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Internet outage disrupts many of the world's biggest websites and apps

Internet outage disrupts many of the world's biggest websites and apps

Update: 2025-10-20
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Amazon’s cloud computing service says it has fixed the underlying problem that has disrupted many of the world's biggest websites and apps, but a full recovery will take some more time.



Also in the programme: We'll hear about a groundbreaking eye surgery that allows some blind patients to instantly be able to see again; and China's Communist leaders are meeting in Beijing, could Xi Jinping indicate a possible successor?



(Photo shows people walking past the logo of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at the India Mobile Congress 2025 in New Delhi, India, October 8, 2025. Credit: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)
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Internet outage disrupts many of the world's biggest websites and apps

Internet outage disrupts many of the world's biggest websites and apps

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