Watch live: Crash: The Global IT Outage

A global IT outage has caused massive disruption to various services today, including airports, banks, businesses and broadcasters. GP surgeries across England were also impacted, the NHS has confirmed.

Microsoft blamed a third party for the disruption and said it was working to restore services. According to IT security firm CrowdStrike, this is not a security incident or a cyber attack.

Watch Sky News's special programme Crash: The Global IT Outage live at 8pm on this all-encompassing issue, with the latest developments and analysis.

Live updates: https://news.sky.com/story/outages-latest-airports-business-and-broadcasters-experiencing-issues-worldwide-13180821

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