UPDATE SIX The issues affecting WhatsApp earlier today appear to have been resolved. On DownDetector the number of reported issues with WhatsApp have fallen from thousands to around a hundred in the UK. Issues across Europe, Asia, Australia and across the world are also seemingly resolved, with just a handful of users still experiencing connection issues. UPDATE FIVE Connection issues are purportedly resolved in the UK, with users reporting being able to send and receive messages again. However, in the USA thousands of customers are still reporting problems accessing the messaging service. UPDATE FOUR Some users are reporting on being able to connect again to the Facebook-owned app again but others are still claiming to have connection issues. More reports suggest that the outage has spread across other parts of Europe and Asia. UPDATE THREE Latest from Whatapp, the US company is aware of the issue and working to remedy t...