Huge power cuts in Spain and Portugal

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  This is Learning English from the News.

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  our podcast about the news headlines.

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  In this programme, huge power cuts in Portugal and Spain.

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  Hello, I'm Beth.

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  And I'm Pippa.

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  In this programme,

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  we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

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  You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website,

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  bbclearningenglish.com.

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  Authorities in Spain and Portugal are trying to find out what caused a huge power cut in the countries earlier this week.

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  A power cut is a disruption to electricity.

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  The power cut caused chaos across Portugal and Spain and also affected parts of Andorra and France.

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  Power has now been restored,

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  but the disruption is thought by experts to have cost up to 1.6 billion euros to the Spanish economy.

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  Let's have our first headline.

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  This one's from Bloomberg.

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  Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout.

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  And that headline again.

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  Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout.

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  And that's from Bloomberg.

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