transgender individuals to openly serve in their military those countries include australia great britain germany france and israel in june of two thousand and sixteen then secretary of state outskirt or lifted the ban on translator people serving in the u.s. military but in march of two thousand and eighteen president trump released a plan to reverse that policy by instructing the secretary of defense and the secretary of homeland security to consider almost all people with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria be disqualified from military service trans activists and allies decried the policy which is being fought in a number of federal courts but a senior staff lawyer at the a.c.l.u. said in a statement that the policy effectively coerces transgender people who wish to serve into choosing choosing between their humanity and their country but that's where things get a little tricky is equality within an institution which is this estimated to have killed over twenty million people since world war two a worthy goal and what does it do to our efforts of peace activism when we prop up institutions li

tennis they would say but five federations voted against the overhaul those who great britain the usa australia france and germany have all been multiple winners of the tournament say it changes the competition completely so right now one hundred thirty two countries competes in the davis cup over the course of the year with sixteen playing in the top tier world group in a straight knockout from next year just twenty four countries will play in qualifying with eighteen going through to the end of year competition then they will play a round robin format a knockout round over the course of a week and here's the kicker the changes have been brought in by a footballer bos'n a defender gerard piqué is the founder of the investment group who tied up the three billion dollars deal. and very proud of my team. of course not in the end they're saying everything thank you very much to all the nations that have voted in favor and the ones that have voted against who have tried to prove. that we can deliver three to the readers competition ever in tennis in the next twenty five years ok so apart from people asking why a foot

transform tennis will find federations voted against the oval hole those from great britain the usa australia france and germanyhave all been multiple winners of the tournament in the past say it changes the competition completely the head of germany's tennis federation and six time grand slam champion boris becker posted this on twitter the loss of words about the decision today hash tag davis cup pack cash who won the davis cup twice with australia in the eighty's says that it's a sad day for men's tennis and that the at r.t.f. a forewarning themselves if they think top players will play an eighteen team competition of one week at the end of the year off a brief santoro who was also a two time davis cup winner for france says is the end of an institution and that business once again takes over the history and the values of sports. spanish league football returns on friday with the first round of the new season getting underway but all the talk going into it has been about the country's top announcing plans to stage a game in the united states now they say it is part of a fifteen year plan to promote la liga i