Banks, airlines and even the London Stock Exchange are suffering a series of technical glitches after Microsoft reported an outage across its online services.

The outages are causing havoc worldwide.

At Brisbane airport in Australia, Sky News broadcasts have been disrupted leading to cancellations on Govia Thameslink Railway’s services.

The problems seem to stem from an issue at global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which has acknowledged reports of crashes on Microsoft Windows.

Meanwhile,…