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Israeli strikes hit medical complex as nine killed across Gaza

Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis attacked as UN appeals for urgent aid to deal with heavy rains in the enclave.

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Judge rules Trump’s $10bn BBC defamation suit can proceed

The BBC denies defamation charge as Trump celebrates “huge victory” in court decision.

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Manchester United reach framework deal with Pochettino before settling Carrick’s fate

Pochettino wants to leave USA role for United United board meeting scheduled for Wednesday Manchester United have a framework agreement with Mauricio ­Pochettino for him to become their head coach if Michael Carrick is sacked. ­Carrick is expected to be fired in line with the recommendation from Jason ­Wilcox, the director of football, and Omar ­Berrada, the chief executive, to Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Pochettino is the USA men’s national team head coach and in August signed a contract to 2030 but he wants the United job after ­managing in the Premier League with Southampton, Tottenham and ­Chelsea.

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Manchester United reach framework deal with Pochettino before settling Carrick’s fate

Pochettino wants to leave USA role for United United board meeting scheduled for Wednesday Manchester United have a framework agreement with Mauricio ­Pochettino for him to become their head coach if Michael Carrick is sacked. ­Carrick is expected to be fired in line with the recommendation from Jason ­Wilcox, the director of football, and Omar ­Berrada, the chief executive, to Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Pochettino is the USA men’s national team head coach and in August signed a contract to 2030 but he wants the United job after ­managing in the Premier League with Southampton, Tottenham and ­Chelsea.

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Portugal cancels more than 300 flights, shuts schools due to Storm Charles

Authorities spared no effort in preparation for the Atlantic storm after criticism following January's Storm Kristin.

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Caryl Churchill’s magnificent Cloud 9 reaches for the skies – the National Theatre has done it proud

National Theatre, London The experimental 1979 drama gleefully muddles roles in a century-spanning caper that bounces from colonial Africa to hippy London Caryl Churchill’s time-hopping 1979 drama is not revived as often as it might be, perhaps because it is so magnificently madcap. Bouncing from a first act satirising Victorian life in colonial Africa to a second act exploring sexual liberation in 1970s London, it could easily roll off-kilter in the wrong hands. There is also its complicated framework. Cloud 9 is a play in two distinct parts which follows some of the characters a century on,

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Caryl Churchill’s magnificent Cloud 9 reaches for the skies – the National Theatre has done it proud

National Theatre, London The experimental 1979 drama gleefully muddles roles in a century-spanning caper that bounces from colonial Africa to hippy London Caryl Churchill’s time-hopping 1979 drama is not revived as often as it might be, perhaps because it is so magnificently madcap. Bouncing from a first act satirising Victorian life in colonial Africa to a second act exploring sexual liberation in 1970s London, it could easily roll off-kilter in the wrong hands. There is also its complicated framework. Cloud 9 is a play in two distinct parts which follows some of the characters a century on,

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‘Young, Black and female in Brixton is hard’: ​from football to Top Boy and wordplay, the inspiring journey of UK rapper Cristale

Crystal Palace FC or Oxbridge beckoned, but the multitalented MC kept forging her way towards music. She explains how she poured every aspect of herself into her debut mixtape Two weeks before we meet, UK rapper Cristale was scrambling down a cliff face to a secluded black pebbled beach in Dover, racing an incoming tide with fewer than 90 minutes to shoot the video for her single I’m Okay With Being Lonely. She’d never hiked before in her life. “I was wearing head-to-toe Stone Island, no hiking gear, full face of makeup, edges laid and Mum was doing my touch-ups on a rusty ladder,” she laughs.

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‘Young, Black and female in Brixton is hard’: ​from football to Top Boy and wordplay, the inspiring journey of UK rapper Cristale

Crystal Palace FC or Oxbridge beckoned, but the multitalented MC kept forging her way towards music. She explains how she poured every aspect of herself into her debut mixtape Two weeks before we meet, UK rapper Cristale was scrambling down a cliff face to a secluded black pebbled beach in Dover, racing an incoming tide with fewer than 90 minutes to shoot the video for her single I’m Okay With Being Lonely. She’d never hiked before in her life. “I was wearing head-to-toe Stone Island, no hiking gear, full face of makeup, edges laid and Mum was doing my touch-ups on a rusty ladder,” she laughs.

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Three Iran-backed suspects plotted attacks including RAF Fairford incident, US says

The US Department of Justice says the men were involved in a string of plots, including a major incident near the UK airbase that is used by US armed forces.

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How years of research built Grand Theft Auto VI’s obsessively detailed world

The developers behind its virtual Florida share how they built their most ambitious world so far • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here In 2015, a group of Grand Theft Auto developers from Rockstar North took their first trips to Miami to do field research for the next game in the phenomenally popular crime series. “Before you’re doing hyper-organised research trips, you’re immersing yourself in the place and its history, the vibe of it,” Rob Nelson, one of the lead developers on GTA VI, tells me. “[You see] the physical places you want to move characters through, th

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How years of research built Grand Theft Auto VI’s obsessively detailed world

The developers behind its virtual Florida share how they built their most ambitious world so far • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here In 2015, a group of Grand Theft Auto developers from Rockstar North took their first trips to Miami to do field research for the next game in the phenomenally popular crime series. “Before you’re doing hyper-organised research trips, you’re immersing yourself in the place and its history, the vibe of it,” Rob Nelson, one of the lead developers on GTA VI, tells me. “[You see] the physical places you want to move characters through, th

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Andy Burnham says government will unveil 10-year plan by mid-December

Prime minister tells Kemi Badenoch at PMQs that flagship strategy will be revealed before Commons Christmas recess UK politics live – latest updates The government’s 10-year plan will emerge by mid-December, Andy Burnham has told MPs, having previously raised the possibility it might be delayed until next year. Quizzed by Kemi Badenoch at prime minister’s questions, Burnham told the Conservative leader the plan would be unveiled before the Commons Christmas recess, which begins on 17 December. Continue reading...

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Andy Burnham says government will unveil 10-year plan by mid-December

Prime minister tells Kemi Badenoch at PMQs that flagship strategy will be revealed before Commons Christmas recess UK politics live – latest updates The government’s 10-year plan will emerge by mid-December, Andy Burnham has told MPs, having previously raised the possibility it might be delayed until next year. Quizzed by Kemi Badenoch at prime minister’s questions, Burnham told the Conservative leader the plan would be unveiled before the Commons Christmas recess, which begins on 17 December. Continue reading...

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Schools across Italy evacuated after receiving email bomb alerts

Italian PM Meloni says there is no danger as UK and Northern Ireland authorities also report 'bogus' alerts.

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