Spain's snap election gamble after regional losses.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap election for July 23, in an apparent attempt to give his flagging Socialist party the best chance of retaining power before its support weakens further. His move to bring the election forward took most of his government and even some members of his inner circle by surprise. The conservative opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo called on voters to make him Spain's next leader, while political experts said Sanchez had bet his rivals won't be ready to fight a coordinated campaign for the July 23 poll. The PP and the far-right Vox could unseat Sanchez's Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) if they replicated their performance at national level.