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Spanish Prime minister and socialist candidate, Pedro Sánchez, votes at a polling station in Madrid's city centre, alongside his wife, in a snap general election. Voters across Spain head to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to hand Sanchez a fresh four-year mandate or bring the right back into power with its far-right coalition ally. Polls suggest a shift to the right and victory for Alberto Nunez Feijoo's conservative Popular Party. IMAGES
Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, casts his vote on Sunday morning in the country's regional and local elections. The stakes in the polls are high for Sanchez, whose government could face a test in a year-end general election. Surveys suggest he will lose, heralding a return of the right. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins a no-confidence vote triggered by his Conservative MPs and will stay on as leader, but the scale of the rebellion leaves his future in doubt. SOUNDBITE
Scene outside Parliament as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to address the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs. Members of his own party have triggered a confidence vote in his leadership, which could result in his stepping down as Prime Minister if he gains fewer than half the votes. The result will be announced at 2000 GMT on Monday 6 June 2022. IMAGES
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's party won the most seats in elections dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, putting him on course to lead his fourth coalition. SOUNDBITE
Prime Minister Theresa May says she will contest a confidence vote in her leadership "with everything I've got", adding that changing course now could derail the Brexit process. SOUNDBITE