but certainly the pictures we are seeing are quite dramatic of the fires burning on the skyline there, so this is something that firefighters will be watching closely overnight. spain s government is in limbo, after sunday s snap election delivered no clear winner. the centre right people s party, led by alberto nunez feijoo, gained dozens of seats, and will be the largest party in spain s parliament. but the incumbent prime minister, pedro sanchez, and his centre left socialists, performed better than expected. parties on the far left and far right lost ground, leaving basque and catalan nationalists holding the balance of power. 0ur reporter sergi forcada has the latest from madrid. this is a bittersweet victory for those who have been celebrating here at the headquarters of the popular party, the conservative party in spain. despite being the largest party and having won the election, therefore short of a majority. the numbersjust
will be watching closely over knight skyline there. spain s government is in limbo after sunday s snap election delivered no clear winner. the centre right people s party, led by alberto nunez feijoo, gained dozens of seats and will be the largest party in spain s parliament. but the incumbent prime minister pedro sanchez and his centre left socialists performed better than expected. parties on the far left and far right lost ground, leaving basque and catalan nationalists holding the balance of power. 0ur reporter sergi forcada has the latest from madrid. this is a bittersweet victory for those who have been celebrating here at the headquarters of the popular party, the conservative party in spain. despite being the largest party and having won the election, they have fallen short of a majority. even if they got the votes of the far right party vox, numbersjust don t really add up. the conservative leader alberto nunez feijoo has claimed victory and has said
even though he does not have an overall majority in parliament. alberto nunez feijoo 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 fared better than had been predicted with the prime minister pedro sanchez claiming voters had emphatically rejected the idea of a regressive right wing bloc. 0ur reporter sergi forcada has sent this update from madrid. this is a bittersweet victory for those who have been celebrating here at the headquarters of the popular party, the conservative party in spain. despite being the largest party and having won the election, they have fallen short of a majority. even if they got the votes of the far right party vox, numbersjust don t really add up. the conservative leader alberto nunez feijoo has claimed victory and has said that as the largest party, he should be the new pm, but it s actually unlikely that he will be able to form a government. 0n the other hand, prime
after sunday s snap election delivered no clear winner. the centre right people s party, led by alberto nunez feijoo, gained dozens of seats and will be the largest party in spain s parliament. but the incumbent prime minister, pedro sanchez, and his centre left socialists performed better than expected. parties on the far left and far right lost ground, leaving basque and catalan nationalists holding the balance of power. 0ur reporter sergi forcada has the latest from madrid. this is a bittersweet victory for those who have been celebrating here at the headquarters of the popular party, the conservative party in spain. despite being the largest party and having won the election, they ve fallen short of a majority. evenif even if they got the votes of the far right party, vox, the numbers just the far right party, vox, the numbersjust don t the far right party, vox, the numbers just don t really add up. the conservative leader
translation: i called for early| elections because i believe, as i have always believed, that we, as a society, have to decide which direction to take. a forward course, for the next four years, or a backward course, as put forward by a block of the popular party. translation: i expressly asked the socialist party, and the rest of the political forces, not to block spain s government once again. we have won the elections, and we deserve to try and form a government, as has always happened in spanish democracy. live now to the bbc s sergi forcada for more analysis on the election. what is happening now? now action starts in spanish