and millions of others are stranded after floods in bangladesh and india. communities in finsbury park gather to mark five years since the terror attack in which a van was driven into worshippers outside a mosque. it s two hours until voting closes in the final round of parliamentary elections in france, with president emmanuel macron facing an alliance of left wing parties. a photo of the duke of cambridge with his children is released to celebrate father s day. good afternoon. let us start with some breaking news. the international swimming federation has voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women s events. former world champion swimmer karen pickering mbe tweets on transgender ruling by fina. i was at the fina congress for the presentation, discussion and vote and i can vouch for the care and empathy displayed for any athletes who wont now be able to compete in the category their gender id may align to. they say a working group to establis
it is clearly going to be a controversial decision and it will have major ramifications. last year the international olympic committee announced guidelines but asked separate sporting federations to come up with their own sport specific rules, that is a background so fina which is the world swimming governing body set up three expert committees, a medical, legaland athletes committee to look at this vexed issue and the medical committee found that men who transition do retain advantages so the upshot is that, just to sum up, fina governing body has voted to stop transgender athletes from convicting in women s elites races