Amazon glitch 'resolved' after massive outage

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.2 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Amazon has resolved the technical glitch that brought down thousands of apps and websites and disrupted online banking, social media websites and Amazon's retail operations. Also, an interim report says a defective cable caused the funicular crash that killed 16 people in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon; part of the White House is being demolished to make way for President Trump's new ballroom; and the ghostwriter of Virginia Giuffre's memoir speaks to the BBC as Prince Andrew comes under further pressure about his connections with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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0:49.1	Amazon says a glitch that took thousands of apps and websites offline on Monday has been resolved.
0:55.8	An interim report blames a defective cable for the finicular crash that killed 16 people in
1:02.1	Lisbon. Part of the White House is being demolished to make way for President Trump's new
1:07.1	ballroom.
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