we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? bbc world news america. i m kathy k. theyunni militants tell will take baghdad soon. the u.s. secretary of state says there has to be a political solution. a split verdict in the british phone hacking case. former tabloid editor andy colson found guilty of wow brooks brooks while acquitted. some parts of the u.s. are experiencing one of the worst hit droughts inducted. this is oklahoma. of wheat.field plants should be about this tall. this date, mike many, is heading for one of the worst harvests on record. many,s state, like heading for one of the worsts harvests. our viewers on public television and also around the globe. more than 1000 people have died in the past two weeks in iraq. most of them civilians. the figures reflect the speed of the sunni insurgents advance and they made more gains today. u.s. secretaryom of state john kerry, but first our special r
and major corporations. what can we do for you? bbc world news america. i m kathy k. theyunni militants tell will take baghdad soon. the u.s. secretary of state says there has to be a political solution. a split verdict in the british phone hacking case. former tabloid editor andy colson found guilty of wow brooks brooks while acquitted. some parts of the u.s. are experiencing one of the worst hit droughts inducted. this is oklahoma. of wheat.field plants should be about this tall. this date, mike many, is heading for one of the worst harvests on record. many,s state, like heading for one of the worsts harvests. our viewers on public television and also around the globe. more than 1000 people have died in the past two weeks in iraq. most of them civilians. the figures reflect the speed of the sunni insurgents advance and they made more gains today. u.s. secretaryom of state john kerry, but first our special respondent has this report where in an exclusive interview with
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
government s next legislative program amid it the traditional pomp and ceremony. hello. thanks for joining us on bbc world news. president obama has met is the president elect of ukraine petro poroshenko on the second day of his trip to poland. he said they discussed a plan for reducing ukraine s energy dependence on russia and how the u.s. can help train the ukrainian security forces. this all comes ahead of a major speech that mr. obama is due to make in the next few minutes, in fact, as part of a ceremony to mark 25 years since the end of communism in poland. this is the stage setting. come rove ski, poland s president speaking now, cataloging poland s move, transition from the communist ear rat which ended precisely 25 years ago to today when it can count itself among the market democracies showing huge signs of stability over the course of the last 25 years. it is a timely moment for president obama to be in eastern europe, given the travails that have faced ukraine in
25 years on from tiananmen, does china s tradeoff between personal prosperity and political freedom still hold? also in the program, aaron is here and the g-8 missing a player. tim and then there were seven. yes, with russia no longer given a seat at the table, the leaders head to brussels later today and high on the agenda, how does europe wean itself off russia gas. we speak to the energy commissioner and hear why america may have the solution. . hello, and welcome. it is midday here in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington. 3:30 in the afternoon in afghanistan. where in the last few hours, the taliban have released dramatic images showing the moment the american soldier sergeant bowe bergdahl was handed over to u.s. forces. as heavily armed taliban fighters looked on, a u.s. black hawk helicopter touched down in coast province just 40 kilometers from pakistan. to pick up the man who had been held for nearly five years. but many questions are now being asked in america will t