Aymeric and Naiah Monello-Fuentes contracted with Miracle Surrogacy only to discover the baby they're raising isn't who they expected.

A Las Vegas couple's dream of being parents becomes a nightmare when DNA tests reveal a surrogacy shock, sparking a legal battle.

When Eva Brookes was browsing job adverts last year, she saw one ad looking for the next generation of podcast producers and audio creatives. She knew straight away what she'd pitch to get the role, having been born in China in 2000 but raised by a white British family in Essex. Now, her podcast for BBC Sounds asks how her life and understanding of herself was shaped by transracial adoption.

Eva Brookes' relationship with her racial identity wasn't something she thought about until she started primary school.

Born in China during the period of the country's one-child policy, when baby girls were often abandoned, Eva was found at a roadside as a newborn and taken to an orphanage.

At the age of 13 months, she was adopted by Moira and Chris Brookes, a couple from Billericay, who had adopted another little girl from China three years earlier.The idea to look to China had come to Moira when she'd seen a newspaper article "that China was opening up their adoption to older ages", Eva said. The couple had looked into adopting in the UK, but it wasn't straightforward because they were in their 40s.

"They knew a social worker who told them about a family who adopted from China and went to monthly meetings. Mum and dad went to them and saw these people that were already doing it and so it gave them that hope that people have returned with babies so maybe they could."

Dear friends,

I have been working to write a complete history of the International Mission of Hope (IMH). It would be an immeasurable gift to our community if you could help review this timeline I’ve put together and add anything you may recall.

In order to do this effectively and efficiently, I’ve listed a few initial questions below. Could you please respond via email to these specific bullet points? If you don’t have information on a particular point, please simply write “no information.”

Initial Questions for Review

Leadership: Aside from Cherie Clark and Sunil Prakash, who else was involved in "running" IMH?

by Sofia Nordgren, born in Bangladesh and adopted to Sweden

My name is Sofia Nordgren. According to my adoption documents, I was born in Bangladesh in 1973, although my exact date of birth has never been verified. I was adopted to Sweden in April 1976 and grew up in a small rural village in Dalarna, far from the capital, Stockholm.

I was adopted into a family that already had a biological daughter who was three years older, according to the information I was given. I grew up in a highly homogeneous environment where there were no other people of colour, immigrants, or adoptees. As a child, I experienced racism and bullying at school, which deeply shaped my sense of identity and belonging.

In 1995, I took a decisive step and moved to Stockholm, where I have lived ever since. The city offered greater access to diversity, adoptee communities, and opportunities for work and connection.

I made my first return journey to Bangladesh in 1999, travelling alone as a young woman, without language skills or local contacts. In 2025, I returned twice more, once in April and again later in the year, as part of my ongoing search for truth, origins, and connection.

Thousands of pages of once-secret court documents show how federal officials and a Virginia court helped an American Marine adopt an Afghan war orphan, in defiance of the U.S. government’s official policy to unite the child with her family.

The Associated Press fought for three years for access to the documents, which reveal how the country’s fractured bureaucracy enabled Marine Joshua Mast and his wife, Stephanie, to adopt the child who was halfway around the globe, being raised by a couple the Afghan government decided were her family.

The records reveal that the federal government and the court have blamed each other for what has become an international incident, which the government says threatens America’s standing in the world and appears as an endorsement of child trafficking.

The baby was orphaned on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2019. U.S. soldiers pulled her from the rubble and took her to the hospital at an American military base. The U.S. State Department, under President Donald Trump’s first administration, worked with the Afghan government to locate her family.

THE SPECIAL ADVOCATE for survivors of institutional abuse has said the Mother and Baby Institutions redress scheme is “exclusionary, poorly advertised, and re-traumatising for many applicants”.

In May 2024, Patricia Carey was appointed as the Special Advocate for Survivors and in this independent role, she engages with survivors and ensures their views are represented to the Government.

The Mother and Baby Institution Redress Scheme was launched in March 2024 and provides financial payments and health supports to eligible people who spent time in Mother and Baby or County Home Institutions.

But since the redress scheme opened, less than 10% of its budget has been spent and Carey said there is an “urgent need for the Government to make every possible effort to ensure that no Survivor misses out on their redress”.

Carey added that the first annual report of the scheme highlighted a “poor uptake”.

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Geadopteerde met hechtingsstoornis verzoekt herroeping van in Nederland uitgesproken adoptie/ aanpassing geboorteakte. Termijn ex art. 1:231, tweede lid BW is verstreken, maar rechtbank acht vasthouden daaraan in dit geval onverenigbaar met art. 8 lid 2 EVRM en verklaart verzoeker ontvankelijk. Inhoudelijk ontbreekt echter voldoende onderbouwing dat herroeping kennelijk in zijn belang is; onvoldoende komen vast te staan dat dit oplossing is voor zijn klachten; ook staan adoptiefouders open voor herstel. Afwijzing.
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Verzoeker heeft een verzoekschrift met bijlagen ingediend, dat door de rechtbank is ontvangen op 2 oktober 2025.

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Adoption offers circulating freely on social media, particularly TikTok , are raising concerns among Beninese authorities. Behind these seemingly innocuous proposals lie illegal practices with serious consequences. The Central Authority for International Adoption is sounding the alarm and calling for increased vigilance to protect children.A new form of digital exploitation is drawing the attention of Beninese authorities. On social media, unauthorized individuals and organizations are now offering children for adoption, outside of any legal framework. Faced with this situation, the Central Authority for International Adoption in the Republic of Benin (ACAIB) has decided to break its silence.

In an official statement dated February 13, 2026, the institution alerted the public to the circulation of " fake offers to adopt children " on digital platforms, with a particular mention of TikTok . An illegal practice with serious consequences

According to details provided by ACAIB , these advertisements originate from unauthorized actors claiming to offer children for adoption, in violation of current laws. This situation, beyond its illegality, exposes children to significant risks.

The institution warns against practices that may constitute attempted fraud, but also more serious phenomena such as child trafficking and exploitation. " These practices constitute attempted fraud and seriously expose children to the risks of trafficking and exploitation ," the statement emphasizes, stressing the gravity of the threat.In a context marked by the rapid expansion of digital usage, this type of abuse finds fertile ground. The virality of content and the relative anonymity of platforms facilitate the spread of fraudulent advertisements, which are often difficult to trace.

ACAIB reiterates the legal framework

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