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Spains snap election, which could see the far right winning a place in government, for the first time since democracy was restored, after the death of general franco almost 50 years ago. voters face a choice between a centre—left government supported by the far—left and a conservative led government, backed by the far—right �*vox party. this was the prime minister, pedro sanchez, casting his vote — as his party seeks to fend off the challenge from the far right. 0ur correspondent in ma...

Two starkly contrasting visions. our correspondent guy hedgecoe joins us now from madrid. guy, how significant is this election? extremely significant. this snap election was called a few weeks ago, bringing the election forward from december. this is the first time a general election has been held in spain in mid— summer. that has been quite controversial, but as you say, it is a very stark choice for voters that they are given today, and the right. the left, the prime minister, socialist, he...

That is the news built for now. let us go back to ben. thank you very much indeed. trade unions, business leaders and charities in northern ireland are warning the absence of a bold government is having a significant impact on peoples lives. the stormont executive collapsed last year after a disagreement over post—brexit trade agreements, and the latest round of talks last week failed to produce a breakthrough. our ireland correspondent chris page has more. almost 18 months have passed since n...

In time to vote on hisjudicial changes. millions of spaniards are heading to the polls today to vote in a snap election, offering a choice between two starkly contrasting visions. our correspondent guy hedgecoe joins us now from madrid. guy, how significant is this election? iam i am outside the congress building here in central madrid where 350 seats will be up for grabs later today. this is an unusual election, the first one that has been held in the first one that has been held in the middle ...

Werejoined now by guy hedgecoe in madrid. guy, its notjust the spanish mainland thats affected, but theres also a serious situation on the canary islands? that is right. the island of la palma has been battling a large forest fire throughout the weekend. so far, around 4500 hectares have been burned. around 10,000 acres. there was some good news over the last few hours. some of the 4000 people evacuated from their homes have been able to return back to their homes. but the firefighters are still...

On red alert, with temperatures of 44 degrees expected today. much of southern europe is going to see a similar situation, with record—breaking temperatures expected in rome and southern areas of italy. temperatures are expected to go into the mid 405, or even beyond, in the next couple of days. thank you. guy hedgecoe in madrid. there are developments in ukraine. sally has those. russian officials say two people have been killed during what theyve called an emergency on the kerch bridge linki...

Global temperatures mean a higher likelihood of heatwaves and more heatwaves and longer heatwaves. until we stop adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, scientists say the world is going to keep getting hotter. jonah fisher, bbc news. 0ur correspondent guy hedgecoe is in the spanish capital, madrid. give us a sense of what it is like there right now, guy?— give us a sense of what it is like there right now, guy? well, where i am riaht there right now, guy? well, where i am right now _ there r...

Of the population — thats 113 million people — have been placed under heat advisories. the highest temperatures are in western states and heat records are forecast to fall in the comingdays. in asia, japan has issued heat stroke alerts in 20 of the countrys 47 prefectures — affecting tens of millions of people. temperatures have been close to a0 degrees celsius in tokyo — just over one degree lower than the highest ever recorded figure. extremely high temperatures are also being experien...

Being experienced in europe and north africa. and with this heat comes the increased threat of wildfires. spanish officials evacuated more than 2000 people on saturday from la palma, in the canary islands because of this blaze. with the latest — heres our correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe. spain, where i am, is one of several countries in southern europe which has been seeing unusually high temperatures over recent days. although that heatwave is starting to taper off here in spain, other ...

As 48 degrees celsius by tuesday on the islands of sicily and sardinia. the european space agency says the coming week could see the hottest ever temperatures recorded in europe. greece is also affected. the acropolis in athens has been closed for a second day between midday and the early evening, to protect people from the heat. and its a similar story in spain. this footage was filmed near alicante in southern spain, where a wildfire broke out near this property. the region has seen temperatur...