>> it is 9:00 p.m. in the french capital. let's see what is making news this hour. stepped juan carlos down as king saying the time has come to make way for a new generation. his 46-year-old son will take over. swap over the deal to guantanamo bay detainees for a held soldier republicans arn it could put americans at risk. once enemies are burying the hatchet. a palestinian government has been sworn in and israel said it impose financial sanctions

the americans say they are willing to work with the new government. >> king juan carlos of spain has announced he is abdicating his throne. son will take over. the spanish monarch said it was time for a new generation to to the front lines and take on the country's challenges. follows health problems but comes amid a decline in his popularity. we look back at his 40-year reign. francisco franco the dictator who ruled spaeup 36 anointed juan carlos his successor. but after being kroupbtd at age close democracy.

general ng inherited franco's power. to carry on tried as an absolute monarch but established a constitution. 1981, juan ary 23, carlos faced down an attempted earning him wor worldwide renown. king who was close to his people who loved life but was discreet and respected. but his troubles have mounted the past decade. unprecedentede an public apology. >> i'm sorry. i made a mistake and it won't happen again. he apologized after going on a safari to hunt african elephant. it ended when he fell over and had to return home for hospital treatment. in the midst of a recession the looked bad.

they felt like they are not with him in bad times and that divide.a >> since the accident juan carlos's problems have grown. durreaughter and husband were named as suspects in a corruption scandal. put public f d institution he below 50%. andmany are juan carlosists feel like they owe him a debt for steering the country to democracy. >> he was asked if the come as a had surprise or shock. >> if there is a surprise to but not a shock because those corruption scandals have for well over em a year and his youngest daughter appeared in court in

january and there was discussion about whether he should abdicate royal household at that point was saying abdication is not an option but his mind has been changed over the course of the subsequent months. he informed d that the prime minister that he was as g to be a did i indicate far -- abdicate as far back as march. the time something a surprise. were sable he was deliberatery -- were saying he was deliberatery waiting until the european locations but people are saying why now and case t after the court against his daughter is resolved. why not see it through for another year, two years, perhaps years. because even though he is a ittle more fragile physically wi there is no question over his intellectual characteristics. abdication n the speech he is wanting to hand younger to a generation, a new generation. and those phrases cropped up

to atedly during the speech the nation. the big question is what sort of philippe going to be. he will be philippe vi. questions were not answered in the abdication speech. you rightly say health is not the biggest of issues but a lot contradicting what we are hearing from the royal ousehold saying health is one of the back stories. he has not been in public these walking sticks and he has had five operations in he last two years so maybe health is an issue. >> how is the crown prince perceived by the public? >> he has very high approval to his two ontrast sisters. over the last two or three years role in n a greater public life and ceremonial activities and representing the welly abroad so he is very respected although it has to be said there is a growing call by

elements and there are demonstrations tonight for a return to the republic that spain has had two occasions.on prefer so, he will have to meet toes challenges as well. he is married to a divorcee that is the tpeufirst time tha will happen in the spanish history. row has erupted over beg ng detain yos of guantanamo bay for a soldier. hey have condemned it saying handing them to a third country violates international law. we go to washington. some soldiers that served with calling ant have been him a diverter. >> that is the question that needs to be answered now. he a deserter.

those who spoke with him in the are now speaking out. that is the case of nathan betheaia who said he was in that same unit and knows what 30th of june, 2009 and was not allowed to talk case during those five years. now he says he is allowed to do there is his conclusion. the truth is bergdahl was a from his nd soldiers own unit died trying to track him down. large because a very number of u.s. soldiers and fghan soldiers were sent out after his disappearance to try to track him down. they were unsuccessful. still that distinct possibility that bowe bergdahl desertion ied for once he gets back to the united states, but from those officials speaking to us, they say that is very unlikely, that spent with the

taliban is punishment enough. > what is the republican party saying about this? >> there are all sorts of this move and t there are three main ones i would say. set irst one is this might a precedent. in other words, it might be soldiers ing u.s. hostages and to be able to get a price for them basically because the obama administration did pay liberation of five guantanamo prisoners. he second worry is these five members might make it back to the battlefield in afghanistan year they have toraoe spend in qatar and maybe most there is a policy here in the united states almost the united states should not and does not negotiate with terrorists. the administration with say they didn't negotiate directly with

they had a intermeetary and that was qatar. back in theexpected united states. at ently still in germany the medical center. he could be back in the united states and possibly reunited family as early as wednesday of this week. >> thank you. moving on, a new government has sworn in ending a major rift between sections of the gaza.ank and the two sides that have governed eparately since hamas won selections in 2006. the sponse to the news israeli government says it will impose financial sanctions. but the americans have just said indeed willing to work with the new government. the israeli side they are going to suspend all

but the americans are saying they are willing to work with the new government. americans have said all along since the announcement of fatah andtion between hamas movements was announced is would wait to see who the government of the palestinian authority, who are the members. they members of hamas or aligned with hamas and what will new e policies of the government. president abbas, who announced he members and swore them in today noted carefully that none of the members of the government hamas m the fatah or movement. hey are all a neutral technocrats as he has described them whose primary job is to run of the phrepb rs peop phrealestinian people and he ays they will adhere to the policies he seted a leaguer to were -- adhering

to agreements signed previously. palestinian president can claim he represents all the alestinian people in gaza and west bank. >> given the enormous differences between hamas and in recent years do you think this unity government will survive? wrong to k it is consider this a national unity government t. is not a overnment of unification of fatah and hamas . reconciliation government that is supported by by both to supported make a ralestinian people choice of who they want to lead them. did that in 2006. >> where does this leave the israelis? >> i think israel will find isolated with the americans saying they will work with the new government.

waoeup i think we should hear an announcement with the european nion that they will work with it and the arab world will work with it. -- mostost accountant countries will support the and i think that israel will at the end of the day have that thent the reality palestinian government has with ued cooperation israel and it would be in israel's best interest to find a way to work with president abbas. >> thank you. france people have been suspicion of recruiting militants to fight in syria. his came a day after a frenchman was detained by police or murdering three people at the brussels jewish museum. there is no suggestion of a direct link.

the 29-year-old was arrested friday and police say he had in syria. aris and other european capitals are worried about the return of such individuals who ould potentially carry out terrorist attacks. we look at what measures are against supposed western jihadists. >> a suspected jihadist arrested in a police raid in eastern france. along with five other men he had syria.turned from authorities say cases like these pose a threat as they have acquired fighting skills and plan terrorist attacks on french soil. paris is working closely with partners it deal with the problem. a meeting will be held in lux pwourg -- luxembourg. place in are taking the paris region and south of

suspected of le recruiting jihadists. i want to make it clear france well as europe will continue the fight against terrorism. stop nor compromise until victory is achieved. > in april france took drastic issues to attack it. website was set up to report potential jihadist us. french l be stripped of nationality. authorities are worried about the increasing numbers of with who choose to ls work for jihad. period and iraqi eriod were less appealing because it seemed far away. it is reachable for people here they are addressing them with videos using the same street. we have in our >> 780 of its nationals have traveled to syria for

jihad. men but also women who feel it fight alongside domestic insurgents. recap. juan carlos steps down as king time for a new generation. his 46-year-old son will take over. nger over a move to swap uantanamo bay detainees for a taliban held soldier. new government has been sworn israel will impose financial sanctions. to ica say they are willing work with the new government. is he european commission questioning the credibility of government. we have more on that and other business news.

yes the european commission is questioning the credibility france's pledge to cut down its budget deficit. he commission says it wants more details on how it plans to get there saying that the areent details on the table simply insufficient. the commission is also sending paris in wants further welfare cuts to rein in spending. in the spotlight when the european commission issued recommendations. we have more details. >> the european commission is the pressure on france. it is being advised to move proposed reforms to honor commitments it made to the european union. > an important package was announced of measures and along s shows they are the right line. that it is still

possible in regard to structural meet ives for france to its commitments. the e recommendations by european commission on how member states should manage a ir economies comes at sensitive time. last year far right parties made ignificant gains during the elections.ry it has been placed under supervision after in failed to its budget deficit. it needs to reduce it under 3% g.d.p. by 2015. shave 50 million 2015 and 2017 en fp. had stalled and last week the number of job seekers had again up making the demands a task that looks increasingly difficult. >> looking at other news russia

going to cut ukraine's goes supplies for at least another week as the two negotiate overto gas prices. game as gazprom confirmed a $786 million initial payment. to cut e threatened supplies as soon as tuesday unless ukraine started paying a debt.llion the two sides remain at odds ver gas prices with ukraine rejecting a russian decision to hike gas prices earlier this year. we will look at the stock markets next. he european markets closed mostly higher with mining shares help being the ft-si 100 in go into positive territory. they hope the chinese economy and start strengthening with that chinese demand for minerals from those mining companies.

weighed t in paris was down by the weak showing. united states this hour we have seen the indices turn territory, further into negative territory with the which is down about a s&p 500 f a percent, and dow jones industrial averages barely hanging on to gains. dow and s&p 500 slightly higher came a manufacturing index in higher than expected. brief, at some news in the global airline industry will the tune of p to $18 billion this year. body projects $700 illion below a previous foreca forecast. it blames slower growth in markets like china and

igh fuel costs for the lower figures. ameri war ca's coal is on the path against the obama administration to cut carbon emissions. group says it endangers causes. economy and could possible power outages. the u.s. environmental plans to cut ncy 2018 emissions by 30% by and it will cost up to $8 year to make the plan a reality. >> the korean mobile maker unveiled plans to have smart phones that run on own operation system. it will go on sale in russia the quarter. samsung says it may be launched markets. it is an attempt to lessen its

on google. most samsung phones run on android operating system. that is the business news. i will be back in an hour with headlines. back to you. >> it is time now for a look at making waves in outer space. web news. for today's web news where we will look at some of the stories making online headlines. coming up on today's show online england and ireland. qatar launches a dress code campaign. in mexico.n bike we can see, thousands went to the street in belfast in northern ireland saturday to

rising racism of the country. a hong kong r parliamentarian declared she re-election,nd for a decision she said stemmed from foreigners ty from and ongoing racist abuse. in northern ireland like the facebook bers of this page have been voicing their support. i y have posted under the stand with anna hash tag rising levels of xenophobia and asking people to the together to combat problem. the lo has responded to wave of solidarity in a tatement posted to her party's website extending her heartfelt thanks for those taking a stand racism.

he belfast telegraph says the combat is more relevant than .ver before help us preserve qatar's culture values. please dress modestly in public places. this targets visitors. saying reflect your respect was activists a qatari who wants to educate them and to cover up and respect the modest culture. been met with has mixed reaction online. hile some have hailed the campaign saying it is perfectly to onable to ask visitors follow customs and others are less than impressed.

networks say it goes principle of individual freedom and it is possible to show respect to the having f qatar without to bend to their strict dress code. he group behind the controversial campaign saying earing clothing considered indecent is illegal. t is in the qatar and constitution and being indecent a prison nished by term of up to six months. widespread een commentary on social networks following the saturday that u.s. bowe bergdahl t had been released by the taliban in afghanistan after being held almost five years. most say how thrilled they are home but ahl can come theres have been criticism over the conditions under which he as freed after the u.s.

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