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Portugal-Spain power cuts and Canada votes

Passengers stand and wait next to a stopped RENFE high-speed AVE train near Cordoba on April 28, 2025, during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. A "massive" power cut late on April 28, 2025 morning affected the whole of the Iberian peninsula and part of France, according to Portuguese electricity network operator REN. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP) (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)

The latest on a huge power cut that has left Portugal and Spain without electricity. Then: world military spending’s record surge, Canada’s election and Switzerland’s most unnecessary laws.

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