and he joins us live now so this is quite a remarkable comeback for pedro sanchez. did he did he catch people off guard with this move. but i think anyone really could have assumed that the only a week after pedro sanchez first looted the idea of holding this vote of no confidence in mariano rajoy that it would pass quite so resoundingly as you said there one hundred eighty m.p.'s in the three hundred fifty seat congress here behind me through their weight behind the house to mariano rajoy we're talking about really a political spectrum being represented here although the real mixture of different parties supporting it we're talking about independents too is we're talking about nationalists we're talking about leftists and sentries not to mention of course the socialist party that have been really the driving force behind all of this what does it mean next for sanchez well things are moving very quickly indeed in philippe has ratified his leadership we know the sanchez will be spending his first night in the prime minister's official residence just outside madrid ro

once again these are live pictures from the palace and they are madrid or pedro sanchez will be sworn in as spain's new prime minister speaking of his predecessor roy had been in the post for nearly seven years spain's last socialist prime minister was jose luis zapatero decided not to seek reelection and twenty eleven. sanchez who you see there has not held a government position before he was the leader of the socialist party for two crushing general elections before but this will be now of course his first post and he'll be prime minister. he's a forty six year old economist. and as you see he's now arriving in the room to be sworn in and to take the oath of office of his socialist party will have a minority government so they'll have to work with other parties including cattle and said we're going to catalonia out and suburbs and there have been pushing for independence to be a major issue that he will have to deal with as prime minister he has set himself apart from roy who had a more staunch and stronger approach toward separate says sanchez had said that he'll have open talks wi

many issues are raised by the elevation of pedro sanchez. how would you characterize his victory? is it because of his popularity or mariano rajoy‘s unpopularity? eight it is clearly mariano rajoy‘s unpopularity. —— it is clearly. the question is in spain no—confidence votes are peculiar, they are constructive no—confidence vote, meaning that you don't vote just to oust the government, you actually have to vote for an alternative candidate or another government. in this case it was very clear, and some of the people voting for pedro sanchez made it very clear that they did not like him that much, it was they wanted to oust mariano rajoy. it has been a coalition of interest and i would say hatred. mariano rajoy had many enemies in parliament, and that is what has caused his downfall. and what has caused his downfall. and what do you think was the key cause of his downfall? this ongoing corruption issue or was that catalonia? that is an interesting question because the fact is that things that were tried and condemned by thejudges in things that were tried and condemned

spain's new prime minister, pedro sanchez, is sworn in in madrid. his first challenge — catalonia's separatist leader calls for talks. thousands of palestinians attend the funeral of a nurse killed by israeli gunfire during protests in gaza. her mother says she was trying to help the injured —— her mother says she was trying to help the injured. translation: this is what she was resisting with. on what basis did the soldier kill her? she's been targeted since the first day of the protest. also in the programme — we travel to the russian city of kazan as it prepares to welcome world cup fans and celebrate ramadan. hello and welcome to bbc news. finance ministers from six of the g7 countries meeting in canada have expressed "unanimous concern and disappointment" at america's new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. they've warned washington that there are only days left to avoid a trade war. in tough words exchanged after the meeting, the canadian finance minister said he was very disappointed. his american counterpart, steve mnuchin, thoug

spain's new prime minister, pedro sanchez, is sworn in in madrid. his first challenge — catalonia's separatist leader calls for talks. thousands of palestinians attend the funeral of a nurse killed by israeli gunfire during protests in gaza. her mother says she was trying to help the injured. translation: this is what she was resisting with. on what basis did they think to kill her? she has been targeted since the first day of the protests. after decades of communist rule in cuba, could the new president be about to bring in significant changes to the way the country is run? also in the programme... we travel to the russian city of kazan as it prepares to welcome world cup fans and celebrate ramadan. a very warm welcome. spain's new prime minister, pedro sanchez, has been sworn into office by king felipe. it followed the ousting of the government of mariano rajoy in a parliamentary vote of no confidence after his people's party was embroiled in corruption allegations. a new separatist catalan government was also formally sworn in on saturday, with

the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, is officially sworn into office. also in the next hour... a recovery plan to get train services in the north of england back on track. northern rail is to run an emergency timetable until the end of next month to give passengers a degree of certainty. and farewell to a giant of the skies — as airlines phase out the iconic jumbo jet, we follow one 7a7 as it make its final flight to a scrapyard in the arizona desert. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the bbc has learned that an investigation is to be reopened into the attempted murder of norman scott — a former lover of the liberal party leader, jeremy thorpe. it follows an admission by police that a hitman allegedly hired to kill scott may not in fact be dead, as previously believed. the story has been brought to life in the bbc one drama a very english scandal, which concludes tomorrow evening. jon donnison reports. where's the head boy? jeremy thorpe, charming, ambitious and powerful was at the heart of one of the biggest political scandals of the 20th centu

the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, is officially sworn into office. also in the next hour — we'll be reviewing the sunday papers. joining me tonight are broadcaster john stapleton and kate proctor, political correspondent of the london evening standard. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the bbc has learned that an investigation is to be reopened into the attempted murder of norman scott — a former lover of the liberal party leader, jeremy thorpe. it follows an admission by police that a hitman allegedly hired to kill scott may not in fact be dead, as previously believed. the story has been brought to life in the bbc one drama a very english scandal, which concludes tomorrow evening. jon donnison reports. where's the head boy? jeremy thorpe, charming, ambitious and powerful was at the heart of one of the biggest political scandals of the 20th century. in an old bailey trial, the married liberal party leader was accused but acquitted of masterminding a plot to kill his former lover, norman scott. he's the love of my life. don't be ridiculous! a

pedro sanchez brought the motion of no confidence after politicians linked to the ruling people's party were convicted of corruption. i believe we have a translation of what's happening in the spanish parliament let's listen in. by majority. and we will lead the king no. so now we can see there mr sanchez. invested as to the new place you can. thank you very much. thank you very much mr president thank you very much mr president. so there we have it it's petro sanchez the leader of the social democrats spain's socialist party is going to be the new prime minister after spammy of spanish m.p.'s voted against a promise to muddy i'm a little boy in the voice of my confidence brought by pedre sanchez. let's go to our correspondent. listening ends joining us live from madrid and as expected neither prime minister mariano to whore has not survived the no confidence vote. yes that's right and you heard applause there inside the chamber while that applause was also rippled outside here on to the street outside congress history has been made the first time a spanish politician has unseated a sit

the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, is officially sworn into office. also in the next hour, we'll have another look at the sunday papers. joining me tonight are broadcaster john stapleton and kate proctor, the political correspondent of the london evening standard. to even be holding this book is embarrassing. who isjudge you? —— who isjudging you? and the lives of four lifelong friends are turned upside down in book club. we find out what jason solomons thought of that and the rest of the week's top releases in the film review good evening and welcome to bbc news. the bbc has learned that an investigation is to be reopened into the attempted murder of norman scott — a former lover of the liberal party leader, jeremy thorpe. it follows an admission by police that a hit man allegedly hired to kill scott may not, in fact, be dead as previously believed. the story has been brought to life in the bbc one drama a very english scandal which concludes tomorrow evening. jon donnison reports. where is the head boy? jeremy thorpe — charming, ambitious an

pedro sanchez is going to have to perform a balancing act to maintain his minority governments hold on power. he still has to pull his cabinet together but it's not clear what concessions he'll have to make to appease regional parties including catalan separatists who supported his no confidence motion. some six hundred kilometers away in barcelona catalonia as new leader kim swears in his new cabinet the yellow ribbon is a symbol of solidarity with party members imprisoned after last year's attempted secession from spine. the spanish government had rejected told us first list of ministers calling it a provocation because several of them were imprisoned or in exile today toure announced that he wants to sit down for talks with president sanchez at the same table government to government the situation we're experiencing can't go on any longer. he has a clear goal in mind an independent catalonian republic it could be the right moment the swearing in of sanchez and torah has gone some way to defuse tensions between madrid and barcelona on the streets of there's a spirit of hope. and i'm

minder of the top stories we're following for you socialist pedro sanchez has been sworn in as spain's new prime minister he took the oath of office before he became philippe this comes a day after he ousted conservative previous answer madi on a little boy in a no confidence vote. and u.s. president donald trump says a meeting with north korea's leader will take place on june twelfth in singapore as originally planned that announcement comes after a high level north korean envoy met with trump out the white house. don't forget you can always get the news on the go just download our hour from google play from the apple store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use that to send us photos and videos. and watching to have more coming up at the top of the hour and again you can get all the latest on our web site d w dot com i'm not be quite often in berlin thanks for joining us. global inequality and see. what this inequality mean in a going to be connected well. when a difference in the disad

newsline from berlin spain's new prime minister faces an old challenge socialist pedro sanchez is sworn in in madrid as he prepares to head a minority government and now catalonia as a new leader has also taken office kim torah is calling on sanchez to join the new independence talks. but also coming up it was on then off and now it's back on again u.s. president donald trump says the meeting with north korea's leader will take place on june twelfth as a originally planned that announcement comes after all high level north korean envoy and that with trump out the white house. and it's technically a friendly but tonight's match between disbanding the world champions germany and neighboring austria may be anything but germany has granted her cards to make way for the world cup so most will be playing all out. and welcome to the program a minority government in spain as a new prime minister is sworn in pedro sanchez the leader of spain's socialist party took the oath of office before king philippe he will now lead the country after ousting. conservative pre-disaster madeon a little boy in

pedro sanchez has been sworn in as spain's new prime minister. the socialist leader deposed the conservative mariano rajoy, who lost a vote of confidence in the spanish parliament yesterday. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good afternoon. we start at the french open where kyle edmund, the only british player remaining in the singles draw is in action, looking to book his place in the last 16. he's up agaisnt the italian 18th seed fabio fognini, he lost the first set but came back to take the second and the third. both players have had a medical time out, fognini for some heavy strapping to his right ankle. we'll keep an ey eon that one for you. in the women's draw, the number 8 seed petra kvitova is out. she was beaten in straight sets by the 25th seed anett kontaveit. that's a first defeat in 13 matches for kvitova. still no play on the second day of the second test between engalnd and pakistan. joe root‘s side will resume on 106 for 2 after an inspired performance from the bowlers yesterday.

sanchez on the catalan regions future. police in france are clearing two more migrants camps in paris after some operation last week last wednesday police moved within a thousand people from another camp underneath the main paris ring road. the u.s. is urging china for a full account of those killed or jailed during the tiananmen square massacre in beijing twenty nine years ago the chinese government is never released a death toll from its crackdown on the pro-democracy protests in one nine hundred eighty nine estimates from human rights groups range from several hundred to several thousand those are the headlines the news continues but first it is inside story to stay watching. the biggest anti-government protest in here is tax wise is the cost of living in else terry t. measures are still king demands for the prime minister to resign what role are regional powers playing in the crisis this is inside story. on welcome to the program fully back to hundreds of jordanians have spent the past few days voicing their anger at p

pedro sanchez is going to have to perform a balancing act to maintain his minority governments hold on power. he still has to pull his cabinet together but it's not clear what concessions he'll have to make to appease regional parties including catalan separatists who supported his no confidence motion. some six hundred kilometers away in barcelona catalonia as new leader kim wears in his new cabinet the yellow ribbon is a symbol of solidarity with party members imprisoned after last year's attempted secession from spine. the spanish government had rejected told us first list of ministers calling it a provocation because several of them were imprisoned or in exile. today toure announced that he wants to sit down for talks with president sanchez at the same table government to government the situation we're experiencing can't go on any longer. he has a clear goal in mind an independent catalonian republic it could be the right moment the swearing in of sanchez and has gone some way to defuse tensions between madrid and barcelona on the streets of there's a spirit of hope. that i'm very

pedro sanchez brought the motion of no confidence after politicians linked to the people's party convicted of corruption. i believe we have a translation of what's happening in the spanish parliamentary let's listen then prove it by majority. and we laid there king no. so now we can see there mr scientifically invested so the new place you can. thank you very much. thank you very much mr president thank you very much.

the new spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has brought about a political first in the past 2a hours, engineering a motion of no—confidence against mariano rajoy, the man who seemed unshakeable, even a week ago. the fact he survived as the people‘s party prime minister, attempts for his resignation, people calling for it, a no—confidence motionjust a year ago, and he got enough, pedro sanchez, enough people behind him to support that motion. what happened today? a short while ago, there was a brief formal ceremony, the swearing—in process at the royal palace on the outskirts of madrid. the victor stood side by side with the ousted former prime minister in that formal passing over of the role. and another political first, while pedro sanchez swore an oath on the constitution, he asked for the bible and crucifix not to be present. he is an atheist prime minister. the first that spain has had in its history. he has spoken about the importance of not having religion in education. he will announce his government in the next few days. there are six other parties who have made deman

pedro sanchez said he would like to have conversations with those separatists. it's going to be interesting what happens between madrid and barcelona. pedro sanchez pledged he will continue with the budgetary plans put forward by mariano rajoy. so we don't expect major changes to spending. >> willem marx, thank you very much for that update you can see now madrid and the parliament there applauding this particular vote. i'm sure not everybody is applauding, but mariano rajoy is ousted as prime minister of spain. a bit of uncertainty there let's get you up to speed on what's happening with the markets in spain the ibex currently up by 1.7 5%. we'll see if that plays out in the coming days and weeks given the outlook for the budget government and everything else >> bigger picture, the ibex lost about 6% in the month of machlt may and italy down about 10% >> it's not like we saw a massive selloff in the markets it's this is a repricing of political risk. >>> u.s. tariffs on canada, mexico and the european union go into effect today. eamon javers joins us live from

we may see pedro sanchez in awhile. we may see pedro sanchez in awhile. we will see the arrival of the new leader. basically, it's a really good question because there is another major party. the only party at the moment it seems the only ascendance is the citizens party. they say they are not supporting the socialist leader and i believe he has credibility because they think is poll rating is low. they want to call their own motion with other supports what seems to be happening at the moment is they say that they will give it a few days, see how he sets in, they want call snap elections. it is different from uk politics. in the constitution, if you have a vote of no—confidence, there has to be another leader prepared to take over. he is in hot seat for now. the critics will say he was to keep it that way. cv has good strategies and cv becomes more popular but sadly the press and a nalysts popular but sadly the press and analysts would say we are looking at snap elections very soon. here are headlines. the eu considers retaliation and measures against t

pedro sanchez will be the new prime minister of spain. i have to ask you, this started really -- the corruption is a massive driver of this no-confidence vote ultimately it was about the basques decision, and that was not helped by what happened in catalonia late last year and last month is there going to be a solution long-term with sanchez having said he will reopen discussions with the catalan separatists >> i think you have a change in tone with the catalonia issue but you will not solve the problem short-term the problem at the end of the day is one of massive polarization that has been caused by the independence movement the population in catalonia is split in two if you have a government tries to defy the constitutional order, i don't think sanchez will have any kind of willingness to negotiate anything with them i don't think the issue will resolve. change of tone, but i don't think you will solve the issue >> your party is opposed to catalan separatism would you welcome a change in tone in those conversations? >> we would welcome

the new spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has brought about a political first in the past 24 hours, engineering a motion of no—confidence against mariano rajoy, the man who seemed unshakeable, even a week ago. the fact he survived as the people's party prime minister, attempts for his resignation, people calling for it, a no—confidence motionjust a year ago, and he got enough, pedro sanchez, enough people behind him to support that motion. what happened today? a short while ago, there was a brief formal ceremony, the swearing—in process at the royal palace on the outskirts of madrid. the victor stood side by side with the ousted former prime minister in that formal passing over of the role. and another political first, while pedro sanchez swore an oath on the constitution, he asked for a bible and a crucifix not to be present. he is an atheist prime minister. the first that spain has had in its history. he has spoken about the importance of not having religion in education. he will announce his government in the next few days. there are six other parties who have made demands

the new spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has brought about a political first in the past 2a hours, engineering a motion of no—confidence against mariano rajoy, the man who seemed unshakeable, even a week ago. the fact he survived as the people's party prime minister, attempts for his resignation, people calling for it, a no—confidence motionjust a year ago, and he got enough, pedro sanchez, enough people behind him to support that motion. what happened today? a short while ago, there was a brief formal ceremony, the swearing—in process at the royal palace on the outskirts of madrid. the victor stood side by side with the ousted former prime minister in that formal passing over of the role. and another political first, while pedro sanchez swore an oath on the constitution, he asked for the bible and crucifix not to be present. he is an atheist prime minister. the first that spain has had in its history. he has spoken about the importance of not having religion in education. he will announce his government in the next few days. there are six other parties who have made demands

new prime minister pedro sanchez has named 11 female ministers, almost twice as many as the men. >>s negovernment is committed to equality in an unequivocal way. you have heard me say on many occasions spain changed on march there e was a befan after in our country with the feminist protests, and the new government is a true retion othat movement. genie: last week, sanchez as the conservative veteran prime minister and socialists are running on a m minority government. to talk more about the situation, let's go to major it -- madrid. start with this historic cabine 11 women on it, something we have nevever seen before. who isis doinghat? absolutely histori pedroasicanly said that tens of thousands came out on march 8 and have basically changed history. lots of women said, whwhy was it that more women went to , yet there were fewer women positions of power? and why was e a pagap for the same jobs? bigas given some of the hitting roles of e andconomy budget, justice, allll of those have gone to women.. lots of people were joking on twitter saying there are a few men in the cabinet,

in less than an hour pedro sanchez will meet the king to be sworn in. the papers talking about a government which is rudderless. that's because six other parties agree to this motion against mariano rajoy. the other question is how long this government can last. thank you. the rmt union has called for the transport secretary, chris grayling, to resign following days of delays and cancellations on trains in the south and north—west of england. northern rail is introducing an emergency timetable from monday scrapping i65 daily train services until the end ofjuly. they are hoping they can get on top of things and get things moving again. services in the lake district have been particularly hard hit. we're joined by the chair of the lakes line rail user group, robert talbot, and rebecca herrisone who commutes between carnforth in lancashire and manchester. good morning. what's it been like, rebecca? it has becoming free singly impossible to try to get to work. although northern rail is blaming the new timetable, actually we've been having significant prob

the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, has officially been sworn into office today by king felipe in madrid. the ceremony comes less than 2a hours after forcing out his predecessor,

socialist pedro sÁnchez is said to be the new man in charge. we meet a young mother at a refugee camp as the save the children charity publishes the end of childhood report. it examines the causes of childhood abuse and suffering. brent: i'm brent goff. good to have you with us. it is back on. u.s. president donald trump says he will meet north korean leader kim jong-il and in 11 days time. trump had earlier canceled the summit, which is intended to denuclearize north korea, citing belligerent rhetoric from determination. trump spent the last few hours today meeting with a senior north korean envoy who has left the white house. kim young chol is the hyatt -- kim yong chol is the highest-ranking figure from north korea to come to the white house and useful to he delivered a personal letter as part of an effort to get the summit back on track. this is the latest twist in a diplomatic trauma that has played out on twitter and television. trump praised the role of china's president in pushing the summit forward. president trump: i think you see a l

spain's new prime minister, pedro sanchez, has been sworn into office by king felipe. it followed the ousting of the government of mariano rajoy, in a parliamentary vote of no confidence. a new separatist catalan government was also formally sworn in on saturday, with its regional leader calling for talks with spain's new prime minister. richard galpin reports. the leader of spain's socialist party taking the formal steps to becoming the country's new prime minister. translation: i promise on my conscience and honour to loyally fulfil the responsibilities of prime minister and to be loyal to the king and to safeguard the constitution, as well as keeping the deliberations of the cabinet secret. king felipe the first to congratulate pedro sanchez at today's ceremony in the royal palace on the outskirts of madrid. all of this following a parliamentary vote of no—confidence in the long—standing prime minister mariano rajoy on friday, forced out as a result of a corruption scandal within his party. 46—year—old pedro sanchez takes the reins of power without ever havi

on welcome to the program a minority government in spain as a new prime minister is sworn in pedro sanchez the leader of spain's socialist party took the oath of office before king philippe outside he will now lead the country after. in a no confidence motion in parliament the vote was called after pressure to resign following a corruption scandal involving his conservative party. i'm springing hine of all afghans who is in the spanish capital i mean it's good to see you prime minister sanchez now leads a minority government house stable with us government actually be. well been hunted has already said that he's only going to take measures and policies. broadly shared by most of the parties in parliament like new social measures to help those that have been left behind by the economy krises like better pensions for their earlier or higher salaries for the workers or probably the rebel cation of song popular roles from money and a whole lot like the so-called gas law which is all compromise in free speech in spain is what the critics say so i think that he is going to be quite a stable beca

the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, is officially sworn into office. also in the next hour — we'll be reviewing the sunday papers. joining me tonight are broadcaster john stapleton and kate proctor, political correspondent of the london evening standard.

pedro sanchez announced his choices on wednesday evening. it means females make up more than 60% of the country's ministers. only a handful of countries have governments where at least half of ministers are women, including france and sweden. but as andrew plant reports, it's not european countries that lead the way when it comes to numbers of female politicians. it marks, he said, a turning point for spanish society. a nationwide feminist strike in march, a demand for equal pay, equal rights and equal representation. spain's new prime minister pedro sanchez has wasted no time putting gender equality into practice. translation: this government unequivocably committed to equality. spain changed last march, there was a before and after in a country with the feminist mobilisations and this government is a true reflection of that movement. taking over from the ousted mariano rajoy, pedro sanchez announced a cabinet that is more than 60% female. 11 women, including the new deputy prime minister carmen ca lvo. the new deputy prime minister carmen

in spain socialist leader pedro sanchez is set to be sworn in as the country's new prime minister in the coming hours this comes after a no confidence vote ousted mariano rajoy in the post on friday the vote followed fury over a corruption scandal linked to the horse center right party and sanchez is expected to appoint his cabinet next week. the socialist opposition leader was the driving force in the campaign to oust mario were wholly the writing was on the wall for a whole on thursday jury nutra mass accession of spain's parliament. is that it would mean. are you ready to resign here today. resign today and leave by your own will and it will all end here he. didn't resign it came down to a no confidence vote on friday that roy lost. from economics professor to governing the country sanchez his journey to the top has been extraordinary. twice he suffered humbling defeats in national elections while opposition leader in two thousand and fifteen and two thousand and sixteen. he was forced to resign after a bitter standoff with people's party sanchez made a comeback in twenty seventee

he is the man of the hour pedro sanchez has achieved his goal of ousting his old home mariano. the socialist opposition leader was a driving full was in the campaign to oust him. so he did ok are you ready to resign here today he need to resign today and leave by your own will and it will all end here if. it finally came to an end for a point and now sanchez said to become spain's new prime minister from economics professor to governing the country some just journey to the top has been extraordinary twice he suffered humbling defeats in national elections while opposition leader in two thousand and fifteen and sixteen he was forced to resign after a bitter standoff with the toys people's party sanchez made a comeback in two thousand and seventeen determined to challenge her high over the major corruption scandal within his conservative party his time in office is likely to be turbulent as he works through a new political landscape in spanish. course he'll do it others will tell you i am aware of the responsibility that i'm taking on during such a complex moment in the politics

her mind and now of our top stories spain's new prime minister pedro sanchez has taken the oath of office in madrid got his socialist believe the support of catalan separatists to government and then you need a computer was also sworn in today and to discuss independence to his region. and u.s. president on sumps is a musing with north korea's leader will take place on the close of june as originally planned that announcement coming off to a high level north korean own voice met with some at the white house. you're watching the news we'll have more coming up at the top of the hour and you can get the latest news any time on our web site that is d w a call on how to hold free and balance thanks for joining us and see you see. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you how germany's soccer made it to the top. in our web special on dot com. football made in germany. higher and higher further and further dirtier and dirtier. the high gloss world of perf.

spain's new prime minister, pedro sanchez, has been sworn into office by king felipe. it followed the ousting of the government of mariano rajoy, in a parliamentary vote of no confidence. a new separatist catalan government was also formally sworn in on saturday, with it's regional leader calling for talks with spain's new prime minister. richard galpin reports. the leader of spain's socialist party taking the formal steps to becoming the country's new prime minister. translation: i promise on my conscience and honour to loyally fulfil the responsibilities of prime minister and to be loyal to the king and to safeguard the constitution, as well as keeping the deliberations of the cabinet secret. king felipe the first to congratulate pedro sanchez at today's ceremony in the royal palace on the outskirts of madrid. all of this following a parliamentary vote of no—confidence in the long—standing prime minister mariano rajoy on friday, forced out as a result of a corruption scandal within his party. 46—year—old pedro sanchez takes the reins of power without ever hav

briefly, a fascinating fact that pedro sanchez is not himself a mp? that is right. he is a first in many levels, the first two when power through parliament rather than the ballot box and he is not a mp. he took this step back in 2016 when he was ousted by his own party and he was ousted by his own party and he said he would not allow mariano rajoy to get re—elected and in order to do that you said i am going to resign my seat so we don't have to ta ke resign my seat so we don't have to take part in what the rest of my party wa nts. take part in what the rest of my party wants. it is not actually a huge issue in terms of the logistics and as the head of government he can attend sessions of parliament but it isa attend sessions of parliament but it is a weird and unusual situation. fascinating. thank you for speaking to us, raphael minder from fascinating. thank you for speaking to us, raphael minderfrom the new york times. now the weather with nick miller. many of the thundery downpours we have been seeing today will fade as they go into the night but the northern

spain's new prime minister, pedro sanchez, has been sworn in after the ousting of former prime minister mariano rajoy in a vote of no confidence. a new separatist catalan government was also formally sworn in on saturday, with its regional leader calling for talks with spain's new prime minister. richard galpin reports. the leader of spain's socialist party taking the formal steps to becoming the country's new prime minister. translation: i promise on my conscience and honour to loyally fulfil the responsibilities of prime minister and to be loyal to the king and to safeguard the constitution, as well as keeping the deliberations of the cabinet secret. king felipe the first to congratulate pedro sanchez at today's ceremony in the royal palace on the outskirts of madrid. all of this following a parliamentary vote of no—confidence in the long—standing prime minister mariano rajoy on friday, forced out as a result of a corruption scandal within his party. 46—year—old pedro sanchez takes the reins of power without ever having held government office before. and his party has only a q

the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, has officially been sworn into office today — by king felipe in madrid. the ceremony comes less than 24 hours after his predecessor, mariano rajoy, was forced out of office. richard galpin reports. the leader of spain's socialist party taking the formal steps to becoming the country's new prime minister. i promise on my conscience and ona minister. i promise on my conscience and on a loyalty fulfil the responsibilities of prime minister and to be loyal to the king and to safeguard the constitution, as well as keeping the deliberations of the cabinet secret. king felipe the first to congratulate pedro sanchez, though today's ceremony and a royal pata ce though today's ceremony and a royal patace on the outskirts of madrid. att patace on the outskirts of madrid. all of this fottowing patace on the outskirts of madrid. all of this following a partiamentary vote of no—confidence in the long—standing prime minister mariano rajoy on friday. forced out asa mariano rajoy on friday. forced out as a result of a corruption scandat within his pa

the new socialist prime minister pedro sanchez started his first day in office by welcoming the ukrainian president petro poroshenko to madrid. it was a long standing gauge went on the former prime minister mariano rajoy diplomatic diary close aides for both leaders must have had a long night storing up new briefing notes after i lost the vote of no confidence. but the real focus of the day was on a prison compound deep in the countryside outside madrid the newly elected president of the regional government in catalonia kim tara was paying a call on five of his former colleagues behind bars awaiting trial on charges of rebellion and sedition but the main question was is the knowledge chance of a new dialogue between madrid and barcelona. we have exchanged messages and agreed to meet as soon as possible it's important for me to emphasize that we are going through an exceptional situation in this country we want to know what type of prime minister we're going to find the one who condemned the independence referendum or a new man with. that statement from the catalonian president now leaves

sanchez it's the spanish leader's first official trip abroad since taking office three weeks ago. has more from paris. well the main message from these two leaders in paris was that the european union simply has to have a coordinated strategy when it comes to migration it has to be united now the french president emmanuel markov praised the new socialist prime minister pedro such as from spain saying that he had showed a gesture of solidarity when he decided to open up their doors in spain to the aquarius migrants and refugees those who were rescued by that charity ship or blocked by italy macross said it was indeed an important gesture but the migration cannot be solved in that way on a case to case basis what is needed is a much wider plan now both pedro sanchez and tomorrow mark or will be at a mini migration summit in brussels on sunday and this meeting in paris is really an opportunity for these two leaders to get to know each other the first time they met and also discussed some of the strategies which may be talked about at the summit on sunday later in the week at the main

a new political dawn for spain forty six year old former economics professor pedro sanchez who's now the country's do you like minister. i am aware of the responsibilities that i assume in such a complex political moment in our country and what i can say is that apart from being totally aware of. i'm going to face all our country's challenges with humility and commitment and above all with a lot of determination first to transform and modernize our country which is what the socialist party has always done when we have been in the government and secondly to attend to the urgent social matters of many people living in precarious conditions and suffering from inequality i am going to do it with consensus with humility hard work and commitment from. the head of the socialist party pushed for friday's no confidence motion and won by a large margin m.p.'s from six different parties voted overwhelmingly to house marianna will and his center right people's policy from office the head of the vote apologize for his policies past mistakes. it has been an honor to be the prime minister of spain

for pedro sanchez, this might be the easy bit. staying in government a lot harder. francine: how long do people give this government? >> that's an excellent question, francine. as pedro sanchez said, if i get the government, i plan on staying for a short while and then go to elections. look at polls, spaniards don't want a socialist government, they want elections. his tone shifted, saying if you want a government you want them to stay in power. so it is a big? . "?" sources are telling me good luck to him. they had a lot more seeds and it was very dam hard. we understand that he is a socialist but wants to keep those projects in place. that could give him a year in power. if they wanted a year in power, they are not happy that he could stay for two years and the question is how do you get anything done even if you have the budget with just 85 seats. that might be a concern for investors and judging by the tone of today's debate, that will be really hard too. we are talking about the impact on euro and ecb policy. is this the euro crisis coming back? are we just mak

spain's new socialist prime minister pedro sanchez has been sworn in that day off to ousting conservative marianna recoil and if out of confidence he's already facing his first big challenge with a new regional government a castle and also being sworn in and pledging to fight for independence. and thousands of people in gaza have attended the funeral of twenty one year old palestinian medical the job will shop that buys ready force of the gaza border you've been volunteering since the week of demonstrations began in march. but most often barghouti is general secretary of the palestinian national initiative as well as the president of the palestinian medical relief society he explained why the killing of on the job has resonated with so many people. shooter prison so very clear and straightforward and justice committed by those that only stayed she was a very beautiful young. you wanted to help people she didn't put us as a first provider and she wasn't violent to it with us and because if so. since the beginning of the peaceful marches in gaza she engaged in to help people injured she did

sanchez on the capital and we just future following last year's unilateral declaration of independence which was then declared illegal and no date has yet been set for those discussions david chase reports from madrid the new socialist prime minister pedro sanchez started his first day in office by welcoming the ukrainian president petro poroshenko to madrid it was a long standing gauge went on the former prime minister mariano rajoy diplomatic diary close aides for both leaders must have had a long night shoring up new breathing votes after a horror lost the vote of no confidence. but the real focus of the day was on a prison compound deep in the countryside outside madrid the newly elected president of the regional government in catalonia kim torah was paying a call on five of his former colleagues behind bars awaiting trial on charges of rebellion and sedition but the main question was is the knowledge chance of a new dialogue between madrid and barcelona. we have exchanged messages and agreed to meet as soon as possible it's important for me to emphasize that we are going through a

sanchez since taking office three weeks ago but tasha butler has more from paris. well the main message from these two leaders in paris was that the european union simply has to have a coordinated strategy when it comes to migration it has to be united now the french president emanuel markhor praised the new socialist prime minister pedro sanchez from spain saying that he had showed a gesture of solidarity when he decided to open up their doors in spain to the aquarius migrants and refugees those who were rescued by that charity ship or blocked by italy macross said it was indeed an important gesture but the migration cannot be solved in that way on a case to case basis what is needed is a much wider plan now both pedro sanchez and tomorrow mark or will be at a mini migration summit in brussels on sunday and this meeting in paris was really an opportunity for these two leaders to get to know each other the first time they met and also discussed some of the strategies which may be talked about at the summit on sunday and later in the week at the main summit there is

and new political dawn for spain forty six year old former economics professor pedro sanchez is now the country's new prime minister. do a lot of modern woman i am aware of the responsibility that i assume in such a complex political moment in our country and what i can say is that apart from been totally aware of it i am going to face all our country's challenges with humility and commitment and above all with a lot of determination of my first transforming modernize our country because what the socialist party has always done when we have been in the government and secondly to attend the urgent social matters of many people living in precarious conditions and suffering from inequality i am going to do it with consensus with humility hard work and commitment to. the head of the socialist party pushed for friday's no confidence motion and won by a large margin m.p.'s from six different parties voted overwhelmingly to oust marianna will and his center right people's party from office the head of the vote apologize for his party's past mistakes let me start a look at all shall be most it

the cabinet of the new prime minister pedro sanchez will be unveiled later this week and will only include members of the socialist party. over the weekend sanchez was sworn in as spain's leader after ousting the conservative he plans to remain in power for the remaining two years of the parliamentary return the catalan leader has called for the end of a dispute with spain. the new leader is going to look at the cause javi lopez is psoe mep and executive with the catalan socialist party. thank you for joining us i know you're a busy person. let me be frank to you, i don't know how a man who has been ousted, i don't get how he's the unifying force for spanish politics there >> well, after a huge corrosion case and the funding of his party, pedro sanchez could build the majority in the parliament as you know, we are parliamentarian and include he was minority government and progressive and pro european that fully respect the european commitments and end with a clear agenda against corruption. and put them in the history that we have. >> looking at the first big vote that comes up, and i don'

sanchez on the catalan region's future let's go live out of a trade office here is david chase or is there so what is the tour of the cattle. doing right now meeting these these people in prison. a journey where at the main prison about an hour outside madrid where five of the cattle and politicians are being held in free trial custody now kim tour i went in about an hour and a half ago to talk to them to examine their condition perhaps get get their advice on the the few weeks and days ahead and exactly what their tactics should be but we'll be getting a press conference from him in about half an hour when he comes out so we'll be able to get a clear idea but essentially the two towers that he wanted to progress major the was to try and get the cattle on prisoners moved much closer to barcelona much much closer to their families because the families are facing a very long four hundred kilometer around journey they can only do it once a month they meet once a month behind a large glass screen and they talk on the telephone now this is really causing distress to the families to the wi

the new spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has brought about a political first in the past 2a hours, engineering a motion of no—confidence against mariano rajoy, the man who seemed unshakeable, even a week ago. the fact he survived as the people's party prime minister, attempts for his resignation, people calling for it, a no—confidence motionjust a year ago, and he got enough, pedro sanchez, enough people behind him to support that motion. what happened today? a short while ago, there was a brief formal ceremony, the swearing—in process at the royal palace on the outskirts of madrid. the victor stood side by side with the ousted former prime minister in that formal passing over of the role. and another political first, while pedro sanchez swore an oath on the constitution, he asked for a bible and a crucifix not to be present. he is an atheist prime minister. the first that spain has had in its history. he has spoken about the importance of not having religion in education. he will announce his government in the next few days. there are six other parties who have made demands

sanchez took the oath of office in madrid this after he did his conservative predicts an awakening of a corruption scandal. was also coming up it was on that off and now it's back on again u.s. president donald trump says the meeting with north korea's leader will take place on june twelfth as originally planned that announcement comes after a high.