even if it is just an * the ioc do not put a serious wrong right.ecord books in the ioc, it is difficult for them to acknowledge it didn't happen. let's fast forward to another issue that raises from the question of fairness in sport and it is the that you have waded into in a big way with a very public profile and lots of commentary from yourself thatis and lots of commentary from yourself that is this is the, not explicit cheating —— issue. it's a bout those particular individuals who biologically are born male, but who identify as female. they transition, they call themselves women, they don't necessarily have surgery, they live their lives as women and they wa nt to live their lives as women and they want to compete in sport as women and you have a problem with that. the rules changed. in 2015—16 no longer do you need to have surgery, no longer do you need to have a doctor's diagnosis for gender dysphoria. no longer do need to have long—term hormone replacement, you just have to... will they do need to have hormone therapies. one year. and testo

these are guidelines set by the ioc. and then those guidelines are adapted.ole. so that's per litre of blood. these are the testosterone levels. the ioc set these guidelines and they changed recently and they are very different from what they were previously. so the problem you've got now is that people need to just self—identify. so they have the benefits from puberty, muscle memory, increased cardiovascular system, bigger heart, bigger lungs, better red blood cell count, denser bone structure. angle of hip to the knee, hands, feet, being taller... all of these things will not go away with a reduction of testosterone. there are a lot of benefits. fascinating. let's comment on that a little bit. let's talk about caster semenya. the brilliant south african runner. we'll get to her case a moment. these issues aren't about gender identity, we were talking about earlier, she is a woman. that is a separate case. we will talk about that in a minute. it is important because there has been a case. it's very important but it raises certain issues. i'm interested in th

these are guidelines set by the ioc. and then those guidelines are adapted.er litre of blood. the guidelines changed recently and they are very different from what they were previously. so the problem you've got now is that people need to just self—identify. so they have the benefits from puberty, muscle memory, increased cardiovascular system, bigger heart, bigger lungs, denser bone structure. angle of hip to the knee, hands, feet, being taller... all of this results from production of testosterone. there are a lot of benefits. fascinating. let's comment on that a little bit. these issues aren't about gender identity, this girl that we were talking about earlier, she is a woman. that is a separate case. it is important because there has been a case. it's very important but it raises certain issues. those who choose to transition, who are born biologically male but identify as a woman and want to compete as a woman, having undertaken hormone therapies. they have undertaken them. no, they haven't. they haven't got to do that. they haven't got to do that, so yo

we went there to meet a medical expert, trans athlete and ioc adviserjoanna harper. played a significant role in determining the rules of trans—athletes. much of your research is based on the advantages of testosterone. your research is based on the advantages of testosteronem your research is based on the advantages of testosterone. it is the primary difference between male and female athletes, not the only one but the number one most important factor in differentiating male athletes from female. the ioc have known that but identity data i had showed how much difference it can make an transgender athletic performance and if they enacted testosterone —based rules transgender women would not be taking over women's sports. gillian was happy to comply with regulations and in 2016 she made her debut in the female category. it was an amazing day and i remember at the start line with 30 other women i had tea rs start line with 30 other women i had tears coming out of my eyes. the race in general wasjust tears coming out of my eyes. the race in general was just as tough as

timelines,a long the 20ching ioc in the early 20's. headquarters the for the long-term rotation commitment plan. in order to contribute to .aritime headquarters rear adm. morley: thank you. the priority as your navy is on .he multipurpose corvette there is also the tension with threat,ing undersea establishing capability to counter that. can you talk about the long-term asw counter undersea efforts? well, ourmirsu: already, which are discussed and improved into the national defense counsel, already approved in the parliament. .t is already budgeted commitment from political level, 2% is going to be for the -- so we can relay on .ome consistent programs multipurpose -- is going to be the next core of the romanian navy, taking into of our the majority existing platforms are more or less obsolete and they need to ofmodernized in terms sensors, weapons, so on, so on. of theter completion programs, we are looking forward frigates in the present,be able to be butonly in the black sea, where our nato and allies, and our alliance and commitmen

. >> we will try the ioc we will purchase faster than that but we are working through that it's basically in the sky for the air wing which will instantly put more super hornets back into the flight wing. that's a really important effort. >> and extend the range over long periods of time. the next generation of air dominance is due out in the next month or two that will inform about cost and capacity and capability. we have been doing this research and analysis for a better part of a decade. that just did not emerge a while ago we began to construct back then we knew we had gaps would be on the years of the service life. so what we decided back then and committed to now is the platform for platform capability. we are not defining it as a thing. it might be but it could be a series of things that contribute to the capability. so were interested to see what the aoa says but there's a lot of effort going into this. >> i would like to open for questions and i just ask that you stand up and identify yourself and ask your question. . >> i am with radio free asia. so with the china sea so with t

we will certify the national staff during the next exercises, so this summer to reach the ioc. and then it will go along the normal timelines reaching ioc let's say in the early '20s, 2022-23, and then we'll offer this in the long-term commitment plan in order to really contribute to maritime headquarters for north america. it's going well. >> i believe certainly the priority as you modernize your navy is on the multipurpose core vets. but i believe there's also attention at the growing perceived threat of establishing capability to counter that. can you maybe talk a bit about the long-term asw counter undersea efforts? >> we're already approved in the parliament, and i've told you it's already budgeted. and we've got commitment from the political level that 2% is going to be for the next decay so we can rely on some consistent programs. so these four multipurpose is going to be the next core of the romanian navy, taking into account that a majority of our existing platforms are more or less obsolete and they need to be modernized in terms of censors, weapons, so on and so on.

held in the coming hours hosted by saudi arabia bringing together leaders from arab companies, the iocking to form some kind of unity and to further isolate iran as you also pointed out what we heard from the u.s. national security adviser was a direct blaming of iran for the attack and sabotage of those ships off the coast of the uae, just recently, that were owned and operated by saudi arabia at the same time we have seen the united states ramping up its own presence and volumizing its own voice in the region. not just via john bolton but also by the president himself who made the decision to deploy an additional 1,500 troops on to the ground in this region. basically an attempt to show u.s. support for this saudi-led mission, if you will, to further isolate iran when it comes to the overall u.s. position, president trump has said he would not like to see war with iran, nor would he like to see regime change. what he would like to see is a cushing of iran's nuclear ambitions. for the iranian side, they stopped short of commenting today or in the past 24 hours, but they said they woul

at tot if they wind up buying this $8.8 billion of lng assets, they are going to be the number two ioce away some of the state owned companies, they are the second behind shell. they still have investments in the u.s., so how does that affect their investment strategy? david: what makes it all possible is that occidental deal. that is our third story. we are joined by brooke sutherland. big news over the weekend. brooke: occidental formally increasing its offer, adding more cash to that bid and structuring that asset sale with total. this is meant to ease the disadvantages of its bid relative to chevron. it obviously has a smaller balance sheet. it now has the backing of warren buffett. selling all these assets mitigates the litigation it will have after the deal. the question for me is whether oxygen or shareholders go over -- whether occidental shareholders go for this. david: they will be paying out of their pocket because they suspend share buybacks, they just announced. brooke: right, and the terms they are giving to warren buffett are very expensive. investors are worrying, is th