:00:00. > :00:09.Hello, Ayshah here with your last Newsround update of the day.
:00:10. > :00:12.First, to Spain where officials are having to change the law because
:00:13. > :00:17.King Juan Carlos announced he's stepping down
:00:18. > :00:24.and passing on the role to his son, Prince Felipe.
:00:25. > :00:26.It's the first time this has happened in Spain
:00:27. > :00:29.and not everyone is happy about it. Ricky has more.
:00:30. > :00:31.It was a message that shocked a country.
:00:32. > :00:34.The King of Spain, Juan Carlos, went on TV to announce
:00:35. > :00:37.that he was stepping down as King after nearly 40 years.
:00:38. > :00:40.He said he wanted to make way for a younger generation
:00:41. > :00:49.It's called abdicating and has never happened in Spain before.
:00:50. > :00:57.In the past, he was worried popular. He helped develop this country and
:00:58. > :01:01.helped it modernise. He has recently been in trouble. He was criticised
:01:02. > :01:02.because he went hunting elephants in Africa when a lot of people here in
:01:03. > :01:06.Spain could not even find a job. The announcement was met
:01:07. > :01:08.by protests in cities, including these in the capital,
:01:09. > :01:10.Madrid. They're calling for a vote to be
:01:11. > :01:13.held to decide whether Spain Because Spain has never been faced
:01:14. > :01:18.with this situation before, they don't have a law on abdication
:01:19. > :01:20.and royal succession. Members of the government
:01:21. > :01:23.have met today to talk about drawing up a law that will
:01:24. > :01:26.allow Prince Felipe to become King. Giving up the throne has happened
:01:27. > :01:34.in other countries. Last year, Belgium's King Albert
:01:35. > :01:37.abdicated in favour of his son and Queen Beatrix
:01:38. > :01:49.of the Netherlands also stepped The Queen will not abdicate. She has
:01:50. > :01:51.no intention of doing so. She made a promise in 1947 that she would serve
:01:52. > :01:54.all of her life. as Prince Felipe prepares to
:01:55. > :01:58.become King Felipe the sixth. All today you've been telling us
:01:59. > :02:02.what your favourite books are after a survey of adults named Winnie
:02:03. > :02:05.the Pooh number one children's story Gorse in Ireland has picked one
:02:06. > :02:10.which is on the top ten list. He says, "The Very Hungry
:02:11. > :02:13.Caterpillar is the best!" And class P5 in Dundee wrote in
:02:14. > :02:16.to say, "We are enjoying Michael Morpurgo
:02:17. > :02:18.books at the moment. "We just read This Morning
:02:19. > :02:22.I Met A Whale and we loved it." Thanks so much
:02:23. > :02:24.for all those comments. Finally, check out
:02:25. > :02:27.this very unusual sporting event, where wrestlers go toe-to-toe
:02:28. > :02:30.to battle it out. Here at the 38th
:02:31. > :02:33.World Toe Wrestling Championships, contestants went through gruelling
:02:34. > :02:37.rounds to get their opponents ankle But there really was TOE contest
:02:38. > :02:43.for Alan Nash, The World Cup is just
:02:44. > :02:47.around the corner and, if you're getting
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:02:51. > :02:54.where there's a guide That's all from me.
:02:55. > :02:59.Newsround's back tomorrow at 7:40am.