The Latest Breaking News from Pedro Sánchez

Instead of panicking, those in Spain and Portugal affected by the power outage turned to social media for a healthy dose of humor.

Investigations are ongoing into what went wrong with the electricity system, which impacted some 60 million people.

With the lights now coming back on in the Iberian Peninsula, Euroverify fact-checks some of the false claims that circulated during Monday's unprecedented blackout.

Rare weather conditions also thought unlikely to be behind blackout as 99.95% of Spain’s electricity supply is restored

Officials in Spain and Portugal are racing to restore electricity after a huge power outage that grounded flights, paralyzed metro systems, disrupted mobile communications and shut down ATMs, upending the lives of tens of millions of people and turning airports and train stations into campgrounds for stranded travelers

Spain’s Interior Ministry declared a state of emergency after a nationwide blackout paralysed much of the Iberian Peninsula. Work is still underway as technicians scramble to restore power.

The outage, blamed by operators on temperature variations, left tens of millions without electricity

China has spent much of the past two months shoring up friendships both near and far. Two rounds of ministerial meetings with regional rivals Japan and South Korea took place in Tokyo and Seoul at the end of March.

Spain's national cybersecurity office stated that it had gathered evidence suggesting the power outage could be the result of a cyberattack, but this claim has been denied by Portuguese and EU officials.

Coalition allies of Pedro Sánchez said the purchase of millions of bullets jeopardised country’s efforts to hold Israel to account over war in Gaza

Leftwing party says €6.6m order for bullets from Israeli firm breaches coalition government agreements