i'm tim willcox with bbc world news. our top stories. spain's king is to abdicate after 40 years on the thrown. the surprise announcement made by the prime minister a short while ago. the u.s. taliban swap deal is condemned by the afghan government and senior republicans after the hand over of five to custody.

pro russian raccept ra cyst launch an attack. corruption allegations call for qatar to be stripped of the 2022 world cup. held hello. welcome to the program. spain's king carlos is abdicating. the announcement was made by the spanish prime minister. he said crown prince phillippe will take over the thrown but the constitutional amendment will need to be opposed to allow abdicate to happen. he has ruled since 1975 overseeing spain's ownership. carlos has been suffering from ill health recently and seeing

this as a symbol of freedom. the announcement made a short time ago. we're waiting for juan carlos to give a televised address. while waiting let's listen to what the prime minister had to say. >> translator: king carlos just informed me to denounce the thrown and begin succession. the king's reasons for this decision are something his majesty wants to communicate personal throw his people this morning. onto tell you i found the king completely sure this is the best moment for change in government and handing over of the crown to the prince. >> let's go straight to madrid to our correspondent guy. we are expecting announcement by

the king himself in a few minutes time. this is a hugely symbolic thing isn't it? >> it is enormous really even though it's not all together a surprise. king carlos has been a major figure in modern spain and particularly modern spanish democracy last 35-40 years. it's hard to imagine spain without him as the king. that's something the prime minister touched on when he made the statement. he said he's been such a key figure that when you think of modern spain you things of juan carlos. now all eyes turn to his son phillippe. >> all remember that coup attempt in spain where it was critical in keeping the democracy in the country going. >> that's right in 1981 a group of civil guard officers stormed the national congress building

in madrid. they had the intention of taking spain back to the totalitarian days of general franco. carlos was instrumental in ousting that coup attempt. live on television spaniards -- [ inaudible ] they were told to go back to barracks and not support the attempt. he was seen as the key factor making sure that coup did fonot come up. he earned a lot of respect. >> guy, your sound is breaking up. hope you can hear me. we're hearing carlos is stepping down for political reason not health reasons. he has been in ill health as you can see from pictures. he's been walking with crutches. describe the misfortunes and scandals the spanish royal family has been caught up with

in recent years. >> well a couple in particular. one that comes to mind, in 2012 it emerged he went on a elephant hunting holiday when the spanish economy was in deep trouble. when this submerged he came in for a lot of criticism in the public, media and also politicians who said this is not appropriate behavior for the head of state particularly when spain was in difficulty economically. the other big problem that's been affecting him by extension and not directly is his son-in-law who's married to princess christina. he has been investigated for fraud, tax fraud, embezzling a public company, channelling funds from that company into his own bank accounts. that court case is on, hasn't

been resolved and has been going on the last two years or so. it's been eroding the credibility of monarchy and carlos bit by bit. it's not surprising over 60% of spaniards in a recent poll thought king carlos should step down. >> what source of reputation does crowned prince phillippe have? >> he enjoys a good reputation at the moment. he's 46, seen from a fresher generation, well prepared for the role of king. he's been preparing himself since he was very small. he speaks languages, educated a broad. he hasn't been tainted by any of these corruption scandals crucially or any scandals at all. that really makes him very good.

it gives him a much -- puts him in a better position to lead the country, you could argue, than his father at the moment. >> thank you very much indeed. we'll be back to madrid when we get that statement by juan carlos. the afghan government has condemned the swap done for an american soldier and detainees in guantanamo. this is explained by john mccain has the hardest by hard core. the the american soldier sergeant bowe bergdahl is recovering at a hospital in germany after five years in captivity. >> these and the taliban leaders

say this is a big victory short to stir controversy in the united states over the prisoner exchange. >> i understand the happiness of the bergdahl family and friends. we're all grateful he is returned. i think there are legitimate questions about these individuals who are being released and the condition under which they'll be released. these are hardest of hard core. >> in afghanistan there's been anger from the government that wasn't told about the prisoner exchange in advance and unease on the streets despite the fact they have given assurances the men won't return to the battlefield. the obama administration continues to defend what it's done. >> for some reason we took a position in the 21st century when some of our add very sars may not be traditional state actors we will not do our prisoners of war home. that would break union with men

and women serving in uniform. regardless of who is holding a soldier of war, we have to do whatever we can to bring them back. >> bergdahl's parents must still wait before they can see and talk to their shon again. >> i'm looking forward to seeing your face after the last five and a half years. long, long years. to give you a great big bear hug and hold you in my arms again never wanting to let you go. >> the recovery and reintegration of bowe bergdahl is a work in progress. i want to really convey that. it isn't over for us many many ways. it's just beginning for janie and our family. there's a long process here. >> their son for now is at this medical facility in germany starting what will be a long and difficult rehabilitation.

>> the author and humanitarian was held hostage in lebanon four years '87-91. i spoke to him earlier and asked what sergeant bergdahl will be going through now. >> it will be a strange experience for him coming back into a world that has changed and also being reuniteded eventually with his family who have also changed in that period. so he's going to need a time when he can come to terms with that. i've only seen the press reports and seen him on television. it did seem to me he seemed really withdrawn in himself. the report from his father that he's having difficulty speaking english might be an indication that he really has some real difficulties, probably deep

former stress that needs to be attended to. that will be intended to. not everyone that goes through an experience of that kind necessarily suffering from post-traumatic stress. it's a wide thing when you come out, whether you suffer from post-traumatic stress or not, to come out and talk to a trained listener and object identify the experience so you can manage it rather than the experience managing you. i have no doubt that will happen in this case. >> former hostage terry. palestinian militants fire into israel. this took place hours before the new leader. this includes a mass after the reconciliation deal ended seven years of rivalry. let's take you live now where there's been a slight hitch

initially in the swearing in of this new government. we're not quite sure about the makeup in terms of the split between the two. there was a slight hitch in the formation of this unity government resolved this morning when the president started the the swearing in process. he announced he would not support the new administration because of the decision to scrap the position of minister for prisoner affairs and replace it with a committee that would form outside the control of the cabinet. now the prisoners minister deals with palestinians held in israeli jails and view them as freedom fighters. israel denounce them as terrorists. a lot of concern in israel to put it mildly about the formation of this unity government.

benjamin netanyahu urged the united states and europe to shun any contact with this government which is supported by hamas and doesn't recognize israel's right to exist and not only that, has not renounced violence. the swearing in process taking place as you can see now. reports from eastern ukraine say hundreds of insurgents have attacked a border guard. seven guards have been injured. let's show you the latest pictures that have come to light this the last hour or so showing the base being attacked. we haven't been able to independently verify them. we understand they are genuine. ukrainian officials say it was a sustained assault, several waves of attacks by militants. david stern has been in kiev providing the latest details.

>> yes tim the ukrainian border guard services said five separatists were killed. eight were wounded. they said seven of their own border guards were wounded. this cannot been independently verified. these are the first figures from the attack which they say is ongoing, very significant attack. they provide a number of 500 separatists attacking the base. we can't say if this is true or not f. this is the case this is a major attack indeed. the head office gave an interview to local television earlier and said the militants are crossing in from russia. ukraine shares a border with russia. they're crossing the boarder and engaging the border guards on a daily basis, he said. if this is going on, the extent, this is a major battle happening

in lieu luhansk region. >> some reports suggest the fighters have come across from russia in a special brigade. can you tell us about that? >> difficult to say how and where they came. this is the report from the border guard service saying they come over regularly. this has been an issue of the ukrainianss quite some time. we spoke to the foreign minister last week who says militants are coming over the border. it also should be said it is confirmed there are russian militants fighting here. separatists themselves have said they had deaths and had russian citizens back to russia. >> speaking to me earlier there. four are arrested in france on suspicion of involvement with groups in syria. this was a day after french

police announced they detained the man in connection with the killing of three people at the jewish museum in brussels. prosecutors say he had spent a year in syria. let's get more on this with bbc christian frazier who joins us from paris. no direct link with the museum shootings in brussels. widespread concern about the numbers of europeans going to fight in syria. >> yes, and that was the point as the french interior minister was making this morning. there's a meeting in brussels with the ministers come together. he's calling for coordination. he says there's a network recruiting people. it's one of their biggest concerns at moment. these four were arrested this morning in raids in paris and south of france. as you say, no direct link but certainly in response to the

arrest yesterday. we don't know because the minister wasn't particularly forth coming why they were arrested. were they in the same circle, have connections with him or fit a similar profile which is why they're of particular concern. i think we'll probably see more arrests over the coming day as they continue and widen the administration. >> with do we have idea of expected numbers of europeans and break down of those going to fight in syria? >> we have a fairly clear idea. the foreign intelligent agency says there are 750 french people a a broad at the moment in syria. one of the concerns from the french perspective is that this fits a similar profile of gunmen killed seven people in 2012 outside the jewish school. he had been in the prison around

the time 2007-08. he was a petty criminal, not particularly. suggestion is he was radicalized in jail. that's one thing they'll look at closely in france is the reform bill in parliament at the moment. they're looking for alternative measures for sentencing because there's massive overcrowding in jails. the other question will be how is it that a man with a criminal record is able to travel to syria and slip under the radar. obviously these people aren't traveling directly to syria. two half brothers investigated last summer had gone via bus to barcelona, casablanca ands stan

bul. authorities have to keep watch on how and where they're moving. >> thank you very much indeed. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come, crisis meeting over corruption allegations that calls for qatar to be stripped of the 2022 world cup. 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. at boeing, one thing never changes. our passion to make it real. ♪

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later for the rights top stripped for the tournament. he denies wrong doing. there's increasing pressure on fifa. the former associated from qatar paid several million to back her bid. the former sports minister who backed the bid says fifa needs the same reform as the international olympic committee. >> a with the ethics committee report which they have partly implemented and also waiting the garcia process on whether there's been wrong doing on the process. if there is, they have to look at themselves seriously indeed. not only will football be questions fifa's integrity but the big sponsors and television companies are saying do we want to be associated with the

association? i think therefore people have got to take whatever comes out of garcia, what comes out of the ethics committee seriously indeed. >> former sports minister speaking to me earlier. let's return now to bbc news to breaking news in the last couple of hours. king juan carlos of spain is to abdicate. the 76-year-old king will be handing over to his son crown for instance felipe. a hugely significant decision. totally unexpected or not? >> no. i think spain was getting ready for this to happen. his image has been suffering a bit. his health wasn't very strong. although there was no time frame expected. i think spanish people were expecting this to happen at some

point. >> this decision was taken for political reasons, not for health reasons. just explain some of the scandals and the allegations against spain's royal family, in fact some live court cases at moment. >> yes the biggest one would be that of his daughter and son-in-law. he's been investigated in a corruption scandal. he's still being investigated. that's been very, very damaging for their image. they couldn't avoid the king being affected. his public image by this scandal. >> this is a low point for the family. many spaniardss aged 40 or above remember the king for his role in coming out against a coup by the military in 1981 i think.

>> 1981. yeah that was probably his highest point as the person who carried the transition into democracy. his higher price point in '81, his role which is never extremely clear in spain in making, stopping this attempted coup. later on he's been stable. >> he fell to publicity when he went on an elephant shoot? >> right. >> right at the height of the spanish recession. what sort of reputation does crown prince felipe have? >> interestingly enough while the spanish public were saying they were not happy about the image the current king was giving the royal house, they expected felipe to raise it back. he might have a chance. >> thank you very much indeed.

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hand over of five militants. pro russian separatists launch a sustained attack on border guards in eastern ukraine. five insurgents are reported to be killed. and how this cuban made it across shark infested waters to the united states with a wind surfer and one bottle of water. it wasn't plain sailing. hello. spain's king juan carlos is abdicating. the announcement was made by the spanish prime minister although we are expecting to hear from the king himself shortly. it could be in ten minutes time. if he does start speaking we'll bring you that statement as soon as it happens. the prime minister said the

crown prince felipe would take over the crown. the constitutional amendment would need to be opposeed to allow that to happen. the 76-year-old carlos has ruled the country since 1975 a overseeing spain's a dictatorship to modern democracy. carlos is described suffering from ill health recently as a symbol of spanish freedom. this report by emily buchanan. >> the king's legacy is a defender of spanish democracy. this was an attempted coup in 1981. military police seized control of the country's parliament. instead of unraveling back to military control, the young king stood firm with this television appeal to the nation. >> the coup was defeated and the king's popularity soared. the royal family had fled spain

during the civil war. later franco allowed him to return and maintain his dictatorship. on franco's death in 1975, carlos began the transition to a modern parliamentary democracy n. recent years there's been a gap in ordinary their and monarchy. his health has deteriorating. many dismay his expensive elephant hunting trip. there's been an ongoing corruption investigation with the king's daughter and her husband. there was surprise when the announcement came. >> his majesty king carlos just informed me of his desire to denounce the thrown and begin

succession. i found the king completely sure this is the best moment for the change in government and handing over of the crown to the prince. >> that's the heir to the thrown crowned prince felipe, former olympic yachtsman. he married a television presenter and has two daughters. he's expected to improve the royal image. bbc news. >> the afghan government has condemned a prisoner swap that freed an american soldier in exchange for five militants held in guantanamo bay. the prisoners have been released into custody which outraged afghanistan saying this violates international law. the american soldier sergeant bowe bergdahl is recovering at a military hospital in germany after spending five years in captivity. senior republicans are concerned about exchanging the militants.

john mccain who spent five years as a prisoner of war himself say these are high risk security threats. >> i understand the great joy and happiness of the bergdahl family and friends. we're all happy he's returned. there are concerns about the individuals released and conditions under which they'll be released. these are the hardest of the hard core. these are the highest highest risk. others that we have released have gone back into the fight. that's been documented. it's disturbing to me that the taliban are the ones that name the people to be released. >> senator john mccain there. let's look at the five released taliban men. the first was the taliban deputy defense minister accused of the murder of thousands of afghans

in 2000-01. the organization's interior minister was alleged to have been close to owe osama bin laden. he's one of the family member of the tally ban movement. this one was the taliban deputy intelligence minister and formed alliances with other groups. and he was a senior military commander accused of a role in mass murders of sheer muslims. chief of security in the southern town and allegedly involved in the killing of foreign troops. let's go live to get more reaction from the authorities there. our correspondent there. they're extremely angry saying it violates international law and presumably worried about these men returning to active

military taliban service. >> well first off the afghan government was not informed at all about the swap. it only came to know after everything had taken place. that's grievance number one. the afghan government said if they had moved to own consent to stay with their families we welcome that. if they're handed over to a third country as prisoners, that's not acceptable. that's a view not shared by afghan security and intelligence officials who see these five men as very dangerous taliban leaders and commanders. we have to remember this was very much the kitchen cabinet. these were taliban leaders and commanders who had trust and confidence of the taliban leader and deputy intelligence chief who's one of those released was

liaison for al qaeda in 1998 and even arranging hunting trips. this is a little bit of a security nightmare for afghan intelligence and security officials. there's fear if these men somehow make it to afghanistan, pakistan or manage to stay in contact, they could prove very dangerous especially if they get funding. the taliban propaganda machine is using this as victory. we see the five prisoners arriving. they're praising these heroes. >> thank you very much indeed. reports from eastern ukraine say hundreds of insurgents have attacked a border guard camp where seven guards have been injured. let's show you the latest pictures. we haven't been able to

independently verify them. it seems to be that border post. the sustained gunfire and assaults over several hour, waves of attacks with automatic weapons a weapons and morters. david stern has been giving us the latest. >> the border guard said five separatists were killed and eight wounded. they said seven of their own border guards were wounded. this can't been independently verified. this is the first figures from the attack they say is ongoing. they also provide a number of 500 separatists attacking the bay. we can't say if this is true or not. it does indicate a major attack indeed. the head of the service gave an interview to local television earlier. he said the militants are crossing in from russia.

ukraine shares a border with russia. they're crossing the boarder and engaging the border guards on a daily basis he said. obviously if this is going on and if it is the extent, this is a major battle happening in l i luhansk. some suggest they come across from russia in a special brigade. can you tell us about that? >> difficult to say where and how they came. there are reports from the ukrainian officials. the border guards service head themselves saying they do come regularly. this has been an issue of the ukrainians for quite some time now. we spoke to the foreign minister last week who was saying militants are coming over the border. it should be said it is confirmed there are russian militants fighting there. separatists themselves said they

have had deaths and repatriated russian citizens back to russia. >> david stern speaking to me from kiev. israeli warplanes attacked targets after palestinian militants fired rockets to israel. the raid took place hours before the palestinian unity government began swearing members in. that's dominated by the party and includes hamas after a reconciliation deal. we are joined now live from there. israel is furious about this. do we know the makeup of this government, what the split is between the two? >> well tim the president has created a government. doesn't have allegiance. it's a footwork that it's a trick and the world shouldn't

fall for it because this is viewed as a terror organization and that the world should not recognize this government. in the ceremony in the last half hour, many governments including the prime minister were sworn in. a new unity government will be welcomed by palestinians. there's challenges between hamas and fatah. the ceremony almost didn't go ahead. hamas needed the deal. it's blockaded by egypt and israel. hamas needs a political win after the failure of those peace negotiations with israel last month. >> the consequences of this for israel means it's not prepared

to even try to restart peace talks. >> that's right. to have anything to do with the organization intent on israel's destruction which warned of renounced violence. renouncing violence and accepting the state of israel are preconditions of course. today three of the ministers coming to attend the ceremony weren't able. they weren't allowed to leave. will there be other sanctions? all of that we still don't know. hamas will leave here, go to jordan and meet u.s. secretary of state john kerry. john kerry will look for reassurance the government will not be dominated by fatah. >> thank you very much indeed.

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i'm tim willcox. our latest headlines. spain's king is abdicate after almost 40 years on the thrown. he'll be succeeded by his son prince felipe. the government has acted angry to the soldier swap saying it violates international law. four people have been arrested in france on suspicion of involvement with groups in syria. the arrest took place a day after french police announced they had detained the man in connection with the killing of three people at a jewish museum

in brussels. prosecutors say he spent a year in syria. our correspondent told us there's widespread concern about the number of europeans going to fight in syria. >> yes, and that was the point the french interior minister was ta making this morning. there's a meeting where ministers call together. he's calling for coordination. there's a network recruiting these people. obviously it's one of their biggest concern at the moment. four people were arrested quite early this morning in dawn raids in paris and south of france. as you say, no direct link, but certainly in response to the arrests yesterday. we don't know because the minister wasn't forth coming on this why they were arrested. were they in the same circle, have connections with him or fit a similar profile which is why

they're of particular concern. we'll probably see more arrests over the coming days as they continue and widen this investigation. organizers of the 2022 world cup in qatar will meet garcia later. qata denies wrong doing. a former british sports minister who hosted the 2018 world cup says fifa needs the same administration as the oic. >> years ago the new york lawyer was asked to investigation the process on the awarding of

2018-2022 world cups. that's what he's doing. i'm hoping the sunday times will put all information they've got, all this new evidence over to garcia who will then be able to factor that into his report that is due after the world cup in brazil. that will i think reveal one whether the process was sound or not. it also begs a big question. that is the governing by fifa. there's been a report on the procedures there. they're asking for fundamental reforms of fifa. i hope that is what garcia will say as well. >> there's been so many allegations not just about this but other allegations of corrupt practices? do you think there needs to be reform of senior management in fifa? >> i think so.

obviously that is what the committee was looking at on the report. out of that report came the need to investigation the process of awarding the two world cups. that is now under investigation in the process. that's what garcia is doing. he reports as i'm saying in a few week's time. it is then that the fifa a executives have got to decide what they're going to do. there's a parallel with this. if you look at the olympic committee after salt lake, there were allegations made. the five rings were tarnished by changing the culture as well as the organization of the oic for the better. i think to some extent fifa are at that cross roads now, a with the committee report which they partly implemented and also now

wait aing the garcia report on whether there's been wrong doing in that process. if there is, they've got to look at themselves seriously indeed. if they don't, not only will football be be questioning fifa's integrity, also the big sponsors and television companies will say do we want to be associated with the tarnished sport and organization? i think therefore people have got to takecia and ethics commi seriously indeed. president barack obama is due to unveil new environmental deals aped at cutting emissions contributing to global warming. individual states will be given targets and decide how to use them. this includes power plants. >> america produces more green house gases than any other

country in the world. it in fact produces more than double per person than china. 40% of green house emissions comes from energy production. this power plant alone in west virginia burns 16,000 tons of coal each day working at full capacity providing electricity to 2 million homes. president barack obama is about to announce rules that are significant in american history in terms of trying to limit climate change. he's going to talk about trying to cap the amount produced by power plants by this one. that is greatly pleased environmentalists but upset many in the coal industry. >> in west virginia it's not just about power production. this beautiful state and a lot of it looks just like this sits on huge coal reserves. the the worry here is if the amount of coal burned in america is decreased because that is the

only real way to bring down carbon dioxide commissions, thousands upon thousands of miners and others in the industry will lose their jobs. it's clear president barack obama wants it part of his legacy he did something about climate change. he says this will create opportunities in renewable energies. having spoken to people in west virginia last couple of days, seems they're not going to give up what is an increasingly bitter fight. for yoear, cubans have riskd their lives to make it to the united states. this man took four days surviving on a sip of water a day until he reached his destination. >> my name is jorge martinez. i'm 28 years old.

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