the hodge to the transfers between the holy sites to the accommodation there. and some of these agencies were not taking bookings from women who were traveling without my l guardian. i did all these in a shorter thank you so much for that update and return it to the can film festival. now its glitzy closing ceremony is often filled with suspense with attendees waiting until the end to find out who has won the top award. but this year jury president spike lee jumped the gun and the night started with this miscommunication. can you tell me which price is the 1st price?

yes, i can new read. cool. the film one, the palm doors to turn. where is the way through? maybe to me, i see this, you went to the film to ton by julia corners. it's me, the 2nd time in the history of the festival that a woman received the award look, it is radical, and shocking to me. the main character alexia has a titanium plate implanted in her head after a serious car accident as a child. in spite of this, she loves cause quite literally and brutally kills anyone who gets too close to her . she meets a fireman who loves her like

a father. at the same time, her body goes through a drastic change film. critics, a hailing it as a film that breaks boundaries, but the shocks a more than just cheap through the mas. i'd like to think the jury for acknowledging with this prize that the world needs more diversity and thank you for letting the monitors in it monsieur, due to the civil, couldn't move this 74th season of the festival took place under unusual conditions . last year it was cancelled entirely to the pandemic this year. locals, tourists, and loves of cinema, were able to enjoy its return. it was in the obligatory mattress and pcr test. it was actually pretty normal. only on your able to forget about coping for a little while here. daniel. last year was difficult for everyone. you can breathe

a sigh of relief. festival go is agree. it was with few exceptions, a can without many highlights or big stuff, but cinema is back on the red carpet and back in people's lives. that is your news update at this hour. stay tuned for a quarter and dw investigative team look into the kidnapping. you're in human rights activists. don't forget there is always more on our website, d, w dot com. i've been in berlin for me in the team here. thank you so much for joining the the in december 2019 the european council president show me shows embarked on a ground breaking mission. i had a clear job to make you up the 1st time that jennings on the planet, by 2050. not all member states supported and

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