1. A Spanish electricity operator says power has been restored after a massive outage hit Spain and Portugal, but traffic disruptions are continuing. The blackout started from around noon on Monday. The Spanish government declared a state of emergency and called on people to minimize travel and act calmly. Portugal’s government said on Tuesday that the country’s power supply has been normalized.
2. Canada’s ruling Liberal Party is set to win a general election, which will allow its leader and prime minister, Mark Carney, to focus on tackling tariffs and other threats from the US. The vote took place on Monday. Canada’s public broadcaster CBC reported at night that the Liberal Party had won more than 160 out of 343 seats allocated to each electoral district. This made it the leading force in the House of Commons. 3. Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has arrived in the Philippines on the second leg of a Southeast Asian trip. He will meet with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and is likely to discuss security issues. Ishiba is first scheduled to meet with people of Japanese descent, whose fathers were Japanese and mothers were from the Philippines. Many of these people were left behind in the confusion of World War Two and have often been marginalized, including being stateless.
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