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1. Trump targets Cuba in Truth Social posts and jokes about who its next president could be

   Trump issued a stern warning to Cuba after joking that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would become the island’s next leader

2. Manchester United v Brighton live: Mainoo starts as Red Devils face tricky FA Cup test

   Darren Fletcher remains in charge of the hosts as they look to put the turbulent reign of Ruben Amorim behind them

3. Is Man United v Brighton on TV today? Channel, start time and how to watch FA Cup tie online

   Darren Fletcher continues to manage Manchester United while the club search for a new manager

4. Portsmouth v Arsenal live: Martinelli hat-trick has Gunners dominating after early Pompey scare in FA Cup

   The Premier League leaders travel south to face Championship strugglers Portsmouth in the third round of the FA Cup

5. Claims Reeves’s post-Budget U-turns cost her £3bn of £22bn headroom in just six weeks

   The chancellor is under pressure to turn her March spring statement into a mini-Budget after a series of concessions and U-turns in recent weeks

6. ‘Enigmatic’ Hollyoaks star Trevor A Toussaint dies aged 65

   ‘He broke many boundaries and made a pathway for others,’ wrote co-star Kéllé Bryan

7. Four people killed and five more injured in serious car crash in early hours

   Three teenagers believed to be among victims of major collision between car and taxi in Bolton

8. Settler violence in the Jordan Valley expels Palestinians from one of the few towns left standing

   Families from one of the few remaining Palestinian Bedouin villages in the dusty corridor between Ramallah and Jericho packed up and prepared to flee their homes Sunday, saying harassment by Jewish settlers living in unauthorized outposts nearby had grown unbearable

9. Hamas says it will dissolve its Gaza government when new Palestinian body takes over

   Hamas says it will dissolve its government in Gaza once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over as part of a U.S.-brokered peace plan

10. Extra defence spending is being lost on MoD’s overdraft, warns former RAF chief

    In a damning report for the thinktank Policy Exchange, retired Air Marshall Edward Stringer says increased defence spending is not preventing the UK’s military from shrinking