Sunday, 27 September 2026
Sun 27 Sept · At a glance
Sunday, 27 September 2026
Trump turns down Iran's Hormuz offer, loans get dearer, and courts order big payouts
207 stories in 12 beats
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- Fuel still dear as Trump turns down Iran's offerHigh → · 3 beats
- Borrowing getting dearerHigh ↑ · 2 beats
- Companies paying out after court casesBuilding ↑ · 2 beats
- People turning against data centres near themBuilding ↑ · 2 beats
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Fuel still dear as Trump turns down Iran's offer
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World
Trump said Iran's plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the sea lane out of the Gulf, was not acceptable. He said Iran only wants a pause because it is losing and has no money coming in.
The World stories →Climate
Diesel in the United States costs 76% more than a year ago, and Trump says he backs stopping its sale abroad before the 3 November elections. His energy secretary says a ban would make refineries cut output and push petrol prices up.
The Climate stories →Finance
A barrel of oil is still above $100, and that is keeping prices high as far away as Australia. About 13.5 million barrels a day are now getting out of the Gulf, with the US military guiding tankers through in daylight.
The Finance stories →Borrowing getting dearer
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Finance
Australia's central bank is expected to lift its rate to 4.6% on Tuesday, its fourth rise this year, while house prices there are down nearly 4%. US traders put the chance of another US rate rise in October at 64%.
The Finance stories →Money
A deputy governor of the Bank of England said a rise in interest rates is looking increasingly likely. The IMF says households in Brazil spend a high and rising share of their income on paying back loans.
The Money stories →Companies paying out after court cases
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Tech
A jury said Apple owes Taction $5.7 billion because the part that makes iPhones tap the hand uses two of its patents, and Apple will appeal. TikTok agreed to pay the US state of Alabama at least $100 million days before a trial was due to start.
The Tech stories →Money
Apple put $250 million into a fund for about 36 million iPhones bought in the US, over claims about its AI Siri. Amazon agreed to put $309.5 million into a fund over refunds it missed, and in both funds each buyer's share gets smaller as more buyers claim.
The Money stories →People turning against data centres near them
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Tech
In a poll in Texas, 57% of voters opposed a data centre in their own community. In India, 520 families in the village of Tarluvada lost land where Google is building an AI data centre.
The Tech stories →Climate
Texas has paused new data-centre connections to its grid while it checks requests for 474 gigawatts, more than five times its highest ever demand. Local opposition has blocked, withdrawn or stalled more than $170 billion of data centres.
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World · 21 stories
A suicide bomber kills at least 11 at a police post in northwest Pakistan, two days after deadly fighting on the Afghan border
- Trump turns down Iran's plan, out loud
- Iran's president flies home, vouching for Khamenei
- Russian drones kill six across Ukraine
Finance · 18 stories
Australia is expected to raise its rate to 4.6% on Tuesday, even with house prices falling and joblessness at a five-year high
- Trump turns down Iran's Hormuz offer
- A week of US price and jobs tests
- Companies borrow less as bond jitters rise
Tech · 17 stories
A US jury says Apple owes Taction $5.7 billion for the taps iPhones and Apple Watches make. Apple says it will appeal.
- TikTok pays Alabama to settle a teen case
- People died in view of US border towers
- Google's India data centre is cleared for 2.5 times the power
Mind & body · 37 stories
A review of 76 trials found that stopping an antidepressant slowly, with talking therapy alongside, kept depression away about as well as staying on it
- Antipsychotics change the brain they are stopped from
- Opioids: smaller cuts as the dose falls
- Stopping denosumab needs a plan
Climate · 16 stories
US diesel costs 76% more than a year ago, and the Trump administration is split over banning its export
- Trump turns down Iran's Hormuz offer
- Missiles fired at Saudi Arabia's oil port city
- Drones set Moscow's refinery on fire
Space · 18 stories
The robot sent to rescue NASA's Swift telescope has fallen back to Earth. Swift itself is due to come down in early November
- Crew-13 reaches Florida
- Ariane 6 slowed by a pump fault
- Space Force's secret satellites go up
Biotech · 10 stories
Ebola in Congo reaches two more districts, and 8 in 10 new cases were never on a list of known contacts
- Bangladesh starts a measles campaign for 3.4 million children
- Mpox returns to the Ebola outbreak's home city
- Mailing medicines into the US gets harder
Money · 11 stories
Apple has put $250m into a fund for US iPhone buyers over its AI Siri. Each iPhone could get $25 to $95, depending on how many people claim.
- Amazon settles over missing return refunds
- Bank of England deputy warns rates may go up
- Labour meets with bills and a Budget ahead
Sports · 23 stories
Stephen Curry signs for about $20m less than he could have, to leave the Warriors room to spend
- Brisbane win a third AFL title in a row
- Spain beat England and stay unbeaten
- Vollering wins the one title she lacked
Gaming · 12 stories
Minecraft adds its first new world in over 14 years. Players reach it first in a spin-off that goes on sale on 29 September
- Wolverine lets players switch off its hints
- Arc Raiders tests a mode without fighting
- TinyBuild's older games earn two-thirds
Food · 13 stories
Rain slows Iowa's harvest, and soybean mills pay up to $1 a bushel over the futures price to keep running
- US pig herd 2% smaller
- Falsely marked meat recalled across the US
- England's farm nature fund gone in six hours
Cyber · 11 stories
A former US soldier who stole AT&T's call records gets 70 months in prison. He made about $1,500 from selling stolen data.
- Senators propose voluntary rules for phone companies
- A new gang threatens to destroy backups
- Welsh police force hit by cyberattack
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