i m marc ashdown. just three weeks after spain s inconclusive snap election, the country s socialist party led by acting prime minister pedro sanchez is a step closer to forming a government. as madrid s parliament reconvenes today, the socialists need support from the catalan nationalist party, junts, in order to form a coalition. there now appears to be an agreement, and parliament has in the past hour chosen a new speaker, the first step towards forming a government. there have been concerns that the political instability might affect spain s economy, which continues to struggle with high unemployment. let s cross live now to david latona who s a reuters journalist based in madrid. welcome news, but a long way to go. what happens now? good
all of the votes from the left and also from the catalan and basque nationalists. negotiations now will start in the coming weeks, have enough support in parliament to secure majority, the country may end up going to new elections again. so spain which is the largest fourth economy in the european union now has a new parliament. but the country is still looking for their new prime minister. that was sergi fulcada in madrid. earlier i wasjoined by ignacio hurado, associate professor at the universidad carlos tercero in madrid. i think it s been a very exciting night. the result has been somewhat surprising so i think mostly pointing out the majority of pp in the far right
the coming weeks, have enough support in parliament to secure majority, the country may end “p majority, the country may end up going to new elections again. so being, which is the largest fourth economy and the european union now has a new parliament. the country is still looking for their new prime minister. i m joined now by ignacio hurado, associate professor at the universidad carlos tello castrillon in madrid. thank you forjoining us. firstly what do you make of this quite eventful night for spanish politics? i this quite eventful night for spanish politics? spanish politics? i think it has been spanish politics? i think it has been a spanish politics? i think it has been a very spanish politics? i think it has been a very exciting l spanish politics? i think it- has been a very exciting night. the result has been somewhat surprising so i think the polls and the majority of the popular party and vox was possible, not likely but in the end to the right fall short of the m
we rejoined now by guy hedgecoe in madrid. guy, it s notjust the spanish mainland that s affected, but there s 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 battling that blaze. those high temperatures we are seeing, we will see those across much of spain today. here in central spain, where i am, temperatures of up to 40 degrees. it is in the south in andalusia where we will see the highest temperatures. that area is
this, have been issuing advice to people about the heatwave and of course it comes right on the heels of another heatwave last week. so, people are getting rather used to these extremely high temperatures across spain. gut; these extremely high temperatures across spain- across spain. guy hedgecoe, in madrid, thank across spain. guy hedgecoe, in madrid, thank you. well, meanwhile, south korea s president has promised to completely overhaul the country s approach to extreme weather caused by climate change after at least a0 people were killed in recent flooding and landslides during monsoon rains. 13 of those people died when their vehicles became trapped in a flooded underpass. 0ur seoul correspondentjean mackenzie reports from the scene. a seen aseen akin a seen akin to a horror film. flash floodwater gushes into this underpass. the driver narrowly makes it out. soon, the water fills the tunnel, stopping moving cars in their tracks. tunnel, stopping moving cars in theirtracks.