beckham, another world start to bring him home is incredible. the president of the international paralympic committee has told bbc sport that international sporting governing bodies should set their own policies on transgender athletes. it comes after italy s valentina petrillo last week became the first openly transgender athlete to win a medal at a global para athletic event. petrillo has visual impairment and is racing again later at the world para athletics championships in paris. president andrew parsons told our reporter rachael latham that he won t be making a decision. it will not be an ipc decision, it will be for each and every sports. the rules of the sports and the classification is the role of the sport. classification is the role of the sort. ., , ., classification is the role of the sort. ., ,., ., classification is the role of the sort. ., , ., ., ., sport. could you explain to me how ou could sport. could you explain to me how you could then sport. could yo
hello, and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. astonishing scenes at lords bairstow s called into action to bodily remove a protestor after a serious breach of security. when plated start, steve smith racked up the runs, but a late fight back for england. away from the cricket, megan rapinoe s in raptures over this summer s world cup the us superstar says it s going to be a game changer for women s football. also coming up on sportsday. dart, burrage and broady all out in straight sets it s been a bad day for the brits at eastbourne. and, we hearfrom para rower it fuller on overcoming the difficulties of competing, whilst coping with a serious blood condition. as long as i m having fun and enjoying this part that s given me so much over the last few years, then i m happy. welcome to the programme. once again england and australia have gone head to head in the second test. but the opening day against a backdrop of yesterday s damning report by the independent commis
here on the uk, a dramatic change in economic direction the biggest tax cuts in half a century in a bid to kick start growth. more than 70 migrants die after their boat sinks off the coast of syria our correspondent is with the rescue operation. we are now at the syrian lebanese border, where some of the bodies just arrived. and a new type of cancer therapy which is showing promising results in early human trials. we speak to the study leader. hello and welcome. officials in four russian occupied regions of ukraine have been holding self declared referenda on whether to become part of the russian federation. the kremlin supports the votes just as it did after the annexation of crimea, the ukrainian territory which was invaded in 2014. but the government in kyiv and western countries have condemned the referenda, saying they are just a sham and that they will never be recognised. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhan
the labour run council is still struggling to pay off a huge equal pay claim that dates back more than a decade ago. it has also had major issues with a new it system. our midlands correspondent navteonhal is there. the pressure on the city s finances has been rising and rising. europe s biggest local authority is now in biggest local authority is now in big trouble. its problems began more than a decade ago, when a landmark case was brought against the council, which led to it having to pay out more than £1 billion so far in equal pay claims to mostly female staff. but with the authority s revenue budget, the money it spends on recurrent costs like wages, at £750 million, the announcement of this summer but it had up to £760 million still to find to settle the equal pay claims was a huge blow. and that is on top of the botched roll out of a new it system which has set up back and about £100 million. the city council leader who is currently abroad, he says, is part of a l