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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: Massive power blackout hits Spain and Portugal, Labor retains poll lead, Trump’s UK golf gambit

A shop worker helps a customer with a torch at a supermarket in Barcelona.
A shop worker helps a customer with a torch at a supermarket in Barcelona. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters

Morning everyone. Spain and Portugal have been plunged into chaos after a massive power cut knocked out supply to millions of homes, along with hospitals and airports. We have the latest as engineers scramble to reconnect the grid.

Our final Essential poll still has Labor on course to win the election, and we look at what’s behind the surge in early voting. Vladimir Putin has called a three-day ceasefire for next week, and the British government is trying to tee up a golf win for Donald Trump.

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