As he assumed the throne he was greeted by tens of thousands of people who gathered in the danish capital, copenhagen. you can see him here as he stepped out to greet crowds from the balcony of christiansborg palace. after being proclaimed by the prime minister, he was then joined by his australian born wife queen mary. the crown passed to frederik the tenth after his mother, queen margarethe signed the instrument of abdication after more than 50 years on the throne. queen margrethe, who s 83, has now left christiansborg castle and is the first danish monarch to voluntarily renounce the throne in more than 800 years. she said she was stepping aside because of health problems. let s have a listen to what the new king said as he addressed danes gathered in copenhagen. translation: today the throne is assed on, translation: today the throne is passed on. my translation: today the throne is passed on, my hope translation: today the throne is passed on, my hope is translation: today t
Says more than 23,000 palestinians have been killed since israel started its air bombarments and ground invasion on the strip most of the dead are women and children. 1.9 million palestinians have also been displaced in gaza. the head of the un s agency for palestinians has described the death and destruction as a stain on our shared humanity. let s listen to some of the displaced palestinians, who are now in rafah, describing the last 100 days. translation: we have no hope of returnin: translation: we have no hope of returning back translation: we have no hope of returning back to translation: we have no hope of returning back to our translation: we have no hope of returning back to our homes - translation: we have no hope of returning back to our homes and i translation: we have no hope of| returning back to our homes and we are wondering how far they want to push us beyond this. there is no hope at all. i don t know how to tell you. we forgot everything that is good. we left
Passed on, my hope is to - translation: today the throne is passed on, my hope is to becomel translation: today the throne is | passed on, my hope is to become a unifying king of tomorrow. it isa it is a task i take on with pride respect in greatjoy. it is a task for which i will do my utmost and bear with it the trust i am given. i will need all the support i can get for my wife, from my family, from you and from that which is greater than us. ifaced you and from that which is greater than us. i faced the future with the knowledge that i am not alone, connected, committed for the kingdom of denmark. our royal correspondent daniela relph is in copenhagen and talked me through what was happening.