Kuwait's ailing Emir abdicates

Kuwait’s ailing emir, Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, has abdicated following an agreement within the ruling family, a politician said tonight.

The abdication paves the way for the prime minister and longtime de facto ruler, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, to become the country’s new emir, and ends an unprecedented public quarrel inside the ruling family.