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Spain's King Felipe VI meets with the country's party leaders in a bid to break an impasse over the formation of a new government following inconclusive elections last month. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has headed a caretaker government with reduced powers since a July 23 general election produced a hung parliament, in which a ruling majority cannot easily be formed. While his Socialist party finished second behind the conservative Popular Party (PP), it is better positioned as it has more potential partners. IMAGES
The nationalist pro-Irish Irish party Sinn Fein says the installing of a nationalist first minister in North Ireland, after the main pro-UK party agreed to endorse a deal with London, will be "a moment of very great significance". Speaking in Belfast, Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald says it will mark "the extent of change that has occurred here in the north and indeed right across Ireland". The The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP agreement with London -- approved on January 30 in an internal vote at a closed-door meeting in Lisburn, near Belfast -- formed a basis to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly, that has been paralysed for nearly two years. SOUNDBITE
Tajuya, Oct 18 (EFE).- Volcanic activities from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the Spanish island of La Palma, continued throughout Sunday night.Large rivers of lava continue to flow from the volcano’s vent. (Camera: MIGUEL CALERO). SHOT LIST: THE CUMBRE VIEJA VOLCANO CONTINUES TO ERUPT, AS SEEN FROM TAJUYA IN LA PALMA, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN.
El Paso, Oct 2 (EFE).- The seismography specialist of the Spanish National Geographic Institute (IGN), Itahiza Domínguez, stated Saturday that there are no signs of depletion of magma or gas emission from La Palma's volcano and that it was too early to tell how long the eruption would last. (Camera: EFE).SHOT LIST: THE AFTERMATH OF THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF CUMBRE VIEJA ON LA PALMA ISLAND, IN CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN.SOUND BITES: SEISMOGRAPHY SPECIALIST OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE (IGN), ITAHIZA DOMÍNGUEZ (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: There are no signs of depletion of magma or gas emission. It is too early to tell and even so it is not clear that it would be possible to predict when it will end. We will see it over time. It is still too early to know if the eruption will last a few weeks or much longer.
Berlin, Sep 22 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Filip Singer) September general elections mark the farewell to the "Angela Merkel era", the undefeated leader who for 16 years led Germany through successive crises and who was able to win over the empathy of those who never voted for her and would never vote for her.FOOTAGE OF BERLIN AHEAD OF THE ELECTIONS.
Madrid, Sep 18 (EFE).- Thousands of people marched on saturday through the center of the Spanish capital, Madrid, to demand an end to Spain’s long tradition of bullfighting. (Camera: TATO PERÉZ). SHOT LIST: AN ANTI BULLFIGHTING DEMONSTRATION MARCH IN DOWNTOWN MADRID, SPAIN.
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