Spanish PM calls snap election after hammering in regional vote

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called an early general election for 23 July - a day after his Socialist party took a heavy battering in local and regional polls that saw big gains for the conservatives and far-right Vox party.

Prior to Sunday's routing, Sanchez had insisted he would ride out his four-year term with leftist government coalition partner Podemos (United We Can), indicating an election woul