now live from london, bbc world news. our top stories this hour. people flee the iraqi city of mosul after it was captured by islamists. thousands of south korean police raided communes in the search for the fugitive billionaire whose family owns the ferry that sank. militants say its fighters attacked karachi on sunday. brazil is limb bering up for the kickoff of the world cup.

is it still the land of fun and soccer? hello there. that's news out of iraq. women, children, whole families among hundreds of thousands who have said the city of mosul was taken over by the islamist e-mail tant group. the iraqi army and police are said to have abandoned their positions after four days of violent clashes across the city. the militants are now in the nearby oil town of baji. as you can see, convoys of isis gunmen swept through mosul on tuesday, and now say they have liberated the city. the group is comprised of sunni

muslims, and it poses a real challenge to nuri al maliki. he has ordered parliament to declare a state of emergency. more detail about who these people are and what they're fighting for. the name isis stands for the islamic jihadist state of iran. the group is relatively young, having been formed in april 2013 as an off shoot of al qaeda, but it's already been responsible for scores of deadly attacks across iraq and, of course, syria where they are among the most potent rebel forces opposing presently. what are the motivations behind the attack? they say they are fighting for an islamic state that would straddle the borders of both countries. if i show you the map now, you get a picture. they do actually control the territory in syria and western iraq at the moment. earlier this year the group stormed the cities of fallujah and ramadi that pretty much gives them control over the huge western amwar province.

in syria they operate from the eastern edge of the city of allepo there, and have a regional base. our correspondents covering events is jim muir in beirut, and earlier he told me more about the challenges facing iraq's government. >> well, the iraqi government has found itself incapable of doing anything. don't forget, we're even talking about a tear care government at the moment in theory because mr. maliki may have come out ahead in the may elections, but he hopes to yet form a government. everything is sort of up in the air, and his rule is being chaled. i think what's happening to a large extent, or certainly quite a big extent is a product of the fact that he has failed to bring on board the sunni community in a way that makes them feel included in the political process, and that has provided very fertile soil for the extremists to move in and exploit his armed forces clearly in a state.

they're officers and rank-and-file seem to be demoralized, and that's why they broke and fled. police forces are even more likely to actually sympathize with the insurgents than with the government on the local basis. so all this, there's a big political legacy and a big legacy in the iraqi armed forces and inadequacy, and for officership above all because the core of the army used to be the sunni officer core. all he's things are not ease where i to fix, and that's why it's going to be very hard for mr. maliki or anybody who wants to help him to turn this situation around. >> jim muir in beirut with me. john drake, an iraqi specialist in the security firm ake group. thanks for coming in. let's talk about the humanitarian situation. hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing mosul, and the strategic implications for prime minister maliki. >> this is major. this is a very large city in iraq, and it's not only significant in terms of its

economic importance, but it's also gives access to a large territory. the militants will then be able to use to raise finance in the local population, smuggling weapons, smuggling fighters, conducting training and preparing -- using it as a launch pad for attacks into other parts of the country. >> because they've taken the city of 2.5 million people, they now pretty much have their stamp across the area that. >> that suggests a further -- >> that would be another loss to the government iraq that relies heavily on carbon revenue. that's another significant shock to the government. there doesn't seem to be any likelihood that they're going to be able to take back significant territory any time soon now seeing as they face the oppositi

opposition. iraq does have quite a large army, but there are questions over its capability. what are the opings now realistly for prime minister mury al maliki to beat back the isis militants? >> if you look back, the u.s. military, the most powerful military in the world, struggled to contain the central region. the iraqi army is not as well trained, it's not as battle-hard, and it doesn't have the same resources the u.s. military by any comparison. they're going to struggle regardless, but heave also lost a lot of local support because of the way that local residents, particularly from the sunni community, have been treated by the government. they don't have the same capability and they don't have the same local support on the ground, which is vital in terms of gathering intelligence and having people reporting sufficient activity and fighting with the government forces.

where does this leave al maliki's position? >> he is still one of the strongest politicians in the country. it doesn't mean that he is going to immediately lose his ability to form a government after the election, but in terms of the security situation on the ground, he is going to be struggling significantly. not only has the morale of the army been very significantly demonstrated by this, but there's also no we by the residents whether or not they can trust the security forces. it may prompt some people, particularly armed men, to side with the islamists because they all feel they'll be given more protection by him. he has lost a significant amount of strategic power as a result of this. >> okay. john, ake security group. thanks very much for coming in, john. >> i want to bring you breaking muse. the european commission anti-trust regulator has

announced it's investigating deals struck by apple, starbucks, and fiat with tax authorities in several european countries, including ireland, and the netherlands. it's believed that the multi-marshall company has established tax deals now then to minimize the amount of tax they have to pay. it's something we've been hearing a lot about in recent months, and just another line coming from reuters out of dublin. ireland is responding to the claims. it says it's confident it has not breached state aid rules in its tax dealings with apple, and it says it will defend its position vigorously. that's the latest response from the allegation from the european commission about potential tax deals struck by huge corporations to base themselves in countries where her tax rates are lower. any more on that with allison in business news. okay. now, thousands of people have raided a religious -- thousands of police, rather, have raided a

religious commune in south korea in an attempt to find a fugitive billionaire white house wanted in connection with a sinking of the ferry back in april. the police failed to find him. he is a leading member of the evangelical baptist church of korea, and its sprawling complex. it's believed his family owns the ship which sank with the loss of 300 lives. you'll remember that months ago. south korea's president called on the police to do more to find him. well, let's speak to the bbc lucy williamson who joins us live now from seoul. lucy, tell us more about this search of this commune. >> well, the search itself has been absolutely massive. what you're seeing today is just the latest in weeks and weeks of a nationwide manhunt heats really turned up very little indeed. the police have been looking all over south coast for him as he has been moving from place to place. there are rumors that he might

be trying to slip away from south korea by boat, that he is trying to claim asylum in foreign countries. now this latest raid, the second raid that police have made on this compound again. he is nowhere to be found. >> it's a bit -- it seems a bit odd that someone leerl so high profile, a billionaire, would be sort of so hard to find for the south korean authorities, isn't it? >> i think it's very frustrating for the south korean authorities, and you saw a bit of that with president park just yesterday when she says it doesn't really make sense that we can't find him. what police are saying is they believe he is using contacts within his religious organization who are hiding him, and certainly many of them have said that they will protect him, they will defend him, but, where he, it is very embarrassing for the authorities here not to have found him yet. >> and, lucy, can you bring us up-to-date on the trial that is

taking place of some of the crew members of that ferry? it started recently. some are facing the death penalty. where are we on that? >> that's right. we've had one day so far of the trial. it's going to be a weekly stril. it began yesterday, tuesday. 15 crew members, a captain and 14 crew members, standing trial. they are being charged with a variety of charges, but the most serious, which the captain and three others are facing is homicide through willful negligence, which we're told means there was some kind of intent involved, and that is a charge that could carry the death penalty if they're found guilty of it. we should remember south korea hasn't actually executed anybody for almost 20 years. >> okay. good cavat there for me, loose where i. lucy williamson in seoul. let me bring you some other news making headlines from around the world now. the spanish parliament is making changes to the constitution that

would allow the king to abdicate. it's backed by two main parties. the smaller parties oppose the new law. they're calling for a refer he endumb on the future of the monarchy. the popularity has been tainted by scandal in recent years. the community elders in a nigerian town of chibok is trying to allow citizens to defend themselves against boko haram. there's growing frustration in the northeast of the failure of the government and the military to defend the people. the russian energy minister says he has not received any gas payments from ukraine so far. the minister says he will wait until june 16th. russia, ukraine, and the e.u. are currently in talks in brussels to negotiate the price of the natural gas that russia -- russia has threatened to cut supplies if there is no deal. let's go to alex who is here

with all the business news. we've just been breaking that news, alice, about the investigation into tax, major corporations. >> exactly right. we'll be talking to one of the business correspondents in just a moment for a bit more. first off, though, let's kick off with the europe gridlock situation because that's what taxi drivers from milan to madrid, paris are hoping to call one of the biggest cities on the continent today. they're taking action because of the bitter row of an app called uber. it allows measures to take -- by their mobile. thereby, undercutting traditional cabbies or taxi unions. it's a text nolg that unlicensed drivers bypass existing regulations, pricing the market. london is the latest in a string of cities to grapple with the regulatory issues proposed by the new economy. now, disappointing.

that was the overriding message from the world bank m latest global economics prospects report. it was revised downward its forecast for the whole world to 2.8%. developing economies such as china and brazil are of particular concern with the bank casting her forecast to 4.8%. it warns they need to make further economic decisions to promote stronger growth. it does have growth that will rise breaking through the 5% mark in 2013. later you'll be hearing from the report and find out why the world economy is disappointing. now, as we were just saying, the last ten minutes or so, we have just had that breaking news out of the european commission that a formal investigation will be open into apple, starbucks in relation to tax arrangements with three e.u. countries.

well, the firm's arrangements with ireland, the netherlands, and luxenbourg is essential. a u.s. senate investigation accused ireland of giving special treatment to apple and has released a statement in response saying that apple is proud to have been doing business in ireland since 1980. we've grown to more than 4,000 employees who serve our customers through manufacturing, export, and other critical functions. we'll have more on that, of course, in business lute the rest of the day. back to you. >> a big story. thanks very much for that. now, a militant group based in the province of north waziristan. the islamic movement of

uzbekistan posted pictures of ten men wearing black turbines and holding rifles who they say were the ones that stormed the airport. let's talk to amber from the bbc who joins me on set now. amber, tell us a little bit more about what you know about this uzbek group, the islamic movement of uzbekistan. in particular, how they fit into the pakistani taliban. >> the pakistani taliban has had a lot of uzbek fighting, and you've got a lot of reports from the tribal wrarz from north waziristan that their presence has been there for a pew years, and they're pretty fierce. i think the local people have had some issues with having them there. the actual organization itself, the inu, not that much is known about it. i think it's actually the first time the organization has come forward and said something about an attack within pakistan, so i'm not sure what the logic is when the taliban in pakistan have already claimed

responsibility for that attack for them to come forward now and, you know, distinguish themselves a separate entity. >> yeah. one thing we know about pakistani taliban is they're pretty fractious themselves as well. they don't all sing from the same sheet, do they? >> that has been a recent, very publicized division wean the original leadership faction and the new and more militant and more final line faction. >> this faction is the one -- >> basically happened after new leader who took over was not from the massoud faction. he was from sowaz, and he came to fame having a rule of terror. >>. >> the prime minister is saying he is reviewing security. what does does he have to look after? >> i think he has to stop income a state of denial because pakistan is almost in a state of

war. the terror threat is huge, and up until now people have been saying things like they're our brothers, we can talk to them. it's not like that. it's war. >> thanks very much. stay with us here on bbc world news. we'll have more to come, including this. our reporter in sao paulo find out how some locals in brazil are using graffiti to air their grievances about the country hosting the world cup.

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the taking of the second city. mosul. with me now is nina from the awes yeahed mup. she joins me on set. amina, what you were telling me also is that you are from mosul. you have family and friends there now. what have they been saying to you over the last few days? >> well, we've been luck where i that we've been able to get some mobile, some significant nauz, and also on-line communication. what they've been saying is, of course, they're worried. they're petrified. they don't know what happens next. it seems that, yes, the city is now under control of the militants, the extremists. police, armies have completely left their post. it is in the hands of these militants. what i have also is that a lot of them with actually covering their faces, if they're iraqi, but the foreign element, and there has been some foreign element that have been spotted that's actually -- are showing their faces. what they're trying to do is win

over the local people. there is a sense of we are here to enstate a state. isis comes from the islamic state from iraq and syria, and of strategic importance is 3.7 million residents, if they're actually able to say that we can function here as a city, it would be hugely stupid for them. thief also been calling through using loudspeakers calling for people to go back to work and school. that's not the case at the moment. pharmacies are closed. shops are closed. schools, people in the middle of their exams, people worried about their school year. what's also worrying is, of course, the main hospital many the city has been taken over. si e-mail tants. people are worried to go to hospital. however, there is also this idea that so far had he have, of course, taken army posts. they have taken military equipment and so forth.

there's talk of $475 million of cash in the bank. so far what we're hearing and the people i've spoken to say people have not been stormed into their houses and things taken away, which is actually -- that's a mixed signal. we don't know how long that will last. there will be elements that will, of course, carry out some crimes. we don't know. so far that hasn't happened. they have said they will shoot those that are taken arms against them. >> talk to us briefly about the larger picture. you talked about isi wants to set up a state. what kind of problem does that create prime minister nouri al-maliki? >> huge problem. a war has been raging. al-maliki's approach, the government approach, has been air strikes, which is unfair to the civilians there and not actually stopping the militants that have been getting -- i hope he doesn't do that. although there has been talk that they may do that. it's unclear.

don't forget, we have the 13th of april, loss no sitting government at the moment. they're still going on in their political wrangling. all you've heard is press statements blaming each other without actually working to solve them. >> nina, coverage there. that's very, very -- thank you very much. if brazil wran authorities didn't have enough to worry about, with demonstration goes going on in the streets there, they are bracing themselves for yet more unrest as well as street protests to people that question the hosting of the world cup. they've been expressing their discontent in other ways as my colleague john sokel drew brees. >> every swear september meter of every war in sao paulo has been covering graffiti. some of it absolutely outstanding. what i want to show you now is this picture, an image created by this man with me now. paulo, i think you drew this

months ago. it has gone viral. it has gone around the world. it has been seen as one of the most important comments on the world cup. >> it shows the brazilian situation. >> you can't eat a football. >> yes. >> sure. >> if you are hungry. >> what is priority? what people must be concerned with. >> do you think brazil would be better off not having the world cup? >> well, i don't think so. i guess we have the world cup that all the world is looking to us, and it is also opportunity to show them more about our reality and difficulties also.

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hello. our top story this hour. half a million people flee the iraqi city of mosul after it was captured by islamists. the militants have now reportedly withdrawn from the nearby oil town of baji, which was earlier thought to have fallen. thousands of south korean police raid a commune in the search for the fugitive billionaire whose family owns the ferry that sank in april. a group of ethnic militants says its fighters attacked karachi's international airport on sunday. 39 people died in the assault.

hello there. thanks very much for being with us. so as we've been hearing, women, children, whole families are among the hundreds of thousands who have fled the city of mosul after it was taken over by the islamist militant group isis. the iraqi army and police are said to have abandoned their positions in the city after four days of violent clashes. now, let me show you. as you can see, convoys of isis gunmen swept through mosul. they said they've been liberating the city. the group comprised of sunni muslims, and they pose a huge challenge to iraq's shia prime minister nouri al-maliki. he is now asking iraq's parliament to declare a state of emergency. let's get some more details now on who these militants are and what exactly it is that they're fighting for. the name isis that stands for

the jihadist islamic state of iraq. the group is relatively young. it was form in april 2013 as an off shoot of al qaeda, but it is just over a we're it's already been responsible for scores of deadly attacks across iraq and also, of course, syria. there it's among the most potent rebel forces opposing president assad. they're trying to -- if i show you the map now, you can see that they do control territory in syria and western iraq, effectively. wrerl this year the group stormed the cities of fallujah and ramadi that gives them effective control over the huge western anbar province. in syria they operate on the eastern edge of the city alleppo, and they have a

regional base. i spoke earlier to the bureau chief of the france press agency in iraq. he explained how isis has become a powerful militant force in the region. laid is 5% iraq. it's controlled, as you said wrerl, an enormous amount of territory in sear wra and increasingly iraq. one of the sort of problems that's going to come from this is it seized a lot of military vehicles from the iraqi army, and that's going to increase its military capacity as time goes on. >> what is strange almost is that we heard about isis fighting in syria, a very potent force there, and then all of a sudden they kind of sweep in. they took fallujah and ramadi, and now it's taken a really big city and all of a sudden they have carved out this territory that they were seeking. how could that possibly have

happened? >> well, for months sort of senior american officials and senior western officials have been warning that this is, you know, not a force to be sort of taken lightly, that they have tremendous paramilitary capacity. they're not just your sort of run of the mill militant group, and they've been issuing these points for a long time, and -- >> the iraqi government has just been ignoring those warnings? >> they've also been making those warnings, but there's a difference in terms of capacity of the iraqi government and the iraqi army to handle this warning and to address them as we can see them. fallujah has been out of the government control since the end of the we're. as a result, i think it comes down to the fact that, you know, by its name, the islamic state, it wants to control territory, and that's its goal. unlike other militant groups that have perhaps different aim. the islamic state of iraq wants more and more territory in these two countries. >> you now have this sunni muslim force versus a shia government in iraq. it's a country verging on

collapsing? >> it's very early to go that far. certainly this is troubling that a sovereign state can lose this much territory this quickly, but, you know, the iraqi army, the big army, of course, the past two days have raised fresh questions about their capabilities, but it is the security forces are a million strong. they have hell fire missiles and one tank. they're getting f-16s. they do have sort of growing military capacity, and the kurdish region to the north has some as well. it's not -- it's maybe too early to talk about that. we should be talking perhaps a little bit more about the response that could come if it does. >> briefly, we're just hearing from the government, the province here, who is complaining that the prime minister nouri al-maliki has pretty much ignored warnings about the inability of security forces to descend.

military leaders and others have been giving warnings that the islamic state of iraq is making advances and wants this territory, and the prime minister has ignored it. how much of that is true is a debate because there are responsibilities for military forces to address these. that's always potentially an issue. whether or not it is sectarian politics or simply good politics, in terms of the prime minister wanting to retain his post. there was an election six weeks ago which he is trying to keep on for a third term, and how to separate the politics from just regular politics is a little bit difficult to do. >> now, to egypt where, of course, prominent activist was sentenced to 15 years in prison. he spearheaded the revolution that helped topple president hosni mubarak. he was not present in court, but effects arrested soon afterward outside the court building.

we can speak now live to paula garen who joins me from cairo. just remind us of the significance of ala abdul fatah and the charges against him. >> he is one of the best known and most prominent pro-democracy activists in this country. he has the distinction of having been arrested by all of the previous regimes. he was jailed under hosni mubarak, under the group that followed. more recently he was jailed after president morrissey was removed. he was actually out on bail attending this case today. now, his family tells us that he and his lawyers were actually outside the hearing trying to get in, and they were refused entry to the courtroom where the hearing was taking place. the somewhere proceeded without the defendant, without his lawyers, without any witnesses, and simply issued this 15-year sentence that at that time a police officer emerged from inside the court and arrested l

ala abdel fattah. he has 11 other co-defendants. this is the toughest sentence we've seen so far of any prominent activist in this country. >> we've just seen a newly elected civilian president who was the head of the military before in the previous we're when the military was in charge there was a huge crackdown against opponents, especially amongst the muslim brotherhood. now this court has handed down this very stiff sentence. how much control do you expect the civilian government to still maintain over the legal process in egypt? >> well, it's worth pointing out that the civilian president is the same person who was, in effect, many charge in the past year. that's abdel fattah. he is the former army chief. he was the most powerful figure in the interim administration here. he was also as a defense minister. it is he who has preceded over a very brutal unprecedented

crackdown on disent here, a crackdown that has seen over 1,400 protesters killed on the street, has more than 16,000 protesters jailed. we're dealing with the same individual. he has now taken off his army wrun form, and he has been elected as a civilian president as what many pro-democracy activists in this country certainly we're not expecting anything good to result from his presidency. many will already claim that he is worse than hosni mubarak, the long-time oop accuratic ruler. the authorities will tell you that there is a separation of powers between the government and the presidency and the judiciary, and they will say that the judiciary is fully independent and reaches its verdicts according with the law. now, i should also add that this verdict today was passed in absentia. that means that he is entitled a retrial, but the verdict -- the conviction will stand in the meantime. >> okay.

thank you very much. now, let me take you to the u.s. where there has been a major politicupset. eric cantor lost his party's primary election to a challenger backed by the far right tea party movement. it means that he will not stand for the republican party in november before the midterm elections. david willis has this report from washington. >> eric cantor was one of america's most powerful politicians. he was the republican majority in the lower house. he was widely seen as the man most likely to succeed john boehner when he steps down as house speaker. after 13 years mr. cantor's political career is over, thanks to the efforts of the local economics professor named dave brat. mr. brat, a tea party candidate, beat mr. cantor in a republican primary in richmond, virginia, despite being massively out spent, and he did so after the

results of other primary elections that seem to indicate that the tea party was on the decline. candidates having failed to achieve any significant party nominations in this year's poll comprised of a loose afl wrags of national and local groups who oppose tax increases and the inference of so-called big government, the tea party has often been a thorn in the side of the less conservative republican establishment and was blamed for sparking a civil war within the party. david willis, bbc news, washington. now, uzbek militant group based in the pakistani tribal province of north waziristan says its fighters were the ones that attacked the karachi international airport on sunday. 39 people, including the militants, were killed in the gun battle. the islamic movement posted this picture of ten men wearing black turbines and holding rifles on its website. it says that they were the ones who stormed the airport.

well, we were told about the uzbek militants. >> the pakistani taliban has had a lot of uzbek fighting with them, and you have a lot of reports from the tribal areas from north waziristan that their presence has been for a few years. they're pretty fierce. i think the local people have some issues with having them there. the actual organization, inu, not much is known about it. it's actually the first time the organization has come forward and said something about an attack within pakistan. now, house of police have raided a religious commune in south korea in the latest attempt to find a fugitive billionaire who is wanted in connection with the sinking of that ferry, the sewol back in april. the police failed to find the leading member of the evangelical baptist church of korea. they looked for him at his sprawling complex south of

seoul. it's believed his family owns the ship that sank taking 300 lives. they called on police to do more to find him. well, the bbc lucy williamson has been following the story from seoul. >> reporter: well, the search itself has been absolutely massive. what you're seeing today is just the latest in weeks and weeks of a nationwide manhunt for mr. wru that's turned up little, indeed. the police have been looking all along the south coast for him as he has been moving from place to place. there are rumors that he might be trying to slip away from south korea by boat, that he is trying to claim asylum in foreign countries, and now this latest raid, the second raid that police have made on this compound, again, he is nowhere to be found. >> and why -- it's -- it seems a bit odd that somebody so high profile, a billionaire, would be so hard to find for the south korean authorities, isn't it?

>> i think it's very frustrating for the south korean authorities. you saw a bit of that with president park just yesterday when she said this doesn't make sense that we can't find mr. you. what police investigators have been saying is that they believe he is using contacts within his religious organization who are hiding him and certainly many of them have said that they will protect him, they will defend him. but, where he, it is very embarrassing for the authorities here not to have found him yet. >> lucy, can you just bring us up-to-date on the trial that has taken place of some of the crewmembers of that ferry. it started recently. some are facing death penalty. where are we at on that? >> that's right. we've had one day so far of the trial. it's going to be a weekly trial. it began yesterday, tuesday. 15 crew members, a captain and 14 crew members, standing trial. they are being charged with a variety of charges, but the most serious which the captain and three others are facing, is

homicide through willful negligence, which we're told means there was some kind of intent involved, and that is a charge that could carry the death penalty if they're found guilty of it. though, we should remember south korea hasn't actually executed anybody for almost 20 years. >> lucy whimson reporting from seoul there. stay with us here on bbc world news. more to come, including this. we'll meet a photographer using words as well as pictures to describe britain's various landscapes. this is a view... ...you have to leave the couch to believe.

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i want to bring you breaking news out of europe. that is that the european commission's anti-trust regulator is investigating a deal of apple, starbucks, and fiat struck with tax authorities in several european countries, using ireland and the netherlands. it's believed that the multi-national companies have established tax deals that allow them to minimize the amount of tax they have to pay. apple has responded. there's also a line from the irish as well. ireland is saying it is confident it has not breached state aid rules in its tax dealings with apple. there's the latest details on that breaking news. plenty more on that developing story as we get it throughout the day here on bbc world news.

let's bring you more breaking news now. that is that the spanish parliament has been meeting on changes of the constitution that allow the king to abdicate and allow his son to take the lone. the breaking news is that in the last few minutes it's been just approved that bill to make changes to the constitution. that means that the son will be able to take the throne after that surprise abdication, prince juan carlo. that's just coming to us in the last few seconds, ignacio. just remind us, first of all, why they need the emergency law in order for this to happen. >> well, this was a present situation for spanish democracy that even though the spanish

constitution had a reference to the abdication of the head of state, in 40 years nobody backed the law. the government wants it announced he would abdicate last week, and had to send an emergency law to congress halves very likely to pass because in spain the two main parties, both conservative, the socialist party, suffered this legislation. although it comes with a bit of criticism as well from other minor parties, especially far left parties and also some regional nationalist parties that say that they wouldn't vote this law medicals it included a reference and a provision for a referendum allowing a decision for a popular vote on the future of the monarchy. >> the opposition of minor parties. it seems that they've been voted

down. the breaking news is literally last monetary and spanish partly emt have approved this change to the law. you just have been in spain just literally a couple of days ago. tell me how people are getting used to the idea of the king abdicating? >> it was very shocking for many spaniards, but at the same time because the royal family has been affected by a series of scandals, including corruption allegations within the king's family. they somehow expected a change. i mean, we have to bare in mind that even though there is a strong support within spanish population of the king's family, in recent years for younger spaniards, it's becoming increasingly frustrated to deal with the crown with business, especially since spain is facing one of his worst financial and unemployment crisis in decades.

some people that live see the king as a savior or facilitator of democracy in the country, but for younger spaniards, maybe the family has touch with the people, and that's why this is going to be one of the main challenges for prince philippe who is about to fill his father's shoes next week to relate to and emphasize with the younger spanish people who are fed up with political institutions and who think that the monarchy should change and bring some fresh air to the country. >> okay. thank you very much for your analysis there. breaking news. spanish parliament has approved the change so that prince king juan carlos can abdicate. let's go to germany where rescue workers say there's hope for an injured -- who is prapd in the deepest cave. he could be brought to the surface the next few days. the 52-year-old man is stuck nearly four miles from the

entry. steve evans reports. >> reporter: the cave is a spectacular landscape. it's an indication of the scale of the underground labyrinth. there are miles of caves. some barely wide enough for a person to pass lou. the 52-year-old explorer was hit on the head in a rock fall 1,000 meters under ground. a team of swiss has been called in. >> teams has meanwhile reached the injured person. they were able to pick up a system, the so-called cave link system, which is a long wave radio system, so we have a radio connection. >> the injured person is suffering from head injuries, but he is responsive. he can stand up with help. the complex of caves in the alps is high on the border between germany and austria, but the

real difficulty for rescuers is the sheer scale of the drops within the mountain. caves fall sometimes for 300 meters straight down, so climbers have to be lowered on ropes, and then 1,000 meters below the surface the caves stretch horizontally to the engine man. rescuers have set p a medical and communication station halfway down. the plan now is to bring in slowly stage by stage to the surface, but that will take days. steven evans, bbc news, germany. now, british photographers are putting together an illustrated glossary of the landscape around him. the land reader project looks at the language of british geography and the variety of words used to describe it. here's his story. >> dawn, the deep sided coastal

inland. jack straw, the storm tangle of trees. there's something nice about knowing that word for that thing in that place. ♪ the land reader project was an idea that happened a long time ago to produce a glossary of the british landscape. >> we are going to go with landscape features for castle rock. i found that when i tried to describe some of the journeys, i didn't have the vocabulary that i needed to make a description. i thought there must be a resource out there somewhere to kind of provide this glossary of land scape, and i couldn't find

it, and it seemed to me that this is a bit crazy. there are quite a few similar rocky features in similar valleys. a lot of them called castle rock. obviously at some point someone decided that's what that kind of rock should be called. over the course of it, i realized that we don't have language for things, then we treat them differently. when you can't adequately describe the landscape, we can't adequately connect with the landscape. the kind of big important part of this project is to try and reintroduce some of the words that we had, he's kind of intimate connected words for landscape, and by doing that, to make possible kind of more intimate and connected relationships of the landscape. >> that is a story to round out the hour. just want to tell you again that breaking news we had just a few minutes ago. the spanish parliament has

approved a bill to amend the country's constitution allowing king juan carlos to abdicate and his son prince philippe to take over the throne. probably next week. plenty more coming up here on bbc world news. you can follow me on twitter. ♪ show 'em the curve. it's beautiful. it's more than that... ...it's perfect. introducing curved ultra high definition television from samsung.

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