neither the right nor the left have a clear route to forming a new government. the conservative people s party, led by alberto nunez feijoo, won the most seats, but fell short of a majority. he said the task fell to him to try to form a government and urged other parties not to stand in his way. the outgoing governing socialists did much better than predicted. prime minister pedro sanchez claiming voters had emphatically rejected right wing policies. live now to andres santana leitner, political scientist and co author of a book on the rise of the vox party in spanish politics. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme- thank you for coming on the araoramme. . ~ i. ., programme. thank you for inviting me. so, programme. thank you for inviting me. so. it programme. thank you for inviting me- so. it was programme. thank you for inviting me. so, it was a programme. thank you for inviting me. so, it was a close programme. thank you for inviting me.
and speaking just a short time ago, the nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg said the events in russia over the weekend meant nato would increase its commitment to help ukraine. we all saw the events in russia over the last two days. these are internal russian matters, but what is clear is that president putin s illegal war against ukraine has deepened divisions and created new tensions in russia. at the same time, we must not underestimate russia, so it is even more important that we continue to provide ukraine with our support, and i expect that our summit in vilnius in a couple weeks time will send a clear message of our commitment. let s speak now live now to new york and maureen chowdry fink, chief executive at the soufan centre, an independent organisation that analyses global security issues. thanks very much for coming on the programme. we thanks very much for coming on the programme- thanks very much for coming on the programme. we have seen vladimir putin and his progra
would be much better, but again, i m hopeful that the vessels that are there now, that are sending the ships down, they are searching for them right now. so if they can find them right now. so if they can find them quickly, the question is, are they stuck in the mud or are they entangled in the titanic? we just don t know. that is expected later on. but the question will be, how badly stuck at there? there is an automatic system that releases weight and they should have fled to the top, so that didn t happen, so you would think that there is a good chance that they are actually stuck. and can be r oh v unstick them? i know it is a difficult time for you, so many people connected with those five people on board, we are very grateful that you have taken time to talk to as life here on the programme. thanks so much. thank you for coverin: programme. thanks so much. thank you for covering it- programme. thanks so much. thank you for covering it. around programme. thanks so much. thank
ou. it programme. great to be with you. it wasn t programme. great to be with you. it wasn t expected - programme. great to be with you. it wasn t expected that l you. it wasn t expected that the chinese you. it wasn t expected that the chinese president - you. it wasn t expected that j the chinese president would meet with the secretary of state, is this real progress? i think no, actually, and much more sceptical, actually, and i m sceptical, i think what s important to bear in mind is that essentially nothing has changed and that chinese point of view as part as we can tell an secretary blinken s meeting with the foreign minister a couple of days ago, the readout was that china sort of school that him and the americans for being the cause of this. so i think as far as i can tell, so far, largely optical. i think one of the interviewees said the causes of this are structural and great power rivalry in a sense and they are not going to go away. i think the big question is less whe