became the first transgender champion in ncaa division history. in an interview last month, he said that she does plan to keep swimming competitively including, she said, at the olympic trials to try and go after the olympics. the vote, though, by the governing body would ban thomas and other transgender athletes from taking part in women s sports events. mary korean rafferty joins us with more. reporter: hi, eric. the new rules would mean a trans it s e alt heat9 would have to complete their transition before the age of 12. ya thomas, first trans athlete to win a division i swimming title and had also hoped to compete in the olympics, will not be allow to do so. the international body that governs water sports says the move will balance includessivity and insure no one has an unfair advantage. we have to protect the right of all our athletes to compete. but we also have to protect competition fairness at our events, especially women s competition. and also the past reco
Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm at the United Nations in new york where, addressing north koreas recent Missile Tests, the Us Ambassador nikki haley delivered a blunt message to north korea. Flanked by representatives from both japan and south korea, Ambassador Haley warned that all options are on the table when it came to americas response. She also had this to say about the countrys leader kim jong un. We are not dealing with a rational person, if this was any other country we would be talking about that and this wouldnt be an issue, this is not a rational person who has not had rational axe and who is not thinking clearly. What i can tell you as the stance of the us is we are real value in how we can handle north korea Going Forward and we are making those decisions now and we will act accordingly. Malaysia is having its own problems with north korea. The two nations have banned each othe
Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm at the United Nations in new york where, addressing north koreas recent Missile Tests, the Us Ambassador nikki haley delivered a blunt message to north korea. Flanked by representatives from both japan and south korea, Ambassador Haley warned that all options are on the table when it came to americas response. She also had this to say about the countrys leader kim jong un. We are not dealing with a rational person, if this was any other country we would be talking about that and this wouldnt be an issue, this is not a rational person who has not had rational axe and who is not thinking clearly. What i can tell you as the stance of the us is we are real value in how we can handle north korea Going Forward and we are making those decisions now and we will act accordingly. Malaysia is having its own problems with north korea. The two nations have banned each othe
the north korea embassy. today s press secretary saying,9 quote with: mayor adams wholeheartedly condemns the human rights abuses committed by north korea. if the city could be similar chooses a street for council chooses a street for renaming, the mayor would support those efforts. he already has the support of john kerry and mike pompeo. secretary kerry said this, quote: i think it s more than appropriate, it s important. in new york at the u.n. north korea should see the name every day of the young man who should still be alive today. the world should know that we remember and we care. it s part of how you insist no one ever be allowed to forget the tragedy of otto warmbier, you have to always fight the forgetting. three former united states ambassadors to the u.n. including bill richardson, members of the u.s. senate and congress, new york city officials and human rights activists also support the
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