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Alex Ritson

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Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

This could make a real difference in limiting the long-term warming of the planet. Green Sands Future, which is led by British chemicals giant Ineos, will become the EU's first large-scale offshore CO2 storage site. Our reporter Adrian Murray travelled from the Danish port town Espea and out into the North Sea.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

MeidÀn helikopterimme on mennyt 250 kilometriÀ Denmarkin sydÀnpÀivÀstÀ, kun se on rikkoitunut yksilön öljyÀ, joka on rikkoitunut Norjan maan lÀmpimÀistÀ. TÀÀllÀ on melkein rikkoitunut öljy, joka on about to get a second life, kun se on rikkoitunut yksilön öljyÀ, joka on valmiina.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

After landing at the large mother platform nearby, Mads Gauer, CEO of Ineos Energy, showed me to the wellhead. Instead of pulling the oil and gas off the ground, we're going to inject the CO2 into the ground instead. When commercial operations get underway in the next few months, this will be the EU's first large-scale offshore storage site. We think it's one of the best answers to cut emissions, and Denmark has the potential to actually store more than several hundred years of our own emissions.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

Globally hundreds of carbon storage initiatives are in development. In Europe the North Sea is emerging as a hub, with several large-scale projects advancing in Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK. And after decades of exploration, the region's geology is also well understood. What we have here is now four pieces of coal.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

At a large warehouse on the outskirts of Copenhagen, cases of rock samples are stacked floor to ceiling. Neil Skosbo, a senior researcher at the Geological Survey of Greenland and Denmark, showed me a grainy green slab drilled from the seafloor.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

Both the UN's top climate science body say that carbon capture is a necessary tool to help limit global warming. However, the technology is not without critics. If we want to go net zero and even net negative, we will need these technologies.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

Back on the Siri rig out in the North Sea, maintenance manager Peter Pierre tells me that carbon storage offers new opportunities. Seeing a future building up here to the green transitions is just amazing. And soon that climate warming CO2 will be shipped out here in the North Sea and locked away for good.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

Adrian Murray.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

But there's no independent fertility regulator. The BBC has spoken to parents who used clinics there and now believe their chosen donors were not used. Anna Collinson reports. Siblings Kate and James are looking through a photo album with their parents. Their two mums, Beth and Laura, each underwent IVF to have their children.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

The same sex couple needed a sperm donor. They selected an anonymous Danish man known as Finn from a sperm bank. They're showing me his profile. Bright, witty, creative, optimistic, strong physically and mentally.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

Are you a smoker? No, never smoked. It was really important that they had some sense of who he is. Because that's half of them. It's half their genetics, their DNA. It shapes their identity, their sense of self, who they are. As Beth and Laura would each be a biological mother to one child, they wanted donor Finn to be used in all IVF procedures to ensure their children were biologically related. They paid their fertility clinic in northern Cyprus to import Finn's sperm.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

When did you start thinking, not everything is adding up here? So when James was born, we expected him to have blue eyes, and he didn't. So that kind of rung a bit of an alarm bell. The family decided to do a series of DNA tests. Lovely to meet you, I'm Denise. They're meeting with a leading genetics expert to find out their results. Beth and Laura, I've got your results here in these envelopes.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

Jatkuvan muutaman minuutin vahvaa lukemista Beth kertoo meiltÀ tutkimuksia. Katja ja James eivÀt ole yhdessÀ. Onko sinulla mitÀÀn mahdollisuutta, ettÀ he voisivat olla yhdessÀ? Ei.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

Professori Denise Sindicom Court on analysoinut kaikki perheiden DNA-testejÀ. HÀn sanoi, ettÀ eivÀt vain lapset ole erilaisia spermiodonoreja. HÀn uskoi, ettÀ eivÀt eivÀt ole erilaisia donor-finnejÀ. Beth ja Laura ovat menneet siitÀ, ettÀ he tiedÀvÀt paljon omasta lapsensa donoristaan, ettÀ he eivÀt tiedÀ mitÀÀn. MitÀ tutkimusta he ovat tehneet donoristaan, kun puhutaan terveystietoja? Ja myös, kuinka monta donoitusta he ovat tehneet?

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

Bethan Laura's IVF treatment was in northern Cyprus, one of the most popular destinations for British people seeking fertility treatment abroad. Clinics there promise high success rates, low costs and even a sunny holiday. Many patients say they have positive experiences there, but our investigation has uncovered a more disturbing side.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

The families of seven children have told me they believe they were given the wrong sperm or egg donors at clinics in northern Cyprus. Most of them have now done DNA tests. That's an absolutely appalling position to be in. That should never ever happen. Dr. Hippocrates Saris from the British Fertility Society has viewed our findings.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

Pohjois-Sypereen on ainoastaan legaalisesti tunnettu Turkki ja on omaa virtauslautaa. Kuten Yhdysvalloissa, se ei ole omaa virtauslautaa, joka monitoroidaan klinikkoja. Bethan Laura's doctor denies any wrongdoing, and the clinic where they had their treatment has not responded to our questions. Back on a beach in southwest England is a family coming to terms with what they've discovered, particularly James.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

Final preparations are underway for America's first manned mission into deep space since 1972. The Artemis II rocket will take four astronauts on a ten-day journey around the moon. If all goes well, the launch could take place later today. Senior NASA test director Jeff Spaulding gave this update.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

And that's all from us for now. If you want to get in touch, you can email us at globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag Global News Pod.

Global News Podcast
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

And don't forget our sister podcast, The Global Story, which goes in-depth and beyond the headlines on one big story. This edition of The Global News Podcast was mixed by Holly Smith. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Alex Ritson. Until next time, goodbye.