Spain and Portugal hit by major power outage
Where things stand now
• Massive power outage: Large parts of Spain and Portugal experienced major power outages, shutting off traffic lights and causing chaos at travel hubs. In Spain, all rail traffic has come to a halt and in Portugal, authorities are warning against any unnecessary travel due to the risk of traffic lights failing.
• Restoration efforts underway: Spanish power grid operator Red Electrica said restoring power could take between six to 10 hours.
• Cause of outage: It’s not clear what caused the sudden blackout, but “all resources are being dedicated to solving it,” the national power grid operator in Spain said.
Spanish nuclear sites deemed safe as plants shut down during power outage, energy agency says
Spain’s nuclear sites are safe amid a major power outage across large parts of the Iberian Peninsula on Monday, according to the country’s nuclear energy agency, the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN).
Nuclear power plants shut down as they are designed to do when they lose power, CSN said, adding that “backup diesel generators fired up and are maintaining safe conditions for the reactors.”
Spain has seven operational nuclear reactors across five different sites, according to CSN.
Putin announces 72-hour May ceasefire in Ukraine war
Kyiv responds to Russian announcement by calling for an immediate 30-day halt to fighting ‘not just for a parade’
Vladimir Putin has declared a three-day full ceasefire in the war with Ukraine in May to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union in the second world war.
The Kremlin said the 72-hour ceasefire would run from the start of 8 May to the end of 10 May, and called on Ukraine to join it as well. “All hostilities will be suspended during this period,” the Kremlin said in a statement. “Russia believes that the Ukrainian side should follow this example.”
The Kremlin said that in the event of violations of the ceasefire by the Ukrainian side, Russian armed forces would deliver an “adequate and effective” response.
India-Pakistan tensions: US, China urge de-escalation
China's Wang Yi has backed Pakistan's call for an independent probe into the recent attack in Kashmir. Meanwhile, India said troops from both sides exchanged fire for the fourth night in a row. DW rounds up the latest.
India should be careful not to alienate Kashmiris in its hunt for militants who killed 26 people last week, the region's chief minister has said.
Omar Abdullah said this was particularly important given that people in the Muslim-majority Himalayan region have staged protests against that attack, its chief minister said on Monday.
"We should not do anything to alienate the people after their spontaneous reaction [against the attack]," Abdullah, chief minister of the Indian federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir, told the local assembly house.
North Korea makes first public admission it sent troops to fight for Russia
The admission comes as top US diplomat Marco Rubio warned the Trump administration would walk away from brokering peace talks if there was no realistic prospect of a deal in sight
North Korea confirmed for the first time on Monday that it has sent troops to fight for Russia in the war with Ukraine under the order of dictactor Kim Jong Un.
As Kyiv claims its soldiers continue to cling to parts of Kursk following a Russian counter-offence involving North Korean troops, KCNA state news agency cited the North’s ruling party as saying its contribution showed the "highest strategic level of the firm militant friendship".
The admission comes as top US diplomat Marco Rubio warned the Trump administration would walk away from brokering peace talks if there was no realistic prospect of a deal in sight.
Voting begins in Canada as Trump repeats calls for country to become 51st US state
Summary
Polls are open across Canada where a snap election is being held to determine who will become the country's next prime minister
It comes just six weeks after Mark Carney was sworn in as PM, replacing his party colleague Justin Trudeau
The two clear front-runners are the Liberal Party - led by Carney - who have been in power for a decade, and the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre
US President Donald Trump has weighed in on the election via his social media account, repeating his calls for the nation to become the 51st US state
Poilievre then told Trump to "stay out of our election" and Carney urged Canadians to be "united and strong" against the "crisis in the United States"
An election expected to be a referendum on almost 10 years of Liberal governance is now firmly centred on who can best stand up to Trump, our live page editor (and Canadian national) Jenna Moon writes
We’ve been speaking to a few voters who turned up shortly after polls opened in the Ottawa South riding. Several issues came up from healthcare and housing to the economy more broadly.
But among liberal voters, one overarching theme was the threats from US President Donald Trump.
It’s the first time Vency Okoye is voting, and she said the last few months had decided her vote.
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