The Guardian

Wednesday briefing: ​What’s behind the global backlash against datacentres?

In today’s newsletter: Communities from Scotland to India are pushing back against datacentres they feel have been forced upon them, warning they threaten energy supplies and the climateGood morning. This summer, datacentres have become targets of resistance across the world. Ever since the arrival of ChatGPT, big tech has been lobbying for the creation of enormous new facilities. Many governments claim they’re essential in any country that wants to cash in on AI.Campaigners argue datacentres dr

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian Health

A moment that changed me: I had a panic attack on public transport – and it led me to a horrifying secret

For a decade I lived with a fear so bad that I once tried to climb out of a tube carriage while it was in motion. Then a hypnotherapist told me to ask my parents one very important questionIn 2000, I had been living in London for just over a decade and working at EMI Records for five years. I had moved to Brixton from Surrey – where space and peace were generally abundant – in the late 80s, and I’d noticed I was becoming increasingly anxious and claustrophobic, particularly on public transport.A

health  Sep 2, 2026

BBC Sport

Flex your football brain with our daily quizzes

Test your ball knowledge against today's Who Am I?, Five in Five and Brainteaser.

sports  Sep 2, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Woolworths Profit Falls as New CEO Pivots Group Toward Food

Woolworths Holdings Ltd. is reorienting its business around its upmarket South African food operations, putting its best-performing division at the center of the group as new Chief Executive Officer Sam Ngumeni seeks to revive growth after annual profit declined.

business  Sep 2, 2026

Yahoo Finance

US Dollar Price Forecast: Fed Hike Bets Lift DXY as EUR/USD and GBP/USD Fall

business  Sep 2, 2026

BBC Sport

Scotland's Stewart suffers Swansea injury blow

Scotland striker Ross Stewart set to miss Swansea City's next four matches because of a quad injury.

sports  Sep 2, 2026

Science Daily

A search for one exotic particle uncovered two strange new structures

A search for one mysterious particle unexpectedly revealed evidence for two different structures that may belong to the bizarre family of exotic subatomic particles known as XYZ states. The findings could help physicists uncover new ways that quarks and gluons combine to create matter.

science  Sep 2, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

US, Iran Escalate Attacks; Global Bond Selloff Deepens | The Asia Trade 9/2/2026

"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Tokyo and Sydney with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets. (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Sep 2, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Wall Street rises as tech stocks climb and oil prices, bond yields hold relatively steady

business  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

TV tonight: the unmarried women who were forced to give up their babies

An enraging documentary hears from women sent away for becoming pregnant outside marriage. Plus: the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC TwoAnn in Wales was sent away by her parents when she became pregnant after being raped (“I didn’t blame them, I blamed myself”). Joan in Sunderland gave evidence in court against the teacher who raped and got her pregnant – but he was acquitted. They tell their stories in this blood-boiling documentary, along with other women wh

entertainment  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets

Speed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowded cities saferDrivers on residential roads in Japan have been forced to take their foot off the accelerator, after the speed limit was slashed from 60km/h (37mph) to 30km/h in an attempt to reduce deaths and injuries among pedestrians on narrow urban streets.The new limit, which went into effect on Tuesday, applies to residential roads with no centre line or maximum speed signs, media re

general  Sep 2, 2026

Yahoo Finance

The history of financing America, in six crisis episodes

business  Sep 2, 2026

BBC World

Israel expanding presence in Lebanon, officials say, as BBC visits occupied areas

A BBC team joined a humanitarian mission of the UN peacekeeping force, which says Israeli troops are fortifying positions and continuing demolitions.

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

Jury in Bruce Lehrmann’s Queensland rape trial may face questions about prior knowledge of case

Lehrmann, 31, is accused of raping a woman in 2021 and will stand trial in Toowoomba in November. He intends to contest the chargesJurors in the pending trial of Bruce Lehrmann for alleged rape could be questioned about their prior knowledge of him and the case.Lehrmann, 31, is set to stand trial from November 2, accused of twice raping a woman at a house in regional Queensland in 2021. Continue reading...

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian

British man deported from Sweden despite living there since childhood

John Sellers, 34, who moved with his family to Sweden aged 10, has been ejected despite his recent marriage to a SwedeA 34-year-old British man who has lived in Sweden since he was 10 has been deported in the latest of a series of Brexit-induced catastrophes for UK citizens in the country.John Sellers was told to leave despite living in Sweden for 24 years, having been educated in the country and newly married to his Swedish partner, Caroline. Continue reading...

general  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian Health

‘I want to live’: the disabled people unable to go abroad because of care funding refusal

Campaigners say care users face a postcode lottery for support overseas – despite no extra cost to taxpayerDisabled people are being blocked from travelling abroad by NHS care boards and local councils that refuse to let them use their care funding outside the UK, the Guardian has learned.Campaigners warn of a “postcode lottery” in England where the right of a disabled person to travel overseas depends on where they live or the whim of local officials – even when there is no extra cost to the ta

health  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian Politics

Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George Monbiot

Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issuesDamn the electorate. They’re so impatient. No sooner do they get a new leader than they want another one. Those ingrates are already starting to grumble about Andy Burnham. Maybe the country is becoming ungovernable. Perhaps it’s social media. Or a consumerist culture, always picking the next shiny thing. Perhaps we’re addicted to drama. As we’re on o

politics  Sep 2, 2026

The Guardian Health

It’s not easy to show my scars. But I am proud to break the deadly silence around breast cancer in Nigeria | Gloria Chinyere Okwu

I was told to keep my diagnosis private but I am determined to show the reality of breast cancer and reject the stigma that prevents women seeking treatment‘Madam, this looks like breast cancer, and if it is, we will chop off your breast.” That was how the doctor welcomed me into the chaotic world of cancer in 2017 when I was 32 years old. He had his back to me, but kept on talking, peering into the specimen bottle.For a moment, I could no longer hear him. I thought of my three children, the uni

health  Sep 2, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Continental Reinsurance Plans Botswana’s First IPO in Almost a Decade

Continental Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. will become Botswana Stock Exchange’s first initial public offering since 2017 as it seeks to raise capital to tap Africa’s underinsured.

business  Sep 2, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Where Bond Yields Are Heading as Energy Prices Rise

Highlights from Bloomberg TV as contributors shed light on how rising energy prices are driving bond yields higher across markets and traders reposition in anticipation of further challenges. Meanwhile, the yield on 30-year US government bonds have climbed back to levels seen just before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expanded a buyback program to contain long-term borrowing costs. (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Sep 2, 2026