Phones, traffic lights, Spanish parliament and newsrooms all reportedly affected as metro stations plunged into darknessEurope live – latest updatesSpain and Portugal have been hit by a massive power outage that cut off electricity to millions of people across both countries, including their capitals, and also affected parts of south-west France, according to grid operators.The blackout late on Monday morning knocked out train traffic, metro networks, phone lines, traffic lights and ATM machines. It was not immediately clear what caused the outage or exactly how many people had been affected. Continue reading...