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It said this was due to "DNS issues" - the same root cause of the huge Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage last week. Amazon says AWS is currently operating normally. Other impacted sites in the UK include supermarket Asda and mobile phone operator O2 - while in the US, people have reported issues accessing the websites of coffee chain Starbucks and retailer Kroger. Microsoft said business Microsoft 365 customers might see problems. It said it had found parts of its infrastructure with connectivity issues, and was working to "reroute affected traffic to restore service health". It has started a thread on X with updates after some users reported they could not access the service status page. Meanwhile, business at the Scottish Parliament has been suspended because of technical issues with the parliament's online voting system. A senior Scottish Parliament source told BBC News they believe the problems are related to the Microsoft outage. Microsoft has been contacted for comment.
