Courts, spies and MPs: How the Microsoft outage has been felt around the world

At least 74 countries have been affected by the Microsoft outage since it was detected after midday US Eastern Time (17:00 GMT) on Thursday. Microsoft 365 Services, including Teams, Outlook and artificial intelligence software Copilot, are experiencing "connectivity problems", the company said. From city governments in the US to Australian spy agencies, disruption has been widespread.

Here's what's been happening around the world. "We all use Outlook, that's our life, everything is there, our calendar is there, our boss's calendar, so it has been a challenge … with no access to our Bible," one House staff member said. "There goes a day of legislative work." OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, said it was investigating an issue affecting its connections to Microsoft's services, which caused some tools not to work as expected.

Electric truck maker Workhorse Group, which was expected to report third-quarter results on 12 November, rescheduled to 16 November, citing business disruptions caused by the outage.