this is just off of the coast of albania here and not far away from italy. it is also experiencing fires. we have had these images is shared on social media from people who are there. i can show you this video as well. where you can see smoke and fires burning in the distance. so we know that there has been a while fires on the mainland as well but certainly to islands tonight that are dealing with fires and many people trapped in the ensuing chaos as flights and hotels are closed and delayed. let s go to spain now, where conservatives win tight snap elections but fall short of overall majority with most votes counted. the centre right popular party are just ahead of the governing socialist party, but is falling short of forming their expected coalition with the far right party vox. i m joined now by sergi forcada, who is in madrid.
let s look at what s been happening. the snap election that means earlier than scheduled has been called by the prime minister pedro sanchez. mr sanchez is from the centre left socialists who leads a minority coalition government which looks as if it s on the way out. alberto nunez feijoo s centre right people s party appears to have come out ahead. but if he is to form a government he may need a coalition partner. it could well be santiago abascal s vox party. that would be significant because it would place a spanish far right party in power for the first time in 50 years. we re unlikely to know soon though. the formation of a new government depends on complex negotiations that could take weeks or months and may even end in fresh elections. live now to madrid with sergi forcada.
so this is corfu, just off the coast of albania here and not far away from italy here. and it s also experiencing fires. we ve had these images shared on social media from people who are there. and i can show you this video as well, where you can see smoke and fires burning in the distance. so we know that there s been wildfires on the mainland as well. but certainly two islands tonight that are dealing with fires and many people trapped in the ensuing chaos as flights and hotels are closed and delayed. let s go to spain now where the opposition conservatives appear to have fallen short of overall majority with most votes counted. the leader of the popular party says he will try and form a government that would probably include the far right party vox. but it s far from clear whether he ll be able to do it. 0ur reporter sergi forcada, has
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votes. it 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 led by prime minister, pedro sanchez, here casting his vote, and the centre right popular party which may go into coalition with the hard right vox party. with an hour to go before the polls close, the interior ministry in spain said the turnout stood at 53%. that s a decline of about 5% compared to the previous election. sergi forcada has the latest. polling stations will be closing in the next hour or so here in spain, with the exception of the canary islands, where voting will last for another hour. for the first time, a spanish general election is being held injuly and in the middle of a heat wave. here in madrid, 3000 fans have been distributed to polling stations to fend off the heat.