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People shop at a supermarket with only emergency lights on during a power outage, in Madrid, Spain, April 28, 2025. (Reuters)

Large areas of Spain and Portugal hit by massive power blackout

  • Authorities were unable to explain the cause of the outage at least an hour after it occurred, though a possible cyberattack had not been ruled out
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