🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Ukraine is preparing a 'Plan B' in case Trump’s peace deal fails.

In order not to be left defenseless, Ukraine has sharply accelerated its defense industry, in particular, increased the production of kamikaze drones," - Bild, German outlet.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israel’s fantasy that it can dictate what Iran may or may not do is so detached from reality that it hardly merits a response," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech yesterday.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "What is striking, however, is how brazenly Netanyahu is now dictating what President Trump can and cannot do in his diplomacy with Iran," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech yesterday.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Conveniently, Netanyahu’s Allies in the Failed Biden Team—who failed to reach a deal with Iran—are FALSELY casting our indirect negotiations with the Trump administration as another JCPOA," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech yesterday.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, accuses Netanyahu of dictating Trump's diplomacy, and blames the Israeli government for the collapse of the Iran-Biden talks.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Iran is strong and confident enough in its capabilities to thwart any attempt by malicious external actors to sabotage its foreign policy or dictate its course. We can only hope our U.S. counterparts are equally steadfast," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech yesterday.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "Many Iranians no longer believe the JCPOA is sufficient," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech yesterday.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Iran seeks tangible dividends. Nothing Netanyahu’s Allies in the Failed Biden Team say or do will change this reality," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech yesterday.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "There is no military option, and certainly no military solution. Any strike will be immediately reciprocated," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech yesterday.

🇻🇦⚡️- Vatican confirms the papal conclave to choose the next Pope will begin on May 7th.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian President Putin has offered Ukraine a 72 hour ceasefire on May 8, May 9 (Victory Day), and May 10.

🇫🇷🇪🇸🇵🇹⚡- Major power outages across Spain, and also affecting areas of Portugal and France.

🇫🇷🇪🇸🇵🇹⚡- Scenes from Madrid, Spain, where the blackouts have ensured chaos on the streets due to no working traffic lights.

🇫🇷🇪🇸🇵🇹⚡- Madrid Metro suspends all services.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russian forces will take decisive action if the Ukrainian side violates the ceasefire during the festive period," - The Kremlin.

🇪🇸⚡- Spain's outages seem massive, much more significant than expected. The national grid lost an incredible 13GW in a matter of just seconds.

🇪🇸🇵🇹⚡- Air traffic is being impacted in both Spain and Portugal - Flightrader24.

🇪🇸🇵🇹⚡- Portugal's Lisbon Metro suspends services, joining Spain's Madrid.

🇪🇸🇵🇹⚡- Netblocks calculates less than 17% of Spain's population is currently connected to their networks.

🇪🇸⚡- Red Electrica, Spain's operator, says they're working with energy companies to restore power.

🇪🇸🇵🇹🇫🇷⚡- France's grid operator RTE has now issued a statement saying parts of the country has lost power.