Meta goes on trial as Silicon Valley faces a growing backlash

Also: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed his surprising sympathy over the construction of datacenters across the country

‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret

If Catherine Herridge’s petition to the US supreme court fails, she’ll be on the hook for a daily fine until she discloses her sources – a case unsettling press freedom organizations

US Treasury’s Scott Bessent ‘will lose’ battle with bond markets, former mentor warns

Trump ally should cut budget deficit rather than try to suppress bond yields, says billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller

From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did

Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense, says chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Devi Sridhar

Year of after-school care now costs £2,800 a child in parts of UK

Bills have jumped 42% in England over the past 10 years – and that excludes the cost of breakfast clubs and extracurricular activities

Heatwave health risks threaten insurer earnings, rating agency S&P warns

Rise in claims linked to heat-related deaths and illness, especially among older people, could drive up premiums

Gold price hits three-month high amid fears over Iran war and Trump economy

Bitcoin rises above $80,000 for the first time since May amid uncertainty over US fiscal plans

‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river

A local initiative is testing simple ways to stop algal blooms in the River Fal threatening some of England’s most biodiverse marine habitats

Woolworths’ Ooshies craze causes Coles sales slump with parents shopping at rival supermarket to collect toys

Coles full-year results show that despite gaining market share over past 12 months, sales fell over four weeks of ‘competitor’s collectables campaign’

Going with the grain: how restoring biodiversity led one farmer back to heritage wheat

Henry Astor looked back to his grandfather’s time for the inspiration to find older varieties that could help nature on his Cotswold farm

‘Petty grievances’ and an alleged troublemaker: unsealed Murdoch court documents give rare glimpse into bitter succession battle

Rupert Murdoch said in newly released correspondence that it would be a disaster if his media empire fell into the ‘wrong hands’

Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows

Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK

Washington Post ordered to reinstate opinion writer fired over Charlie Kirk posts

Arbitrator determined the Post improperly fired Karen Attiah, a union-protected employee, over social media posts

Target apologizes for ‘offensive’ Halloween costume after backlash

Retailer removes kid’s clown costume after people said it resembled a racist caricature used in minstrel shows

Trump announces new 50% tariff on Canadian cars, trucks and steel

Move is latest deterioration in trade relations between neighbors with historically strong economic ties