A set of identical twins has beaten the odds by surviving after they were born 16 weeks prematurely. Kian Louis and Lyndon George have been dubbed miracle babies after being born at 24 weeks – the legal cut-off date for abortions in the UK.

Sex ‘poison’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has ordered soldiers to stay away from drinking, sex and money, calling them “poison” that spoils socialist faith, a South Korea-based group of defectors from North Korea claim.