if russia and belarus athletes are excluded from world athtete _ athletes are excluded from world athletee to seek— championships are they in eligible to seek modification to the paris olympics — to seek modification to the paris ol mics. , how is the situation of the paris 2024 _ how is the situation of the paris 2024 mixed race walking events right now? _ 2024 mixed race walking events right now? there _ 2024 mixed race walking events right now? there are only 16 months left and athletes don't know what distance _ and athletes don't know what distance they should change. we will leave that news _ distance they should change. we will leave that news conference - distance they should change. we will leave that news conference from i leave that news conference from world athletics who have tightened the restrictions on transgender athletes and have also lifted the ban on russian track and field federation for state sponsored doping although its athletes remain barred from client competition while in moscow's invasion on ukraine continues. let's get some reaction to what they been announcin

world athletics is to ban any female transgender athlete who has gone through male puberty from competing

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it seems the world athletics council also voted to reduce the amount of blood testosterone permitted intersex variations from competing in women's sports, because it's a very tough threshold for testosterone to meet, even among women without intersex variations. julie kliegman, sports illustrated copy chief. president biden is meeting justin showed jo trudeau in ottawa. the leaders are expected to update an agreement potentially allowing both countries to turn asylum seekers away at their borders. in exchange canada has agreed to provide a new legal refugee programme for 15,000 migrants from latin america. the war in ukraine, trade and the creation of an international force to stabilise haiti are also expected to be on the agenda for the visit. the hollywood actress gwyneth paltrow is due to take the stand on friday, in a court case involving a skiing incident. she's being sued by a retired optometrist who claims she caused a collision in 2016. ms paltrow denies the claim, and now the lawyers are also gaining some unwanted attention of their own. take a look at this. true orfalse, so

so what's take on world athletics situation ? you world athletics situation?applauding that move or is it transphobic ? or is it transphobic? absolutely. i'm it i think that this is a very positive trend in governing bodies. i think that they are doing a great job protecting women's sports. is a vast improvement from what we've seen in the united states, especially within the ncaa. so i would say it is 100% a step in the right direction . but as i the right direction. but as i had previously mentioned in, your question before is they are excuse me, they are protecting elite women. and i think women of ages and all sports of all ages and all sports should be protected. but seeing how world athletics has decided to respond to this is incredibly encouraging . and i think that encouraging. and i think that this is 100% a step in the right direction for protecting women's sports . so a good day for sports. so a good day for women's sports thank heavens. and thank you so much, lynn and salt . coming up next is new ish salt. coming up next is new ish feature new issu

the first change will ban athletes who went through male puberty from competing in female world rankingd change, lower the plasma testosterone from 5 to 2.5. still higher than the average woman according to the national institute of health. under these guidelines, athletes will need to undergo hormone suppressing treatment for six months in order to compete. the second rule will impact far more people, like christine who won silver in the 2020 olympics or kasor, and they were born girls and have medical conditions which causes some male traits. transgender groups and transgender athletes are firing back blasting this move. >> hype out there, don't want transgender people to exist in our societal will take this as a win. >> now, world athletics is saying this decision was made after consultations with coaches, with athletes, with u.n. experts and transgender groups. it's not a done deal as it stands right now, they'll evaluate over the next 12 months and really decide the best way to move forward and what's the best possible solution in a very tricky conversation. john. >> john: alex hog

so what's take on world athletics situation ? you world athletics situation?applauding that move or is it transphobic ? or is it transphobic? absolutely. i'm it i think that this is a very positive trend in governing bodies. i think that they are doing a great job protecting women's sports. is a vast improvement from we've vast improvement from what we've seen united states, seen in the united states, especially within the ncaa. i especially within the ncaa. so i would say it is 100% a step in the right direction . but as i the right direction. but as i had previously mentioned in, your question before is they are excuse me, they are protecting elite women. and i think women of ages and all sports of all ages and all sports should be protected. but seeing how world athletics has decided to respond to this is incredibly encouraging . and i think that encouraging. and i think that this is 100% a step in the right direction for protecting women's sports . so a good day for sports. so a good day for women's sports thank heavens. and thank you so much, lynn and sal

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the world athletics council has today taken the decisive action to protect the female category in oure participation of transgender and 050 athletes. the decision was taken in consultation with a number of stakeholders, including a0 member federations, our coaches, our athletes, and through the athletes commission, as well as a range of other community groups including trans groups, un experts, the international olympic committee, and pa ra—athletics. and finally — in super league, defending champions st helens have bounced back from their surprise defeat to leigh. they beat huddersfield at thejohn smith's stadium, but onlyjust — tommy makinson with the second of their tries in a 14—12 victory. the win moves st helens above their opponents and into fifth, four points behind leaders warrington. much more on our website, of course, but that is your sport for now. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. screaming i'm at the men arena in manchester, there's a bombjust gone off in the foyer. 0k,

the world athletics council has announced that no female transgender athlete who has gone through maleitions from 31 march. officials argue that such athletes would have an unfair advantage in strength and muscle mass. i'm joined now by sports illustrated copy chief julie kliegman, live from new york. thank you for taking the time to come in the show, julie. not co— stressed the decision was about maintaining fairness. do you think the decision is fair? i don't. leaders like sebastian set up this false dichotomy between fairness and inclusion but the reality is being inclusive as being fair and there is just not science to suggest that the assertion transgender women athletes have these concrete advantages over their cis gender peers.- their cis gender peers. there are those _ their cis gender peers. there are those who _ their cis gender peers. there are those who argue - their cis gender peers. there are those who argue that - are those who argue that transit athletes who have gone through male puberty might potentially have this unfair advantage due to the biology make up. what's yo

that's important for world athletics because currently, there are 13 dsd athletes in international competition to doping. has the position changed7 response to doping. has the position changed? it response to doping. has the position chanced? . , response to doping. has the position chanced? ., .,, . response to doping. has the position chanced? . changed? it has in as much as the russian athletics _ changed? it has in as much as the russian athletics federation - changed? it has in as much as the russian athletics federation has . russian athletics federation has been reinstated. it's been banned since 2015 because of that state run coping system. they've been banned, a few have been allowed to compete as neutrals, but no more. that's been reinstated and they're happy with the culture there. those conditions have been sent to them i have —— if they remain part of the family. but russian athletes around with —— along with belarusian athletes can't compete at the moment. they had been under pressure from the international olympic committee, who wanted federations to relax their rules. reintrodu

. >> the organization world athletics. it's the international governing body which oversees track and field events is banning transgender women from competition. any male to female athlete, too, has been through male puberty will be excluded starting april 1st in a news conference, the agency's president lord coe says the decision was made after consulting more than 40 groups, including some trends organizations. coe says there are no transgender athletes currently competing in world athletics events. >> the new york grand jury looking into an alleged hush money payment by former president trump to an adult film star met today. but the panel discussed other unrelated matters. it's not expected to continue on the trump issue. all right. it is expected to continue on monday. the former president is being investigated for his possible role in the payments to stormy daniels in the days before the 2016 election. >> a live look outside here at the golden gate bridge traffic flowing smoothly as we're looking ahead to another cold

world athletics has issued new guidance on transgender athletes, saying that any person who's been throughberty can't compete in the female category at international events from the 31st of march. officials argue that such athletes have an unfair advantage, due to a difference in strength and muscle mass. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show... ..mont saint—michel marks its millennium. that view is pretty amazing. there's the shadow of mont saint—michel on the sand. oh, yeah! the parps and toots that make this port one of a kind. horns blaring. one, two, three, four, five. and saving these bundles of fluff from extinction. twittering and squawking. yeah, he's thinking about it. all right. we'll give him some time. there he comes. i'm beginning this week in northern france on a journey that 2.5 million people take each year. i'm kind of getting an idea of how popular this place must be because it's off season, it's super cold, but this bus is packed. you can see it. i've just got a glimpse of the abbey. it does look pretty special. this is mont saint—michel, one of

but the president of world athletics sebastian decides to challenge this obscurantism and stand up for women's sports. making a decision is always difficult when they involve conflicting needs and rights of different groups, but we remain of the opinion that we have an obligation to put the fair treatment of female athletes above all other considerations. in doing so, we will be guided by scientific data regarding the physical capabilities and advantages of men, which will inevitably be supplemented in the coming years. as new information becomes available, we will adjust our position. however, we are convinced that inviolability of the women's category in athletics is of paramount importance . a commission is being created to further study the problems. but what prompted vault athletics to go against everyone. yes, look, the rising star in the world of sports, italian valentina, is again a trilobine, 49 years old a couple of years ago. few people knew them, but recently again trilla wins in italy one race after another in the age category after 35 years. hey here are footage of the tr

the president of world athletics made this announcement yesterday saying that they will definitely be criticism but it is necessary for equality in female sports. the main changes we'll see is the ban on athletes who went through male puberty from competing in female world ranking competitions. the second stage will cut with sex development differences slashing the maximum amount of testosterone in half. 5 to 2.5. according to the national institute of health women on average have testosterone levels from 0 to 1.7. now the maximum is 2.5. so athletes will need to maintain these testosterone levels for at least half a year. that change will directly impact athletes like a two-time champion. she will have to undergo hormone suppressing treatment for six months to compete. same goes for a woman from -- they were born girls but medical conditions that cause some male traits. a final change we see in the decision that came out yesterday from world athletics is also banning russian and belarus athletes from competing. this, of course, amid the ongoing war in ukraine. >> thank you very much.

for the foreseeable future, the russian athletic federation was banned in 2015 after the world anti doping agency accused moscow of state sponsored doping which russian official strongly denied. the world athletic council says. moscow has agreed to comply with $35.00 special conditions under a reinstatement plan to establish a 0 tolerance culture for doping. some russian athletes were allowed to compete at the tokyo olympics in 2021 under a neutral flag, but that program has been scrapped due to moscow's military operation and ukraine. international olympic committee president thomas bock, has branded the latest restrictions politicized and unacceptable. professor says he ology at aston university and former sports and media lecturer. ellis cache moore says that the measures against russian athletes are a thoughtless reaction to punish everything to do with the country. i think it is a meaningless relaxation of one done under substitution with another because russia is still banned from athletics and will not be able to compete in any kind of international track until competition in a sens

it will not be able to change anything just yet, but world athletics voting on the van after it was -voting on the ban after it was implemented. it was found the country of limited and large-scale doping program, leading to athletes being banned from events. some have still been able to participate but under a neutral flag. the end of the ban, though, as mentioned, will not allow them to compete just yet. the war in ukraine is also preventing them from taking part . no competing for them in international competitions just yet. meanwhile, transgender women will no longer be able to compete in athletics either on their side. the body says that people who go through male puberty cannot take part in international events, regardless of their level of testosterone. the world athletics president says it is not a definitive no but says for now there is sufficient evidence that trans women do not have a suit -- a physical advantage over biological women. let's move on to on the page action. no less than seven games to come as the teams take part for the first of the euro qualifiers. the euro 2

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the world athletics council says moscow has agreed to comply with 35 conditions and very reinstatement planned to tackle doping. some russian athletes were allowed to compete at the tokyo olympics in 2021 under a neutral flag, but that program was scrapped due to mosque was military operation and ukraine. international olympic committee president thomas bock, has branded the latest restrictions politicized and unacceptable professor of sociology at aston university and former sports and media lecture. alice cashmore says that the measures against russian athletes are a thoughtless reaction. i think it is a meaningless relaxation of one done and the substitution with another because russia is still banned from athletics and will not be able to compete in any kind of international track until competition is since this is pointless to ban will remain in place until russia withdrawals from ukraine. that means that we don't know when, and if that will happen. so we now have an incident been replacing the doping. it is a reaction, a thoughtless reaction to punish anything to do with russia.

the world athletics counsel bands, transgender women athletes, some taking part in elite competitions and from seas one of its worst days of unrest. since the start of protests against pension, ah, the head of the worlds fastest growing social media up faced 5 hours of questioning by us house committee, tick tock, seo shows. e chew was grilled about teenage safety and data security. my kind of reports from washington, dc. thinking it was a rare moment of bipartisanship in a divided congress. welcome to the most bipartisan committee in congress. we may not always agree on how to get there, but we care about our, our national security here at issue here of free speech rights. federal control, social media and national security issues in recent days shows the 2 and his team had been lobbying in washington, including meeting each member of the committee, the charm offensive carried on tick tock itself. i'm super excited to announce that more than a 150000000 americans on take time. that's almost half of the us. but congressional critics, we're not deterred, chick talk, is a grave threat o

at that meeting, the world athletics council also announced that russian and belarusian athletes would was down to doping offences but while that has been lifted, the invasion of ukraine means athletes from those two countries will still not be allowed to compete. there's been a ninth successive day of protests in france following president macron's imposition of laws which would raise the age at which people can draw a state pension from 62 to 64. strikes affected schools and public transport. dozens of police officers were injured and tear gas was used in paris. president biden has arrived in canada to meet the country's prime minister, justin trudeau. the leaders are expected to announce an updated deal on how to handle migrants between the two countries and from south america. they will also discuss the war in ukraine, trade, and the creation of an international force to stabilise haiti. let's take you now to the war in ukraine and the very dangerous frontline around bakhmut. it's a city in the east of the country, held by the ukrainian military, but it's been under siege for month

the world athletics council has today taken a decisive action to protect the female category in our sportrticipation of transgender and dst athletes. the decision was taken in consultation with a number of stakeholders, including 14 member federations, our coaches, our athletes, and through the athletes commission, as well as a range of other community groups including trans groups, un experts, the international olympic committee, and para—athletics. and in super league, defending champions st helens have bounced back from their surprise defeat to leigh. they beat huddersfield at thejohn smith's stadium, but onlyjust — tommy makinson with the second of their tries in a 14—12 victory. the win moves st helens above their opponents and into fifth, four points behind leaders warrington. much more on our website, of course, but that is your sport for now. this is bbc news. we'll have all the headlines and main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. it seems extraordinary. witness gasps whoa! rumbling boom did you hear that? unidentified flying objects, talk

let's come here now, does air including the world athletics council bands, transgender women athletes and taking part in a neat competitions and displaced undecided flight of some of the most vulnerable victims of conflict in the democratic republic of congo? morning ah, hal i, we've got some really nasty weather across the east side of the red. it's radiant at the moment. big area cloud just rolling through the levant and it's bringing some very disturb whether it's a pretty windy weather as well. you can see some rain there, some snow over the mountains and kia, that'll make its way further east was expect to see some showers there around syria, lebanon jordan, the occupied. i was to me in territories. israel that will slide further east, which as we go one through sas day, so very much a case of some dry weather, but also wet and windy weather to watch out for times. central pause, a saudi arabia, also seeing some ryan fine here in kata. doha, at around $28.00 celsius, they'll be some showers, some of the wintry slowly making the way across afghanistan, that disturb whether we have

maximum of 2.5 per litre, and thatis to a maximum of 2.5 per litre, and that is important for world athletics teacher who says he's the luckiest head teacher alive. and that's because his decision to install a life saving defibrilator in his school's playground ended up saving his own life, asjohn maguire explains. children shout and scream. it's the first day back at a highly excited birkdale primary school in lancashire for their head teacher nick sheeran. he's been off work since the final day of term last summer when he suffered a cardiac arrest in the playground and was saved by staff using one of the school's defibrillators. i'm the luckiest head teacher on the planet, really. i'm so grateful to everyone and the part that they played in saving my life and allowing me to be back in school today for the first time in months and months. i'm all raring to go. the staff reaction took just 32 seconds. if you would have asked me several years ago do you think you ever would be able to chest compressions on someone and use a defib, i'd have probably gone, oh, no, i'm not one of those people tha

the world athletics council is today taking the decisive action t to protect the female r category inur sport and to do so by restricting the participation of transgeneas and dsd athletes. so none ofes. these athletescomt will be eligible to compete ine the world athletics championships. in thein budapest in august. well, i mean, in reaction to that, again, a little pieceei of gooecd news. that's exactly what it feelss like as a little piece of good o news.nual r and this is huge. this is monumental, really.eall y. always it's always hard to be the first ones to take a bold ge step. it goes against the woke fad, like i mentioned. and so by seb coe doing this and world athletics doing this, it's a huge first step in the right direction. but the work and the fight to save or for the mission of saving women's sports , it'sts i nowhere near being done. this, of course, protects elite female athletes, which is huge because these ar e the girlso th who have dedicated their entire lives to their sport.? but what about those young girls girls? what about those girls fighting for scholarship s

the council has agreed to exclude male—to—female transgender athletes who have been through male puberty from female worldned testosterone suppression or a complete medical assessment because of this, they have not been eligible to compete in the restricted event since 2019. all those athletes still competing in the unrestricted events, around half our competing and running events over the mile and the other half competing in distances below 400. we want to give the dsd athletes who are already competing in our sport, in the unrestricted events, all of those outside of 400, to one mile, the opportunity to resume competition but our scientific advice is that six months is the minimum period necessary to ensure they are naturally high testosterone levels are no longer giving them an advantage over biological women. these interim provisions are only four athletes who are currently competing in the unrestricted events, throwing, jumping, running below 400 and, or beyond the mile. the interim provisions do not apply to the previously restricted events. the six month duration chosen for the interim provision is

world athletics disputed. world athletics banning transgender from competing in female . competing in female. if gone through male puberty. the world athletics president says the decision is based more on more than ten years of research and evidence of physical advantages. these bring to the female category . lord coe has said the category. lord coe has said the council has decided to prioritise fairness before inclusion . russian athletes will inclusion. russian athletes will also remain barred from the track and field for the foreseeable future because of the war in ukraine. our parliament has banned the chinese owned social media app tiktok from government devices . tiktok from government devices. it follows security concerns from the house of commons and lords but won't include personal devices. scotland has followed suit its deputy first minister saying the ban will be implemented immediately. it comes as tiktok's chief executive has faced questions at the us over data security and user safety . and lastly, the user safety. and lastly, the bank of england has raised

world athletics disputed. world athletics banning transgender from competing in female . competing in female. if gone through male puberty. the world athletics president says the decision is based more on more than ten years of research and evidence of physical advantages. these bring to the female category . lord coe has said the category. lord coe has said the council has decided to prioritise fairness before inclusion . russian athletes will inclusion. russian athletes will also remain barred from the track and field for the foreseeable future because of the war in ukraine. our parliament has banned the chinese owned social media app tiktok from government devices . tiktok from government devices. it follows security concerns from the house of commons and lords but won't include personal devices. scotland has followed suit its deputy first minister saying the ban will be implemented immediately. it comes as tiktok's chief executive has faced questions at the us over data security and user safety . and lastly, the user safety. and lastly, the bank of england has raised

world athletics. tighter testosterone rules will also impact athletes with differences in sex development like olympic runners christina boma semenya and francine niyonsaba. the gay rights advocate groups. stonewall says world athletics has no specific evidence to justify this ban. 20 million americans right now under flood watches, expected to last through friday night. the threat covers an area from the mid mississippi river valley right through to the ohio valley stretching over 1000 miles, including major cities like cincinnatianapolis and st louis. thunderstorms expected to start friday afternoon saturday morning. hail and damaging winds also possible in some areas. sorry about the forecast.ungee jumping, apparently, well, it's all about the thrill. sometimes, though, there's a little bit too much thrill. who. oh yes, he this happened in thailand back in january, but the footage went viral this week after the 39 year old who is actually from hong kong went public with his story. unfortunately as y

so, world athletics doing this is a huge first step in the right direction.ork and the fight to save women's sports is nowhere near being done. this protects e female athletes which is huge. these are the girls dedicated their entire lives to their sports. what about those young girls? what about those girls fighting for scholarship spots? we need to make it a priority to protect them as well. >> now, riley, i don't know if it was you who tweeted this out. i read it today, forgive me for not remembering. this whole issue of trans athletes will end when the women's final of wimbledon is won by a biological man. like that'll be it. people at that point will say we are done with this. do you agree it is going to take something that big to kind of break this monopoly of insanity? >> i do. i think it is going to take something like that or it is going to take girls boycotting. i never want to place the blame on the girls or make the girls be the ones sacrificing their positions. that's what it is going to take. we need more women and girls, female athletes where t

s. military training exercises in the world athletics council has ban transgender women from taking part in female athletics. if they have gone through mal puberty, it also placed stricter limits on blood, testosterone levels. it said the decisions were a science based and in the interest of fairness for female athletes, ral, operated joint. your bond has canceled all of its long distance trains ahead of a day, long transport strike across germany. regional train rates are expected to be heavily affected. germany, the busiest airport frankfurt in munich have scrapped all passenger flights well. time now to talk about tick tock, and that's because the ceo of the popular video sharing up is face to grilling by us lawmakers. they're worried that the yacht, which is chinese island, is passing on uses dotted to the chinese government. that could be a serious potential national security threat questions. we're also focused on whether some content on tick tock is harmful, especially to teenagers. everyone is show here. i'm the ceo of take talk today. i'm super excited to announce more at ease o

world athletics consulted with athletes, coaches and u.n.l. >> dana: alex hogan in london with that update. thank you. >> so you have been invited to speak here and i've been hassled non-stop. >> it is uncomfortable to say for many people here your work has caused harm. has caused harm. i know that has to be uncomfortable and it must be. let me please finish. i want to give you space to finish your remarks. >> john: stanford university changing its tune after facing backlash for the verbal attack earlier this month. the law school's associate dean of diversity is placed on leave over the video showing her confronting a federal appointed judge during the campus event. the dean outlined the school's expectations for civil discourse and legal professionalism. the dean of the law school we're talking about. let's bring in shapiro, the director of constitutional studies at the manhattan institute. martinez is the dean of the school of law. she wrote our commitment to diversity and inclusion means we must protect the expression of all views. the f

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the council has agreed to exclude male to female transgender athletes have been through mail puberty from female world ranking competitions from march the 31st. this year, the majority of those consulted, stated that transgender athletes should not be competing in the female category. many believe there is insufficient evidence that trans women do not retain advantage over biological women and more more evidence than any physical advantages have been ameliorated before they are willing to consider an option for inclusion into the female category. protests as across france have confronted security forces in the laser show of anger, against present, a monument. crohn's plan to raise the retirement age. it was some of the worst on rest. in 3 months of demonstrations and strikes, israel's defense minister has canceled and addressed to the nation after being called into a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. gallons was expected to call for an end to controversial, overhauled of the judiciary. on these continues here and i'll just say or after body with dreams a week to look at the world's top b

greatest athletes, maybe the world's greatest to read this who himself was a great athlete, he says, decisions are always difficult it when they involve conflicts needs and rights. we continue to take the view that we must maintain fairness for female athletes above all other considerations. your thoughts on this, kaitlyn. >> well, first of all i think it's we're heading in the right direction here. you know, all summer long we were going in the ncaa pan,ly i can't thomas and what was happening there, and i have been very consistent, it's just not fair, i want to protect womens sports. the international swimming body did basically ban him from international competition. banned lea from international competition, so that was a step in the right direction. we were hoping the domino effect would start to happen. it is. world athletics which is the rule maker basically for international track and field, it's not the olympics, it's international track and food, just came, said a great -- i love what sebastian, a former olympic champion

and in a decision expected to org, outraged the world athletics council has banned transgender women from taking part in women's athletics events. if they have gone through male puberty, it's also play strict limits on blood. testosterone levels, arguing their decisions, are science based. and in the interest of fairness, o france is bracing for more protests against president manuel microns controversial reform plans seen as a test of his government's authority. hundreds of people were arrested on thursday as some demonstrations turned violent. protesters in bordeaux set fire to the town hall, destroying the wooden door at its main entrance. 6 more than a 1000000 people joined a nationwide day of action as unions called for more mass walk outs. at the heart of the french capital, thousands have taken to the streets for yet another day, trying to pressure their president in man, when my call to drop the reform, which would raise the minimum age of retirement from 62 to 64 and the crowd. many are still decades away from retirement. this me meant represents humans, right? like it's a p

world athletics is banning trans gender women from competing in female competitions if they've throughe puberty . the world through male puberty. the world athletics president says decision is based on more than ten years of research and evidence of physical advantages. these athletes bring to the female category . lord coe has female category. lord coe has said to the council they've decided to prioritise fairness over conflict inclusion. rushing athletes will also remain barred the track and field for the foreseeable future because of the war in ukraine. parliament has banned the chinese owned social media app tiktok from all government device as it follows security from the house of commons lords but won't include personal devices. scotland has followed suit with its deputy first minister saying the ban will be implemented immediately . it comes as tiktok's chief has been facing questions . the us been facing questions. the us congress over data and user safety . and lastly the bank of safety. and lastly the bank of england raised the interest rate today for the 11th time in a row f

world athletics is banning trans gender women from competing in female competitions if they've throughe puberty . the world through male puberty. the world athletics president says decision is based on more than ten years of research and evidence of physical advantages. these athletes bring to the female category . lord coe has female category. lord coe has said to the council they've decided to prioritise fairness over conflict inclusion. rushing athletes will also remain barred the track and field for the foreseeable future because of the war in ukraine. parliament has banned the chinese owned social media app tiktok from all government device as it follows security from the house of commons lords but won't include personal devices. scotland has followed suit with its deputy first minister saying the ban will be implemented immediately . it comes as tiktok's chief has been facing questions . the us been facing questions. the us congress over data and user safety . and lastly the bank of safety. and lastly the bank of england raised the interest rate today for the 11th time in a row f

there is a lot. of trans athletes out there who are very disappointed and disheartened by world athleticsren't just at international level, but subsequently over communities across the globe as well, trans immunity. it is not about excluding anyone. and they are not. it is not a ban on trans athletes. it is saying that you're going to have to compete in the category which you fit biologically. it is not banning anyone, actually. to say that, media outlets in a lot of trans activists are said that. if not abandon all. sport is for everyone, truly, and i wish people would see that this is not based on hate or anything towards our community. it is just about protecting the women's game and protecting that fairness and women sport. i am grateful that they put this, their foot out in regard to this. ,, , ., , ., , put this, their foot out in regard tothis. , ., , ., to this. sport should be open to everyone- _ to this. sport should be open to everyone- how _ to this. sport should be open to everyone. how do _ to this. sport should be open to everyone. how do you - to this. sport should be open

$1000000000.00 in cash. hubert angel was film meeting al jazeera journalist, posing as chinese gangsters. world athletics has decided to band transgender women from elite female competition. the body is president, sebastian co said the decision was made in the interest of fairness and protect in the future. the female, naturally, china says it's forced to us warship from disputed waters in the south china sea for the 2nd time. and how many days? beijing says the destroyer entered its territorial waters again. the parcel islands the u. s. has carried out what it calls precision air strikes on targets and eastern syria. the pentagon said the operation came up to 5 american troops were injured, and a contractor was killed in a drone attack earlier on thursday. israel's defense ministers council and address to the nation after being called into a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. you have gallant was expected to call for an end to a controversial overhaul of the judiciary, which spot months of nationwide protests. but the prime minister is refusing to back down. so those were the headlines and

disciplines on olympic games, and it was very important that sebastian cole, the president of the world athletic group, continued the suspension of russian and belarusian athletes, and this is the most important thing, and we want the federation to know more. i want to tell you that in general, where there are no russians in the leadership of e-e international federations, are there russian sponsors or russian money that helps in the development of this sport, then there is support for us, there is support where there are, after all , heads of international federations of russians are there sponsors from russia of course, of course they are trying to bring back great athletes from russia and belarus. unfortunately, we see it . thank you, vadim. well, then, we will wait for the meeting of the international olympic committee on march 28, at which the decision should be made about the return or not of the return of the russians to the 24th olympics under a neutral flag, vadym gutsaid was our guest, the president of the national olympic committee of ukraine and our minister of youth and sports is st

the council has agreed to exclude male to female transgender athletes have been through male puberty from female world ranking competitions. from march the 31st this year, the majority of those consults. it stated that transgender athletes should not be competing in the female category. many believe there is insufficient evidence that trans women do not retain advantage over biological women and more more evidence than any physical advantages have been ameliorated before they are willing to consider an option for inclusion into the female category. the been large protest across france and the latest show of anger against president microns plans to raise the retirement age. in the city of bordeaux demonstrates a set fire to the front of the town hall. those days, unrest was some of the worst in 3 months of protests and strikes. israel's defense minister has council and addressed to the nation after being called into a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. you have a gallant was expected to call for an end to a controversial overhaul of the judiciary, which is part months of nationwide. protes

with all democratic procedures, by a majority of votes , decided to return our athletes to the tournaments of the world's best athletes. this caused the apparatus germany refused to cancel the world cup stage. finland will not host the tournament. under the auspices of the fie in poland plans to demand from potential participants to condemn the special operation has ridden a wave of cancellations and denmark that's just not a single international federation tournament. in this country, and so did not plan the russians and belarusians are invited to the table for ping-pong. the table tennis federation supported the decision to return our athletes under conditions of strict neutrality, taking into account the current schedule, if all the conditions will be met the earliest date when players can participate in may tournaments, the council of international summer sports associations echoed could by the government of the countries it is time. stop influencing matters of sports and promised to help with the determination of neutral athletes, while in relation to military athletes thomas bach asks the internati

now, world athletics headed by a guy named sebastian coe. don't have politicians running these organizations. you have former athletes. sebastian coe, olympic champion, great middle distance runner in the 80s out of the uk. he's been head of it for a while and he really gets it and what he said that when looking at this , what he wanted to do was he wanted to put it a priority on fairness for women's sports. not equity. stuart: yup. >> bingo. that's exactly what we need. this is only another domino to fall. there are so many more. the international olympic committee, their rules. things like that, but when the big organizations up on top start making constructed changes when it comes because i'm for fairness, i'm for women's sports and i want to see them prosper. stuart: excellent. okay. i'd like to get your opinion on lots of different subjects because it's hard to get you on the show but when we got you we like to talk about a lot of different things. try this. california governor gavin newsom -- >> hit me with it. stuart: -- governor news

the council has agreed to exclude male to female transgender athletes being through mail puberty from female world ranking competitions. from march the 31st this year, the majority of those consults. it stated that transgender athletes should not be competing in the female category. many believe there is insufficient evidence that trans women do not retain advantage over biological women and more more evidence than any physical advantages have been ameliorated before they are willing to consider an option for inclusion into the female category. sharon davis is a former british olympic swimmer. she welcome the band saying it's wrong to put transgender women in the same category. female athletes is just basically unfair, you know, in school is all about fairness. that's the whole principle of sport. we have lots of different classifications. we've done a lot 15 year olds, for example, to identify the under 12. we've done away a lot of heavy weight books is to identify as bantam, wait, some race in a fight, people much lighter than them. so this is all about categories to put across society to create

world athletics is to ban any female transgender athlete who has gone through male puberty from competingmale world ranking competitions from the 31st of march. officials say they'd have an unfair advantage due to increased strength and muscle mass. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, from prague, i'm stephen sackur. vladimir putin hoped that europe's determination to stand with ukraine after russia's invasion would not last. he counted on a winter energy crisis and economic disruption to weaken european resolve. has that happened 7 well, my guest today is the newly—elected president of the czech republic, petr pavel. now, he is a former nato general and a staunch ally of ukraine. so, is europe still ready and willing to do whatever it takes to back kyiv? president petr pavel, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. i must start, mr president, by congratulating you on your recent inauguration. but i must admit, it doesn't really make sense that you are sitting here with me as president of the czech republic, because just a few short years ago, you sa

the council has agreed to exclude male to female transgender athletes, being through mail puberty from female world ranking competitions. from march the 31st. this year, the majority of those consulted, stated that transgender athletes should not be competing in the female category. many believe there is insufficient evidence that trans women do not pertain advantage over biological women and more more evidence than any physical advantages have been ameliorated before they are willing to consider an option for inclusion into the female category. but it's bringing con crazy po mary. now he's a sports turn this tiny job for milan, italy, welcome to the program. firstly, why do you think this has come about now? well, because in the many of the some weeks i, some, a few new cases have a plan. for example, if she feels all the transgender over there, can i do not leave the book. many that calls are in category one year after they came back in the 5000 meter, i thought that got that really one, you know, basically it pulls that whooping against the wall or in a still, it was not so prominent because it'

>> david: news just internet, governing body world athletics issuing a ban on transgender women athletesng march 31st, the organization says transgender women who enter male puberty will not be allowed to compete against female athletes in elite track and field events. authorities say without any change this would block them from competing in the 2024 olympics. when we come back here, the new recall tonight, more than a half million vehicles and the risk of failure. in as little as 2 weeks. s add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that's not for sudden breathing problems. dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. don't change or stop asthma medicines, including steroids, without talking to your doctor. ask your specialist about dupixent. every march, jersey mike's turns money from subs including steroids, without into charitable donations. and m