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World Service,20 Oct 2025,49 mins
Internet outage disrupts many of the world's biggest websites and apps
NewshourAvailable for 25 days
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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