What caused the mass power cut in Spain and Portugal?

西班牙和葡萄牙大规模停电的原因是什么?

Global News Podcast

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2025-04-29

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Officials investigate mass power blackouts in Portugal and Spain, but cyberattack ruled out. Also: Mark Carney's Liberal Party wins the Canadian election, and the mysterious hum annoying Scottish islanders.
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  • This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Andrew Peach and at 13 hours GMT on Tuesday the 29th of April, these are our main stories.

  • A cyber attack is ruled out as the governments of Spain and Portugal look into the causes of Monday's huge power failure.

  • We'd like to reassure the citizens that they have the absolute guarantee that we will overcome this.

  • We will demand accountability to private service operators if that is necessary.

  • Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney wins the election and says Donald Trump will never break his country.

  • We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons.

  • We have to look out for ourselves.

  • Also in this podcast,

  • we look back at US President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office and the so-called Bitcoin lady spreading knowledge of cryptocurrencies across Africa.

  • In Spain and Portugal, the lights may be back on,

  • but attention is turning to how such a massive power outage could have happened in the first place.

  • It affected tens of millions of people,

  • causing travel chaos, shops to close and communication problems.

  • Pretty much everyone has confirmed it wasn't a cyber attack,

  • but very little seems to be known about why Spain and Portugal became disconnected from the European grid.

  • The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gave an update on Tuesday afternoon,

  • voiced here by an interpreter.

  • The crisis clearly is not yet over.

  • Our objective is to continue our investigations,