have been leading this effort to protect women s sports coming up. john: fox news alert, waiting an update in the pentagon after another suspected iranian missile strike targeting a u.s. military base in syria. hello, i m john roberts in washington. sandra, we made it to friday. sandra: we did, the afternoon will hold a lot of news. we ll watch for the pentagon briefing. this is america reports. tensions between the u.s. and iran turning deadly during three separate incidents in syria in the past 24 hours. a suspected iranian drone hit a coalition base in northeast syria, killing an american contractor and wounding five u.s. service members. the pentagon says president biden ordered airstrikes in retaliation, going after iranian-backed forces in eastern syria. john: and a new wave of missile strikes targeted another u.s. military base. iran s deadly attack on americans comes at the same time president biden faces growing criticism of his handling of the middle east. y
discriminated on the basis of sex and seeing it as a common trend around the country of girls of all ages, all sports, all divisions. sandra: really interesting. and now the development with world athletics. holly, your take on what this means for the sport and for women s competitions. this is a new rule, just announced yesterday, impacts female athletes. they will now transgenders be banned from competing in female track and field events. this comes into force march 31, almost immediately, and will prohibit anyone who has gone through male puberty from being in ranking competitions. and male to female transgender athletes through male puberty. is this a step in the right direction, holly? it s a step in the right direction but it s something that needs to trickle down to all levels of sport because a