took a pleasant opinion, was on this, you're still in the summer watching priest boys. i in the headlines today campaign is the key female sports show to the decision to include the 1st female transgender athletes at the olympics, saying it's a big trailer women another slap in the face for president lacross and his political party flops in french regional polls. the president, president potent, i was the risks of a new alms race, an interview with german newspaper. it comes to only a to some of the star great tropic goal for russia. the

bus to. and he looked up the scuffle with police in london that extended coven restrictions, while the number of cases continues to rise in england. ah, good morning, russia kevin, though in the headlines for you must see this tuesday, the 22nd to june 1st. and the 1st ever transgender athletes set to go to the lympics this year. laurel hubbard, wait lifted. we'll join new zealand team in tokyo, but he spot fury from various campaigns to save women's sports. that point to muscle mass is unfair competition. the olympic committee says nonetheless, she's met all the necessary criteria and the per trunk. it picks up a story. its official new zealand. laurel hubbard. 43 who transition to female and 2012 is heading to the olympics this summer. no transgender athletes

have ever done it before for laurel. there's absolutely no doubt it is a dream come troop. when the cameras zoom in on her and her team at the olympics, opening ceremony in tokyo, it will be a touching moment for the whole community of transgender athletes. i am grateful and humbled by the kindness and support that has been given to me by so many new zealanders. just before the previous summer games kicked off, the international committee revamped its guideline for male born transgender athletes. they were allowed to compete without 1st having to undergo gender reassignment surgery as long as they provide tests showing cause test around levels within a set limit for 12 months. 5 years on news of laurel joining the ranks of the n v t may be joy for some, but it stands out as shockingly unfair to others. we've heard noises in the media

that i say are going to be revising their transgender inclusion guidelines and possibly even removing the testosterone requirement. so obviously that will then allow men to compete in the same category are nothing more than a self declaration. and i don't think, you know, anyone could say that that would be grossly unfair and set a completely unfair competition playing field for women. and perhaps it wouldn't have been so controversial if it wasn't for the nature of the sport. she's competing in the right in weight, lifting every gram of muscle mass matters. maybe in this sport, more than in any other last year. a study by you can sweetest scientists found that when it comes to lifting barbells, the male performance advantage over woman was 30 percent. however,

even when transgender women suppress this test her own, for a year, the loss of lean body, mass, muscle, and strength, was only 5 percent. it's also a fact that laurel hubbard hadn't competed internationally before transitioning, but has already won a number of battles as a female athlete. and so some critics of the new olympic reality have gone as far as blaming the i o. c for betraying woman. the i o c betrays women, women are not a hormone level. know, are we self declaration of female gender identity? shame on them. and speaking of those whose desired podium finishes could be lost or lowered because of lorell hubbard's performance. belgium's anna vin lincoln 27 called the transgender athlete inclusion in tokyo, weightlifting light up. a bad joke with all due respect to trans genders. olympic

officials, though, have defended the decision. we do know that there are many questions about fairness of transient athletes competing in the games. but i would like to take this opportunity to remind us all that are all has met all of the required criteria. and she's not the only one lawyer and trance woman stephanie hayden says the seas decision is well rooted in science. you've got support, you got governing body. they have access to science, they have access to data. they know what works for them. now, where a, lots of people go wrong, if they just assume that somebody in this case it was male borns, now transgender female doesn't change. and i think, why did he, they forget to take into account hormone levels reduction in muscle mass over many years. now, what do we do here? do we make evidence based decisions, or do we make prejudiced based decisions?

that is the simple question. oh well probably there's never going to be an easy solution to this and do expect more debate. the closer we get to the metal run off, yet you're invited to get involved the conversation too, in case you want to share your opinion on it to check out the story on our side r t dot com. you can, if you will say that the president of france has received yet another slap in the face this time to his reputation after a pause showing and regional poles across the country. it's party only gone at around 10 percent of the vote. in the 1st round, shallow defense case got the latest on it. seen as a dress rehearsal ahead of next day is presidential election from seas regional voters illustrating just how tough that battle ahead is going to be both manual macro and and marine appends policies. failed to show that they with a heavy hitters for my calls republic on the move coffee, the results were particularly bruising. even policy inside is can't deny

how bad they seize news, but i'm not going to minimize what has happened. it's a slap in the face. this is a democratic slap in the face, and it's due to a very low election turn out. all t doesn't condone violence, but what happened to my policy has been particularly brutal in several regions. that policy, it was eliminated from the 2nd round of voting offered fail to reach the 10 percent threshold needed the vote, even saw government ministers being knocked out. it's something of a surprise blue for my call and this is personal popularity. the theme, the surgeon recent month, it also shows that his 2 products, which just took place, which was seen as him trying to sure up the boat ahead of these electron didn't

succeed. so roy has his policy failed to connect with voters. it shows it's even he, it's even not much more unpopular that it was supposed to because his results are, are catastrophe g. it's a vote against him for last year, a lot of misconduct and, and that was shown by the yellow as movement on by the fact that the government didn't react to do all the situation is going worst and worst. and the only way to government behave with our organs. and you know, i mean people don't like our organs. so day it shows the government is complete and micro, especially completely disconnected with the whole society who are rec, or the bench and levels off sending premises to the political landscape more than 2

in 3 people didn't cost a ballot that shows b. b, i don't believe any more in political class, you had striking workers who birds collectively there and an extra cars. so now you have a lot of people showing. they don't vote, they don't want to vote. they don't believe in any political party in any political liter. people don't vote, not because they are the police decide, but because they don't believe in the existing institution. we're also disappointing for marine penn policy has been hoping to show the thing you can handle while the national radi took just on the face of the vote. it took the polls in one region, these results loc, as significant dropping support from 2015. the big win is from the 1st round of the

voting would the republican party that is not good news for president mccall who has increasingly shifted his politics to the right. and essentially has been basing his strategy for reelection next year or more thing up there is a revival of the republican party throws that up in the air and shows that michael has failed to read his policy in the french. so i key, while many may see this is being a contest next year between mccolan or pen, there is always a chance, an outside i could punch seriously above weight. one perhaps increased by the fact that the current president's party just doesn't seem to cut it with voters. charlotte, even sky, all see paris, 3 poignant stay to the calendar now for russia is exactly 80 years since the beginning of one of its bloodiest error as the great pat shielding war. tens of

millions of lives were lost in what was in the soviet union and the conflict with nazi germany that snowed in the west as the 2nd world war. well, in an interview with a german newspaper, this is new and president putin highlights that. people have still managed, he said, to find reconciliation after the horrors of war, and that the supreme sacrifice should be acknowledged accurately. despite attempts today to revive the pages of the past, the truth is that soviet soldiers came to germany not to take revenge on the german people, but with a noble and great mission of liberation. having lived through the horrors of the world war, the peoples of europe would nevertheless able to overcome alienation and restore mutual trust and respect. i see a correspondence that is to do with us. no more against him. talk more about it. what. what else came out of this interview than? well, that was the gist of it. the blood putin spoke about, well, not but millions, the 10s of millions of people who, who lost their lives and in the savagery that was the 2nd world war in operation

barbarossa, he lives invasion of the soviet union. but, but let me put whose message was that despite the horrors, the tremendous sacrifices the, again, the savagery of the 2nd world war, europe was able to heal. so the french and the germans, they were able to learn to look each other in the eye and to avoid conflicts. they chose into dependence rather than competition and conflict. so working together rather than against each other and it proved exceptionally successful. you are a bureau prosper like like it was unprecedented. what happened in europe yet after the collapse of the soviet union, there were hopes that, that miracle, the european miracle could be repeated. that europe and the, the, the, you, as a saw, they could also set aside the differences. they could rule to choose interdependence rather than competition. but unfortunately, it was not to be because of nato's expansion. eastwards it was the

box movement eastwards which by the way, begun when the soviet leadership was actually persuaded to accept the united germany as session to nato. the attendants, the main reason for the rapid increase in mutual mistrust in europe. many countries of port before the artificial choice of either been with a collective west or with russia in fights. it was an ultimatum. since 1999 there being 5 more knit waves of needs who expansion eastwards towards russia, that you hear you can. it depends on who you talk to next, but on the side of that side they'll tell you different things. but ultimately it all revolves this collapse of understanding between russia and the west. it all revolves ultimately you could trace back to the unit conference to the security conference at 2 needs. it was expansion. eastwood's more arms, more rockets, as the ballistic missiles you close and close the russian, russia. but you know, the savagery, 3rd time the savagery of the 2nd world war operates barbarossa,

still fresh still being felt in demographics in the economy. russia does not want a huge military block moving closer and closer to it. and they have taken undertaking certain actions that the west is deemed as incredibly hostile and as completely out of bounds. and these whose lead, you know, the ball has rolled and rolled, and ultimately we've reached this point, a point where the, the security framework of the european union has freight the whole system of european security has now degraded significantly, tension arising and the risks of a new arms race are becoming real. we are missing out from the tremendous opportunities that cooperation offers are common and indisputable goal is to ensure security on the continent without dividing lines. the dream of a europe from lisbon to vladivostok is still very much alive. it seems, i mean,

prudent himself said that culturally, historically, russia is tied is linked to europe and he said, and every time that europe has risen up, it has been to cooperation rather than through war. and he says he hopes that now people will be able to think again, to think it over, to, to let past grievances rest. so, so we can't let past conflicts, pause, disagreements pass, disputes dictate future otherwise, lag mutant says we sacrifice our future. neurotic, thanks, explaining a bit more about what he had to say there. of course, as we mentioned earlier on the 80th anniversary, let me tell you about the hundreds of attended memorial events held across russia. they gathered up for the morning symbolic as the war broke out about that time. another took place in washington with more expected in europe. the russian ambassador to the u. s. recently returned to his post was among those who came to

pay their respects as well. and in a special project here, now we've restored and colorized archive footage of peaceful life for a moment back in 1941 in moscow and then contrasted it to the stock images from when was struck. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

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engine 14 people arrested. the world today was supposed to be freedom day here in the united kingdom, but in the heart of central london, it seems to be anything. but often month after month upon this so far as joseph was hailing june the 21st as the day that old 19 restrictions would be lifted. but just last week he had no say 4 weeks delay to freedom day. many people here in central london absolutely furious. this poses a prison sentence will be extended even longer so much. so we've even witness and scaffold between. the protests is here today, and the police are mostly price as a chanting freedom. and shame on you is they believe that the government is trying

to control them. now you're never going to get. you're not locked into law. it's not coming. it's christmas knocked down. come in. it's spring all day on its own document on the golf website. when you come and bring them back, by the time in mark's back tonight, the 1st $15000000.00 most that read, that would be break. and then the movie again until april. and then if the 1000000 and then the notes here or you know, that probably said that no matter what 21st to june would be great. great. so now the due date for the diary is july, the 19th that's the day the course johnson hope to lift. all of these are quite a bit of restrictions, but it also came with a warning from the prime minister that doing so any soon us could result in thousands of people dying instead. there's

a huge focus on i'm thing up that vaccination program hoping all adults will be offered the vaccine by that date. needless to say, many people hear that all testing throughout the day will probably decline, not invitation because they all you got a lot to do with population control. now as we know, the government has always said that the policy would be guided by the data and not the dates, but there's certainly mixed messages coming from government, especially considering the chief scientist. because by this is a government has said that the u. k. would be living with private 19 forever. so many people have protesting today are worried whether or not there's knock down will last forever run sure and pretty much doubtful. so the government can really stick to this new freedom day of july, the 19th. but remember, the 1st johnson has always said that this lockdown would be the very last of the people here today. they said they don't even believe they should have been one of them. that's great. in the meantime,

and in here are new cove at variance causing more alarm in the country, which already has 30000000 cases. the spot is that a decline in numbers? this new strain then is called delta plus. it said to be circuit navigating the body's immune system. all those scientists add to a footnote, so it at the moment, it's not a huge cause for concern figures cross phase that way till health officials say the new version appears to be weaker than its predecessor, but they keep a close on it. they say, well, the world health organization has yet officially recognized the new strain. the original delta varied unleashed the will highest ever infection rates in india at april of may, it brought the worst of it daily, new cases to 400000 every day. back then one senior clinical lecture at the university of action. his medical school believes it's vital than to suppress any of these new variance. the natural biology of viruses is that they replicate and when they replicate,

they make mistakes. and sometimes those mistakes are advantages to the virus. and that advantages mistake becomes the new delta virus, for example, and then it takes hold and it spreads across the globe. we always have a cautious approach to variance. variance will always arise. and in fact, the emergence of variance is a clear signal to the rest of the world, especially to the richer nations that unless and until you allow and support poor countries to suppress infections, we will keep on getting variance. so we are where we are, and what we've got to do is suppress said wherever it occurs, an update on the football rushes made nearly exit them from the euro. 2020 football tournament after a crushing for one defeat by denmark in copenhagen on monday. while competition favors, belgium maintain their winning, st beating fiddle and to nail in st. petersburg, we're behind the scenes authorities got the huge task of still trying to keep fancy

from cove it out. is it lecture is yes, he spoke to us about it from russia's northern capital, russia year a 2020 campaign comes to an early stop. the heavy defeat in the hands of denmark, in short, russia would not even have a chance to be in the play off round during this tournament. in the meantime, belgium prevailed over philip. here in saint petersburg, would you give finland a chance to be in the playoffs? depends on how other teams fire across all are the groups. obviously, fins and the belgians will be delighted in the streets of st. petersburg. tonight. they have been bringing great atmosphere to the events of the north. but we have to say that this whole fi still football here in saint petersburg has come with somewhat of a bitter pill because of a new anti cove. it measures, in fact, the spike in the new coffee cases has been quite rapid. over the past few weeks and st. peter's buck on monday, the numbers eclipse to 1000 new cases in one day. there are shortages of spaces for

the new covered cases in some of the regular hospitals. new mobile hospitals have been filed by the governor of st. petersburg and letting rod region and also he implemented new measures here in the found zone where used to be always jolly and fun. you cannot even buy food. that's one of the new anti corporate masses implemented by the governor, believing that sales of food here in the found zone might contribute to the spread of the virus. also all bars and restaurants. i'm now have to close their doors that to me i am until 6 am in the morning. that's just one of the many measures that mr . beg of the governor has implemented, but we'll see whether the numbers will continue to rise or maybe they hold out there. i even talks now that the 7th game and st. petersburg, which is the court, a final on the 2nd of july, could be moved elsewhere. the situation, of course, is quite unpleasant,

but maybe not as unpleasant as for the fans of the russian team, who will now have to wait until the world cup, and see that demon actually had a big ornament. alexia, reporting from st. petersburg. the western world moves were more towards being non binary. these days when prestigious u. k. girl school is looking to replace the title head girl into something bit more inclusive. the initiative for the change was brought forward by the people themselves. a st pulls girl school spokesperson explained the move in an official statement, and it was the suggestion of our senior students that we changed the name from head go to head of school as more modern age appropriate and inclusive from 19 o. 4, and for decades afterwards, the senior student was called head of the school. so in making the change, we are confirming not denying our ethos and traditions. unless not the only example, several scottish schools rose ditching the titles of head boys and girls were replacing them with the school captains in the attempt to try to gain approval from

l. g b t for the charity. but it christie and institute spokespersons got live used to of course they condemned. the schools had teachers for caving to woke korea the elegies as they put it well. sacrificing traditions. we put the whole thing up for debate, education is no longer in the dark. h u, chill syrian time, you know, i think we have to be respectful and inclusive, and there are many, 1.7 percentage of our population is non binary or intersect. so gender do it. there's nothing wrong with cooling. the head pupil. it's supposed go school that had go and maybe they had pupil. it's both boy school the head boy. what. what is the problem? what to suggest that they had had pupil can call the head go use of course. i mean, the why not the head go what's true? and also we have to understand that the human species is bodily, it divided between male and female. and when male and female come together,

they generate babies that become more of a human species. so we can't go into denial about these fundamentals either just astonished at you are required to see that's good, i'm a hold of the animal kingdom isn't known. also also known binary and intersects. i'm a mass for di, lots of these people feel so isolated and lonely that they actually kill them. so, i mean, really we need to not should the young and the how them bring out the very best i feel we must have a respect to the individual. but also you have to have a realistic understanding about how we individual come into existence and how existence will continue. and males and females will be needed to continue that existence. and that needs to be respected. and also it is, we got to school pulls, go school and some tools. what will much schools if you want to put them all together, i think that we have to listen to the young people and they will teach. the old

folk is who are skills. dock in many evil educational roles. i think that we've got to listen to young people and we've got to be respectful to the whole of our 5 all of our society and not just say you can either be discolored station male or this polarization female. because there's a whole huge world in between, and those people in between will be contributing and valuable to our society. so we need to recognize them. respect the support, the yeah, as who said, if you wanna get a vote in conversation, check it out. see, don't com, go to the store and go to the comments section. that is no, you think it was might hear from you. it's $29.00 and a half minutes on the button pass. the, what have you doing today? i hope is a good unprofitable one. and thank you for taking the time to check in with our to international o driven

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