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The Grade II-listed west London exhibition halls reopened as a mixed-use district with rooftop restaurants, offices, two hotels and the 3,800-capacity British Airways ARC music venue, which launched the following night. The GBP 1.3 billion transformation, designed by Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC, opens the 14-acre site to the public for the first time in 140 years; the 1,575-seat British Airways Theatre follows in 2027.

The Obama Foundation's 19.3-acre campus in Jackson Park, built around a 225-foot museum tower, took its first visitors on Juneteenth, the day after a dedication ceremony at John Lewis Plaza. At roughly $850 million it is the most expensive presidential library yet built; ground was broken in September 2021 after years of lawsuits over the Jackson Park site.

Harvard, Tishman Speyer and Breakthrough Properties cut the ribbon on the first phase of the Enterprise Research Campus in Allston: two commercial laboratory buildings called OneMilestone, the 343-apartment Verra, the Atlas Hotel, Harvard's David Rubenstein Treehouse conference centre, 40,000 square feet of retail and more than two acres of public open space. It is the opening move on a 36-acre site, with a Phase B of labs, offices and housing still to be permitted.

Supergirl is a 2026 American superhero film based on the DC Comics superheroine Kara Zor-El / Supergirl. Directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Ana Nogueira, it is the second film in the DC Universe (DCU).

Six stations opened along a 5.2 km stretch between João Paulo I and Perdizes, among them Água Branca, which at 47.8 metres is the deepest metro station in South America. Trains run on weekdays from 10.00 to 15.00 and are free for now; the finished line is to run 15.3 km with 15 stations from Brasilândia to São Joaquim.

Nvidia said its Vera Rubin NVL72 rack systems are now shipping to cloud providers and system makers, with 288 GB of HBM4 per GPU and about five times Blackwell's inference performance.

The 39-storey, 180-metre tower beside Central Station reached its full height at a topping-out ceremony, making it the world's tallest hybrid timber and steel building. Co-owned by Atlassian and the property group Dexus, it anchors Sydney's Tech Central precinct and is expected to be completed in 2027.

AMD launched its Helios rack-scale AI system, built on MI455X GPUs and Venice EPYC CPUs, with shipments to Microsoft starting in the second half of 2026 and a 2 GW Anthropic deployment from 2027.

Chembur station opened on the Line 2B branch of the Yellow Line, taking the operational section to six stations after the first 5.8 km from Diamond Garden to Mandale started carrying passengers in April 2026. The station sits roughly 200 metres from Chembur suburban railway station and about 100 metres from the monorail, making it a three-mode interchange; Line 2B as a whole is estimated to cost 10,986 crore rupees.

Waymo opened its sixth-generation Ojai robotaxi, built by Zeekr, to the general public in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, with Denver, San Diego and Las Vegas to follow.

Tesla's third-generation Optimus humanoid was due to be revealed mid-2026, with production at Fremont starting late July or August; the reveal has slipped repeatedly from an original Q1 2026 target.

The 74-storey, 1,022-foot tower above Waller Creek opens in stages, starting with its 251-room 1 Hotel, and stacks 703,000 square feet of offices and 352 flats above it. At full height it passes Houston's JPMorgan Chase Tower, which had been the tallest building in Texas since 1981, by 23 feet.

Diablo IV's 30th-anniversary season brings back Deckard Cain, the Prime Evils Baal, Mephisto and Diablo, and legacy loot from across the series.

Russia's State Duma election runs over three days, September 18-20, 2026, its single voting day being the third Sunday of September. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket gave United Russia a 99.8% chance of winning the most seats, and its companion market had the party landing on 340-354 seats (43%) or 325-339 (34%).

Georgia Tech cut the ribbon on Tech Square Phase 3, a 416,500-square-foot complex of the 18-storey George Tower for the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the 14-storey Scheller Tower for the business school, joined by a shared lift core. Its first three floors had opened to the campus in January 2026.

Harry Reid International, Signature Aviation and U.S. Customs and Border Protection opened a dedicated general aviation and cargo clearance building on the west side of the airfield. It takes international private-jet arrivals out of the passenger terminals, which the airport says cuts congestion as Las Vegas draws more international traffic for its sporting events.

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. Lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to Low Earth Orbit. The booster is due to land at Of Course I Still Love You.

Share-ride of 9 commercial Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites to SSO, details TBD. Lifts off from Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China to Sun-Synchronous Orbit.

In Best Medicine a brilliant surgeon leaves Boston to become a small-town doctor where he spent childhood summers. Despite his medical skills, his rude manner alienates locals as he battles hidden phobias and struggles with personal connections. The premiere, "Be Careful What You Fish For": While Martin continues to struggle with his blood phobia, a mermaid washes ashore in Port Wenn to the amazement of everyone in town. Meanwhile, Judith, a well-meaning townsperson creates havoc while on prescribed oxygen, Louisa continues to see Martin's girlfriend Eden for medical guidance and Greg and George's success from the seas urchin boom take its toll on the both of them. Season 2 starts on FOX.

The new North Concourse at George Bush Intercontinental replaces the 1969-era flight stations with about 765,000 square feet on three levels, 22 gates for United and a 54,000-square-foot United Club, the largest in the airline's network. It is the centrepiece of the $2.5 billion Terminal B Transformation, which closed the old Terminal B lobby in January 2025.

When a U.S. Marshal falls in the line of duty, a seemingly cut-and-dry case turns into a deadly conspiracy as a family of law enforcement agents become the target of a mysterious assassin. Bridging personal differences and crossing professional boundaries, the Hollingsworth family must use the expertise from a lifetime of protecting civilians and politicians to protect one another and bring the killer to justice... even if it means betraying their sworn code. The premiere, "Pilot": A family of law enforcement agents investigate a double homicide involving a U.S. Marshal. A mysterious murder hits close to home, forcing the Hollingsworths to focus on protecting each other as a family. Season 1 starts on NBC.

Brothers is a heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around the strange and beautiful bond between Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Matthew and Woody's friendship is tested when their combined families attempt to live together on Matthew's ranch in Texas. Season 1 starts on Apple TV.

Meta's Connect keynote on September 23 is expected to unveil a new pair of smart glasses that Mark Zuckerberg teased in May, with reports pointing to camera-free 'Luna' glasses shipping this fall.

Doc centers on the hard-charging, brilliant Dr. Amy Larsen, Chief of Internal and Family Medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she's treated, colleagues she's crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to continue practicing medicine, despite having lost nearly a decade of knowledge and experience. The premiere, "Wherefore Art Thou": On Amy and Sonya's first day as Co-Chief Resident, they must coach a fresh crop of interns through a mysterious case that seems to defy medical logic. Jake and TJ adjust to new roles within the hospital. Meanwhile, Dr. Ben Grant returns to Westside with a secret plan to reshape the Surgical Department. Season 3 starts on FOX.

OpenAI switches off 6 models and endpoints on 24 September 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: Videos API, sora-2, sora-2-pro, sora-2-2025-10-06, sora-2-2025-12-08, sora-2-pro-2025-10-06.

American Horror Story is an horror television anthology series. Each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a disparate set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own beginning, middle, and end. While some actors appear for more than one year, they play completely different roles in each season. The premiere, "13": After a near-death experience, Ben provides hospice care for a mysterious client in an eerie penthouse. Season 13 starts on FX.

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective. Lifts off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand to Low Earth Orbit.

A classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches. Lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to Low Earth Orbit. The booster is due to land at Of Course I Still Love You.

After a high-profile mission goes sideways, Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson is pulled out of forced retirement to lead a last-chance experimental S.W.A.T. unit made up of untested, unpredictable young recruits. Hondo must bridge a generational divide, navigate clashing personalities and turn a squad of outsiders into a team capable of protecting the city — and saving the program that made him who he is. Season 1 starts on STARZ.

Routes 15 and 15L move into new center-running bus-only lanes on East Colfax Avenue between Broadway and Colorado Boulevard, with passengers boarding at new island stations sheltered by steel arches. It is the first stretch of RTD's 8.5-mile bus rapid transit corridor from downtown Denver to I-225 in Aurora to carry buses, with full BRT service planned for late 2027 or early 2028.

The Simpsons is the longest running scripted show in US television history. It captures the adventures of Homer, Marge, Maggie, Bart and Lisa who are living in a fictional town called Springfield. The premiere, "The Children's Book Job": A British children's book author comes to Springfield to give a talk at Springfield Elementary School. Homer is tasked with picking her up from the airport, but things go bad from there. Season 38 starts on FOX.

Animal Control is a workplace comedy following a group of Animal Control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not. The premiere, "Seahawks and Piglets": Frank leads the team in a work stoppage, but abandons his cause for the ultimate call - recovering the Seahawks' missing mascot. Season 5 starts on FOX.

OpenAI switches off 4 models and endpoints on 28 September 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, babbage-002, davinci-002, gpt-3.5-turbo-1106.

14th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. 3rd flight of Starship V3 and the first Starship flight to deploy satellites (a group of Starlink satellites known as Starlink Group 31-1) into stable Low Earth Orbit. The ship is expected to fly at an altitude approximately 275 km above Earth and complete approximately 6 orbits around the planet for nearly 10 hours, with splashdown targeted in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile. The booster’s primary test objective on Flight 14 will be executing a successful launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn, and landing burn at an offshore landing point in the Gulf. Starship will deliver 26 Starlink V3 satellites to orbit for the first time, which aim to greatly expand the network's capacity and user speeds. Each Starlink V3 satellite will add 1 Tbps of capacity to the constellation. Lifts off from Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA to Low Earth Orbit. The booster is due to land at Gulf of Mexico.

For three police recruits in Belfast, the pressure is immense. Facing criminal gangs and divided communities, they don't know who to trust. The odds are they won't all make it. The premiere, "Eyes": The section is challenged by escalating tensions at a community event, while the investigation into Dana Morgan's drug partnership with Tina McIntyre falters. Season 4 starts on BBC iPlayer.

Nike’s “Caitlin Blue” colorway of Caitlin Clark’s Caitlin 1 signature basketball shoe goes on sale October 1 for $140 in adult sizes.

Old friends JD and Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time, learning that medicine has changed; interns have changed; but their bromance has stood the test of time. The premiere, "My First Time in a While": J.D. enlists Turk and Elliot to help with Dr. Cox's care. Meanwhile, Elliot finds an unexpected burst of confidence years in the making. Season 2 starts on ABC.

The rephased Inglewood Transit Connector begins with three mobility hubs holding more than 1,000 parking stalls, event-day bus lanes, a rebuilt Market Street and a pedestrian bridge over Florence Avenue to the Metro K Line station, all due by 2028. The automated people mover it grew out of is deferred, with the right-of-way preserved at Market and Manchester.

OpenAI switches off GPT-5.4-Cyber on 1 October 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-5.4-cyber.

Nike’s “Warning Code” colorway of Caitlin Clark’s Caitlin 1 signature basketball shoe goes on sale October 1 for $140 in adult sizes.

War follows two of London's most prestigious rival firms – Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne – as they go head-to-head in the divorce case of the century. Each side is certain they'll win. But as the case spirals and loyalties fracture, reputations are on the line, and everyone's playing to win. The premiere, "It's Done": Tech billionaire Morgan Henderson sleeps with a woman who secretly takes a photograph of them and sends it to his film star wife Carla. Her lawyers Nicholas Taylor and Serena Byrne reel at their client's honeytrap tactics, but can't resist a case that might make their name. Soon they are in a race with Morgan's lawyers Cathcarts & Sons to serve divorce papers first. Season 1 starts on HBO.

The 16.9 sq km park is being laid out over the grounds of Riyadh's former airport, with an Art Park opening first and a Royal Arts Complex of thirteen structures, designed by the late Ricardo Bofill, arranged along a 1.5 km central boulevard. Omrania leads the design with Henning Larsen on the masterplan, and the park carries an estimated cost of SAR 72 billion.

SpaceX Crew-13 is the thirteenth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA to Low Earth Orbit. The booster is due to land at Landing Zone 40.

In Toronto's war on crime, the worst offenders are pursued by the detectives of the specialized criminal investigations unit. These are their stories.As a psychological thriller wrapped in a criminal investigation, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent follows an elite squad of detectives who investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto. The premiere, "Diplomatico": Bateman must adjust to an unexpected change when she is assigned a new partner from the Guns & Gangs unit. Season 4 starts on Citytv.

Brazil's presidential election is scheduled for Sunday, October 4, 2026. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket's winner market, which includes any second round, had Flavio Bolsonaro at 58% and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at 42%; a runoff, if no one clears 50%, falls on October 25.

Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running? Season 20 starts on CBC Gem.

To the casual observer, there's nothing remarkable about Sylvia. An intelligent, confident woman, Sylvia tends to keep quiet about her formidable linguistic abilities, impressive knowledge of weaponry, and skills as a markswoman. Questions about her professional life are met with bland answers about an unspectacular career in the Civil Service. Which is only very slightly true – because until recently, Sylvia was a high-ranking British spy. The premiere, "Bitter Harvest": After a winery owner confides that someone wants him dead, Sylvia discovers the man murdered in his vineyard; Riva and Barzini follow the evidence while Sylvia probes the Lazzarini family's secrets, drawing her dangerously close to the killer. Season 3 starts on Acorn TV.

Marshals stars Luke Grimes reprising his role as Kayce Dutton. With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana. Kayce and his teammates - Pete Calvin, Belle Skinner, Andrea Cruz and Miles Kittle - must balance the high psychological cost of serving as the last line of defense in the region's war on violence with their duty to their families, which for Kayce includes his son Tate and his confidants Thomas Rainwater and Mo from the Broken Rock reservation. The premiere, "All Hat No Cattle": When Kayce realizes Tate has been taken hostage, he goes rogue in a desperate race to save his son as the Marshals uncover a powerful criminal operation tied to the East Camp land grab. A violent showdown ensues, putting everything Kayce cares about at risk. Season 2 starts on CBS.