People are unable to send or receive messages on WhatsApp this morning due to worldwide server issues.

Thousands of users in the UK and across the globe reported difficulties with the app on Friday (November 3) morning.

Many took to Twitter to express their frustration and to see if any other members were having problems with the messaging app.

Everyone seems to be experiencing the same issue - when you try to refresh the chat message, it just says "connecting", so new messages can't be sent or received.

Shutting and opening the app doesn't make any difference and it doesn't initially appear to be broken as chats and contacts can be loaded.

More to follow as we get it.

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