Europe and a warm welcome to those just waking up in the United States area dime guy johnson. This is the pulse live from bloombergs European Headquarters in london. Juan carlos is to abdicate. That is according to the nations Prime Minister mariano ajoy. Why now . Why is king carlos stepping aside now . The spanish economy has stabilized, the Spanish Government feels a lot more confident in their position now. I think they feel like they are now in a position where the country is able to handle this transition. 18 months ago, in the middle of a banking bailout and questions about the membership in the euro region, they would not have been able to. Of the this is a mark renewed stability in spain, first of all. In terms of how this is going to be handled, what are the next few days going to look like . Be apect this is going to vote of confidence in the country. It will be a big shock. Been on theave throne since the 1970s. Before this can be formalized, there needs to be an act of par
I am guy johnson. I am olivia sterns. Also coming up, breaking away from android. Samsung unveils the first new smartphone. Plus, we check out the worlds most luxurious firstclass cabins. Is facing calls to 2020 two vote for the world cup. Allegations have surfaced that qatar won that it following secret payments to qatar officials. Qatar says it is fully cooperating with an investigation. That scandal overshadowing another event in the country, the annual meeting of the Airline Industrys biggest names in doha. We have been speaking with the latam airlines. He says the world cup is actually bad for business. Only we will have traffic in one direction. We will have a lot of flights to cities, moving people to a game. Our middle east editor, Elliott Gotkine is on the ground. He joins us from the summit. Lets start off talking about what everybody is talking about, this world cup story. What are you hearing . Not the best of timing as far as qatar is concerned. Great timing as far as jour
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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. Spains 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 spains ownership. Carlos has been suffering from ill health recently and seeing this as a symbol of freedom. The announcement made a short time ago. Were waiting for juan carlos to give a televised address. While waiting lets listen to what the Prime Minister had to say. Translator king carlos just informed me to denounce the thrown and begin succession. The kings 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 governme