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  "id": 15738855,
  "title": "Google says 'multiple' Cloud services suffer network failures in Europe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/google-says-multiple-cloud-services-suffer-network-failures-in-europe-15738855",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-20T11:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/technology/mobile-apps/2026-10-20-google-says-multiple-cloud-services-suffer-network-failures-in-europe/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, multiple Google Cloud services were experiencing severe network disruptions in London, according to Google's service health website. British digital bank Revolut reported disruption to several services, which a source close to the situation linked to the Google Cloud outage. Google confirmed that multiple services in the europe-west2 region were experiencing elevated errors and intermittent network failures in its London data centre. Internet tracker Downdetector reported hundreds of complaints about problems affecting UK lenders Lloyds bank, HSBC, property website Rightmove, and postal service Royal Mail. The incident began at 06:08 GMT. Revolut's spokesperson stated the bank was working to resolve the issue and apologized for any inconvenience caused. They assured customers that all their money and data remained safe. Google's website noted that its engineering team was continuing to investigate the issue but provided no reason for the disruption.",
  "summary": "Several Google Cloud services suffered network disruptions with many reporting elevated errors and network failures.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Google Cloud services face outage in London, Revolut services down too",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/google-cloud-services-face-outage-in-london-revolut-services-down-too",
        "published": "2026-10-20T09:11:37.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Technology",
        "title": "Google Cloud outage: Revolut suffers service disruption as bank customers report problems – business live",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/google-cloud-outage-revolut-suffers-service-disruption-as-bank",
        "published": "2026-10-20T09:51:33.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Sifted",
        "title": "Revolut app down in widespread outage",
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        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Google Cloud outage: Revolut down as multiple services experience issues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/google-cloud-outage-revolut-down-as-multiple-services-experience",
        "published": "2026-10-20T10:38:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Google says ‘multiple’ Cloud services suffer network failures in Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/google-says-multiple-cloud-services-suffer-network-failures-in-europe",
        "published": "2026-10-20T10:41:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Revolut and other banking apps go down as Google Cloud suffers UK outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/revolut-and-other-banking-apps-go-down-as-google-cloud-suffers-uk",
        "published": "2026-10-20T10:56:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Revolut is facing a service outage as Google Cloud reports issues in London",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/revolut-is-facing-a-service-outage-as-google-cloud-reports-issues-in",
        "published": "2026-10-20T11:20:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Google Cloud outage hits UK banks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/google-cloud-outage-hits-uk-banks",
        "published": "2026-10-20T11:41:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Google says multiple cloud services suffer network failures in Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/google-says-multiple-cloud-services-suffer-network-failures-in-europe-15741468",
        "published": "2026-10-20T11:57:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Silicon Republic",
        "title": "Revolut services affected in fresh Google Cloud outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/revolut-services-affected-in-fresh-google-cloud-outage",
        "published": "2026-10-20T12:27:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Finextra",
        "title": "Google Cloud outage disrupts multiple bank sites",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/google-cloud-outage-disrupts-multiple-bank-sites",
        "published": "2026-10-20T12:37:00.000Z"
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