Musk's SpaceX Starship orbits earth

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Starship carried out two laps of the Earth – rather than the planned six – before SpaceX decided to end the mission early and bring it back to Earth. There was concern launch would not go ahead as planned when engineers found an issue with one of its six engines before the mission started.

In the U.S. there is backlash against data centres. We go to Pennsylvania to speak to a veteran activist about the protests — and speak to a journalist reporting on the issue.

And Apple has been ordered to pay billions in damages after a US jury found it had used another firm's tech without permission.

(Photo: Reuters / Steve Nesius)
28 Sep 6PM English United Kingdom Business

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