Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption affecting millions and says it’s ‘not related to cyber or AI’ – as it happened
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

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• Tell us: have you been affected by the Microsoft outage?

• Microsoft struggles to fix huge outage affecting Outlook and Teams

• What happened and when will it be fixed?

There are plenty of essential services that remain unaffected by the outage, which is largely impacting email systems.

The Australian Medical Association said it has so far not received any reports that hospitals or clinics are impacted.

Impact is largely restricted to the sending and receiving of email.

Western Australia, along with jurisdictions around the world, is being impacted by a global Microsoft outage.

We are receiving updates from the Commonwealth who are working with Microsoft at the most senior levels to resolve. Microsoft are prioritising life, safety and Government services.

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Trump bought Nvidia stock as he helped chipmaker with change to export rule
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

President purchased up to $5m of stock before revoking Biden-era rule that limited Nvidia’s ability to sell to China

Donald Trump bought Nvidia stock worth millions of dollars as he made decisions on America’s China policy that would benefit the chipmaker, an analysis has found.

In May 2025, Trump’s administration rescinded a Biden-era rule designed to prevent the most advanced US-made AI chips from being exported to China.

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Jaguar Land Rover reports £451m quarterly loss after cutting 4,000 jobs
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

JLR chief executive calls for EU and Britain to join forces amid competition from Chinese electric carmakers

Jaguar Land Rover has reported a £451m quarterly loss as it counts the cost of cutting 4,000 jobs, while its chief executive has called for the EU and Britain to work together in the face of competition from China.

Britain’s largest automotive employer reported revenues rising to £5.9bn between July and September, but it recorded £530m in costs from the job cuts announced near the end of that period amid tough trading conditions.

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Global oil supply returns to surplus for first time since start of Iran war, says IEA
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

Supplies outstripped demand by almost 2m barrels a day in October as market shows ‘tentative signs of rebalancing’

The world’s oil supply is swinging back to a surplus for the first time since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said.

Oil supplies outstripped demand by almost 2m barrels a day in October, the Paris-based agency said, as “Gulf exports recovered much faster than global oil demand”.

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Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption affecting millions and says it’s ‘not related to cyber or AI’ – as it happened
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

This live blog is now closed.

• Tell us: have you been affected by the Microsoft outage?

• Microsoft struggles to fix huge outage affecting Outlook and Teams

• What happened and when will it be fixed?

There are plenty of essential services that remain unaffected by the outage, which is largely impacting email systems.

The Australian Medical Association said it has so far not received any reports that hospitals or clinics are impacted.

Impact is largely restricted to the sending and receiving of email.

Western Australia, along with jurisdictions around the world, is being impacted by a global Microsoft outage.

We are receiving updates from the Commonwealth who are working with Microsoft at the most senior levels to resolve. Microsoft are prioritising life, safety and Government services.

Read more...

Nvidia scandal: US treasury chief blames Lutnick’s commerce department over alleged lack of action
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

US commerce secretary faces sack as questions emerge over senior Trump officials’ knowledge of alleged Chinese spy’s ties to Jensen Huang

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The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, is facing growing pressure over his apparent lack of action over the Nvidia spying scandal as other Trump administration officials publicly raise questions over his decisions.

Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, blamed Lutnick’s commerce department for the fact the US had not imposed export restrictions on certain Nvidia chips to China.

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A cricketing drama to divide a nation: why the sandpaper scandal is Australia’s Bazball | Barney Ronay
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

The sandpaper affair is back, and the reason it has hit Australia so hard is because it is sneaky – or basically quite English

Any plans for the weekend? Personally I’m all set. I will be watching the full Pat Cummins sandpaper denial press conference, filmed live on location in Sydney on Friday morning, and now preserved uncut and un-redacted on YouTube.

I will not speed it up, or flick through impatiently only to find myself bogged down in endless adverts for old fat guys doing military calisthenics, and pills that will dissolve the vile writhing parasites that definitely live in my guts.

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France cling on for furious victory against South Africa after Dupont sizzles
Posted on Friday November 13, 2026

• France 21-19 South Africa

• Scrum-half key in thriller full of twists and turns

Friday night at the Stade de France may just be the best show in sport. The French had laid on a full Cecil B DeMille production: fireworks, flamethrowers, floodlights, a multicoloured drone show involving a three-storey-tall cockerel that then reassembled itself into a beating red, blue and white heart before transforming into a vast tricolore along with 150 dancers carrying LEDs who performed to an ear-splitting choral rendition of Madonna’s Like a Prayer. Astonishingly enough, what came after actually lived up to it.

It had twists and turns, a scattering of superb performances from some of the finest players in the game, a fistful of red and yellow cards, fantastic free-wheeling tries and several agonisingly intense stretches of scrummaging and defence, a clutch of hugely controversial decisions by both coaches and the referee, and one crucial missed conversion. At the end of it all, somehow, France had won by two points, 21-19, in their first victory against the Springboks at their national stadium in 21 years.

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