This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:13 - 07:47)
Heartbreak in Nashville: Horrific Tragedy as Shooter Takes the Lives of 3 Children and 3 Adults at the Christian School

Part II (07:47 - 15:25)
Is Reality Dawning in Elite Sports?: World Athletics Council Restrict Transgender Women from Competition as Women

• Transgender track and field athletes can't compete in women's international events by NPR (Juliana Kim)
• World Athletics votes to ban transgender athletes from women’s events by Washington Post (Les Carpenter)

Part III (15:25 - 18:47)
The Big Issue Facing the Oldest Population on Earth: Italy Has a Huge Birth Rate Problem

• Who Will Take Care of Italy’s Older People? Robots, Maybe. by New York Times (Jason Horowitz)

Part IV (18:47 - 22:37)
The Scandal of Gendercide: China’s Missing Baby Girls and Rising ‘Bride Prices’

• The Scandal of Gendercide—War on Baby Girls by AlbertMohler.com (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)
• In China, Marriage Rates Are Down and ‘Bride Prices’ Are Up by New York Times (Nicole Hong and Zixu Wang)

Part V (22:37 - 26:06)
‘The Silly Old Bear Becomes a Resistance Icon’: China’s Communist Party Tries to Cancel Winnie the Pooh

• The autocrat threatened by Winnie the Pooh by NPR (Scott Simon)

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