Spain brought to a halt by huge blackout

Carlos Condori, one of millions of people affected in Spain and Portugal, was travelling on the Madrid metro when the blackout brought his journey to a shuddering halt. "The light went out and the carriage stopped," but the train managed to crawl into the platform, the 19-year-old construction sector worker told AFP outside a metro station in central Madrid. "People were stunned, because this had never happened in Spain," he added. "There's no (phone) coverage, I can't call my family, my parents...