Spain declares state of emergency after power blackout causes chaos
Tens of millions of people across Spain and Portugal have been plunged into a huge power blackout blamed by the Portuguese operator on extreme temperature variations, leaving them without trains, metros, traffic lights, ATMs, phone connections and internet access.
People were trapped in lifts, stuck on trains, stalled in traffic and abandoned in airports.
The front page of The Guardian this morning 29 April 2025:
- Tens of millions across Spain and Portugal hit by huge power outage
- Whitehall officials ‘pushing for the Open to return to Trump-owned Turnberry’
- Foreign sex offenders will be banned from claiming asylum in the UK, says Home Office
