someone was supposed to, i me i realize it's lunch time campaign is to keep females sports law shouts at the decision to include the 1st female transgender athlete in the olympics, saying it's been trail of women. another slap in the face of president mac crowman as his political party flocks in french regional polls. nobody is today. the world must choose unity over division and hatred and says, president, posted on the 18th anniversary at the start of the great patrick war for russia. the

locked in protest, this scuffle with police in london amid those extended cobra restriction, while the number of cases continues to rise in england. so ah, good day from russia. kevin, in here with the headlines for more detail from our see this tuesday. the 22nd of june. so 1st, the 1st ever transgender athlete is said to go to lympics this year. laurel hubbard, a weight lifter will join new zealand team in tokyo, but it's spark fury tube from various campaigns to save women sports that point out her muscle mass is unfair competition. the limpid committee, those says she's met all the necessary criteria. if a trunk picks up the story,

its official new zealand is laurel hubbard. 43, who transition to female in 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 camera 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 fester own 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 the, 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, and 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 a 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 vibe, lincoln 27 called the transgender athlete inclusion in the tokyo weight,

lifting line 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 a sport, you got opening body, they have access to science there of access to data. they know what work for them. now, where a lot of people go wrong. if they just assume that somebody in this case who 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 prejudice 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 . you know, these are the kind of stories we do these every day and try and take more debts, get your opinions to, if you've got an opinion on this, if you want to get involved, go to our site r t dot com as a comments section that tell us what you think, so it's good to hear from you. and it's not just sports pushing for more so called a quality u. k. schools to a ditching traditional type of students for more inclusive. one, something this dividing society more and more to lot of opinions about it full story a bit later president micron of frances received another slap in the face all this time. it's his reputation has taken a slap after a pause, showing regional poles across the country is part. he'll be gone at about 10

percent of the vote in the 1st round. shall it depends. he's got the latest on it. seen as a dress rehearsal ahead of next is presidential election from seas. regional voters illustrated just how tough that battle ahead is going to be both manual macaroni and marine la pens. parties failed to show that they, with a heavy hitters for my calls republic on the move coffee, the results were particularly bruising. even party inside is can't deny how bad they said. noon is 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 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 his personal popularity, the theme, the surgeon recent mom. it also shows that his toward a bronze, which just took place, which was seen as him trying to sure up the boat ahead of these elections didn't succeed. so roy has his policy failed to connect with voters. it shows even he is even not much more unpopular that it was supposed to because he's, results are, are, does it say vote against him for last year a lot of misconduct and that was shown by the yellow as movement on by the fact that the government didn't react to all the situation is going

worse than the worst. and the only way the government behave with our organ and you know, i mean people don't like our own goods. so day it shows the government is complete and macro and basically completely disconnected with the whole society who all record the tension levels off sending premises through the political landscape more than 2 in 3 people didn't cost a ballot that shows b, b don't believe any more in political class, you have to 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 de politicized,

but because they don't believe in the existing institution. we're also disappointing for marine le pen. the policy has been hoping to show the thing you would be you can handle. while over rule, the national riley took just on the face of the vote. it took the polls in one region, these results loc, as significant drop in support from 2015. the big wind 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 facing his strategy for reelection next year or more thing up. the very it 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 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 for russia is exactly 80 years, is the getting of one of its bloodiest errors, the great pottery arctic war. tens of millions of lives were lost in what was the soviet union and the conflict with nazi germany. it's known in the west causes the 2nd world war. now in an interview tomorrow, call this to the german newspaper president, posted highlights that people have still manage to find reconciliation despite all those horrors of war. and that their 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 gym and people 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. what burden began, bob again emphasizing the, the unfathomable, terror, savagery and devastation of the 2nd world war operation. barbarossa, the invasion of the u. s. a sob, but by not to germany, but boots prudent peach was that despite the terror, the horror of the 2nd world war, the europeans learned to respect each other. they learn to forgive each other. france, germany stablished, ve the common steel market. then the, the common market, the european market, eventually that european union, they learned to cooperate rather than compete for resources for business. you cannot make prosperity. and this is something that it was who would happen when you as a sa collapse, that the east and west would forgive each other than they would lead past wrongs

rest. and there would be progress that would be prosperity. but it wasn't to be, it was the box movement eastwards which by the way, begun when the soviet leadership was actually persuaded to accept the united germany sessions. and nato attended the main reason for the rapid increase in mutual mistrust in europe. many countries were put before the artificial choice of either being with the collective west or with russia in fights. it was an ultimatum product in 999 that have been 55 need to expansions east all of them. eastwards towards russia. more nato rockets troops, me 1000 jets, moving closer and closer to russia's buddhist, given the devastation and the terror of the 2nd world war, tens of millions of people dead in the us. your memories is still fresh. nobody lives armed forces moving closer to the russian federation that you can, you can ask all manner of experts whose fault current situation is the disagreement

between a need to and russia. but russia says that it was need to miss out, but i'm moving close to it, not the other way around. and here, let me says, the security framework of the european union has now afraid the whole system of european security is not 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. we hadn't heard about the dream of europe from lisbon to vladivostok in a while, but remarked on it again. he said, we can't let pass, grievances pass, disputes govern, dictates our future. otherwise we give up. all hope of prosperity says, look, look at the past in your prosperity as always come out of cooperation of friendship . when people learn to work together rather than fights rather than struggling

against each other. and here, let me put in again, called out saying that russia as it was, is ready to participate in a joint european security framework. and back to the practice, exactly a 2 years since the beginning of one of the bloodiest areas, the great part of the war, hundreds of attended memorial events held across russia earlier today. very early the morning, about 4 in the morning symbolic that time because it was the time the war broke out . another event also took place in washington with more expected in europe later, the russian. i'm past that the u. s. who recently returned to his post was among those who came to pay respect in a special project. there are now to we've done a really clever thing. must check it out. if you get a minute. we've restored and colorized some archive footage of peaceful for moscow . back in 1941. contrasted it then to the star riffing images from when war struck . ah,

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walla, walla. shabby and looking for something like my cabin and he falls right into it. because as i've said on this show in other shows for over a year, now narcissism and big point don't make the killing under an anti cobra protest as that furious after government delays and easy code restrictions. now going on to july, the 19th is the latest date. the number of cases is increased. 31 percent compared to just last week, allows riley in london, then they started peacefully enough, ended up with 3 police officers, engine 14, arrested. yeah. the

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 to month upon this so far as joseph was hailing june 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. so this poses prison sentence will be extended even longer so much. so we've even witnessed between the protesters here today and the police move the process 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 sounds pretty much knocked down. come in screen

all day on its own document show on the website. when you come back by the time in march tonight, the 1st $15000000.00 most that would be break. and then the movie again until april. and then they said, let's do the 1000000 and then the notes here or, you know, probably said that no matter what 21st to june would be great. great. so now the new date for the diary is july, the 19th that's the day, the forest johnson hope to list all of these are quite a bit of restriction, but it also came with a warning from the prime minister, the 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 that all adults will be off of 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 do it. it's got a lot to do with population control. now as we know, the government is always said that the policy would be guided by the data. i know the dates, but there's certainly mixed messages coming from government, especially considering the fund typically by this is a government has said that the u. k. would be living with private 19 forever. so many people have protesting today or worried whether or not there's knocked down will last forever run sure and pretty much doubtful. so the government can really stick to this new freedom day on july, the 19th. i remember the 1st johnson has always said that this lockdown would be the very, a lot of people here today. they certainly don't even believe they should have been one of them. that's great in the 1st place. well, meantime, still with cove it over and india, a new cobit variance causing even more alarm in that country, which is already at 30000000 cases, to spot a steady decline in numbers a late. so this new strain is called delta plus. it's said to be circuit circuit

navigating, so convincing their bodies immune system better than the others. although scientists that right now, at least it's not a major cause for concern. so health officials say this new version appears to be weaker than its predecessor, but nonetheless, they keep a close on it. the world health organization so far hasn't officially recognized the new strain. now the original dell to very unleash the world's highest ever infection rates in india. in april or may. it brought daily new cases to install a shanghai $400000.00 every day. back then one senior clinical lecture at the university of exit, his medical school chipped into us about this he believes so it's vital 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 advantage is 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 last year. so that was a bit of football, will actually know rushes made an early exit from the euro 2020 football tournament . then after a crushing for one defeat by denmark in copenhagen on monday, while competition favorites belgium maintains their winning streak beating finland to nil in saint petersburg, where authorities of also, behind the scenes, they got a huge task keeping fund safe from coven on his election. jesse spoke to us from

russia's northern capital about it. russia 02020 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 him a chance to be in the playoffs? depends on how other teams fire across all other groups. obviously, fins and the belgians will be delighted in the suite of st. petersburg denied today have been bringing great atmosphere to the events of the north. but we have to say that this whole fi, so football here in st. petersburg has come with somewhat of a bitter pill because of a new anti cove. it measures, in fact the spike in the new coverage cases has been quite rapid over the past few weeks, st. peter's, but on monday, the numbers eclipse, the 1000 new cases in one day. a there are shortages of spaces for the new govern

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 now have to close their doors at 2 am until 6 am in the morning. and i was just one of the many messages that mr. bagley. the governor has implemented, but we'll see whether the numbers will continue to rise. or maybe they hold their i even talks now that the 7th game of st. petersburg, which is a quarter 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 team, and actually had a big ornament. alexia, reporting from st. peter's as western world sir moves who are more towards being non binary, one prestigious u. k. girl school, that is looking to replace the title head girl. now there's something more inclusive. the initiative for the change was brought forward by the pupils themselves. the saint paul's girl school spokesperson explained the move in more detail than an official statement. 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. so they're moving with the times. they say it's not the example. several scotty. schools are also teaching their titles of head boys and girls, but replace me with school captains in an attempt to gain approval from an l. g. b

t friendly charity, but shipping. on the other side of all this, a christian institute spokesperson condemned the schools and teachers for caving to wo career dealers. you said, well sacrificing traditions. we put the whole thing up for debate. education is no longer in the dark age. you chill, serious times. 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 interest. so gender fluid does nothing wrong with cooling the head pupil. it's supposed go school head go and maybe the head pupil at the boys, boys, school, the head boy. what, what is the problem? what to suggest that the head head pupil can be called the head go? yes, of course. i mean the why not the head go? what true. and also we have to understand that the human species is bodily divided between male and female. 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 eureka to see that's good, i'm in the hold of the animal kingdom, isn't known. also, also known binary and intersect, i'm mass for di, lots of these people feel so isolated and lowly that they actually killed them. so, i mean, really we need to nurture 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 it's come into existence and how all 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 supposed go school and some tools boys will measure school 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 science all of our society and not just say you can either be this colorized, zation 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 and support every weekday, not here on the show us the kind of thing we get all teeth into the turn of a long chat about the controversial hot topics of the day and trying to bring you both sides. so you'd think about it, if you want to get involved, you can go to a website on the call and go to the story. tell us what you want to do in the comment line of what you think about it. great lineup, coming up today to take us to the office, calling bray the into the seasoning. it's andy farmer, this is our team to national. we thank you for watching.

ah. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy, even frontier and let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. developments only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk. we start off this week with the major oil and gas field being made, being allowed to be made around the world. well, that's, except for here in the united states as a future, domestic growth has been practically shut down by the, by an administration, in regards to russian construction of north term to russia. presidential spokesman dmitri pest golf set on monday. but they will continue to work on the completion of

the project with it's european partners.