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On 10 October 1957, a nuclear reactor at a facility in Cumbria caught fire and burned for three days, releasing radioactive material into the atmosphere.

It was one of the world's first nuclear disaster, and the UK's worst - but few are aware of it.

BBC Newsbeat spoke to the CEO of Rebellion, the studio behind Atomfall, about how Windscale inspired them and the impact game subscription services are having on smaller developers.

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The deaths of 15 people including paramedics in a convoy in Gaza have been blamed on Israel's military, according to the UN.

Mourners gathered at a funeral on Monday after the bodies were found in a mass grave.

The Israeli military said its troops had fired on vehicles "advancing suspiciously" without headlights or emergency signals and that a Hamas operative and other militants were among those killed on 23 March, but it did not offer any comment on the accounts of bodies being gathered up and buried in the sand.

Meanwhile, the US has said it expects "all parties on the ground" in Gaza to comply with international humanitarian law but declined to confirm whether it was carrying out its own assessment into the deaths.

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US stock markets have fallen again as President Donald Trump prepares to unveil a massive slate of import taxes on Wednesday 2nd April, which he has called America's "Liberation Day”.

It comes after the US president suggested that new tariffs he is set to announce this week will hit all countries, not just those that have the biggest trade imbalances with the US.

London’s Downing Street says the UK "expects" to be affected by US tariffs and is not ruling out retaliatory tariffs in response.

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Myanmar observed one minute of silence to mourn those who died from last week's earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people in the country.

Friday's earthquake was a magnitude of 7.7 and was felt in neighbouring countries like Thailand, hundreds of miles away, where the death toll stands at 21.

Rescuers in both countries are still searching for survivors, though hopes are fading as the critical window, the first 72 hours after a quake, has passed.

The UN says the earthquake has compounded "an already dire crisis" in Myanmar, which is in the midst of a four-year civil war.

Despite the destruction, reports suggest the country's military leaders are still carrying out air strikes against pro-democracy rebel groups.

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China has launched large scale military drills in the waters around Taiwan to deter the self-governing island from seeking independence.

A spokesperson for the Chinese army said the joint army, navy and rocket force exercises should act as a stern warning.

Taiwan has sent warships to respond to China’s navy vessels approaching its coast.

Over the weekend, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth visited Japan and announced an upgrade to US military forces because of China’s perceived threat to Taiwan.

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Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke about their unexpected nine month stay on the International Space Station (ISS).

The duo were scheduled to go to the ISS on 5 June 2024 for an eight day mission to test Boeing Starliner's capsule, but ended up staying for nine months after the spacecraft had technical problems.

The astronauts returned to Earth on 19 March aboard the SpaceX Dragon, which safely splashed down in the ocean off the coast of Florida.

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France's Marine Le Pen walked out of a Parisian courtroom after being found guilty of embezzling EU funds.

Adam is joined by Katya Adler and Marion Soletty, Politico’s Editor-At-Large in France to unpack Le Pen’s first interview after the verdict in which she called the ruling a "political decision" and says she will appeal. They discuss the dramatic day in court, and what the National Rally party might do next.

And Chris has been talking to the UK Prime Minister about the Netflix drama Adolescence, after Keir Starmer hosted a roundtable at Downing Street with the show’s creators.

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People smugglers have exploited "fragmented" policing, border force and intelligence agencies to smuggle thousands of illegal migrants into the UK, prime minister Keir Starmer has said.

He added that poor organisation meant the UK was "a soft touch" on illegal migration, which smugglers took as an "open invitation".

The prime minister made the case for tackling illegal migration like terrorism as he spoke at the first ever Organised Immigration Crime Summit in London - attended by more than 40 countries alongside tech giants like Meta, X and TikTok.

The Conservative party said the conference "will make no difference" and only Rwanda-style deportations would stop illegal migration.

The government announced a series of agreements with other countries in an effort to tackle the number of illegal migrants entering the UK.

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The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of embezzling EU funds and barred from standing in an election for five years, with immediate effect. The court’s verdict is a catastrophic setback for Le Pen which is likely to end her ambition to run for President in 2027.

Le Pen was also given a four-year prison sentence, of which two will be suspended. The other two can be spent with an electronic tag in home detention rather than in custody. She has also been handed a 100,000 euro fine.

The judge said Le Pen had been at the "heart of a system" which saw the embezzlement of €2.9m worth of European funds. Two dozen members of her party were also found guilty and the party was ordered to pay a €2m fine, with half the amount suspended.

Le Pen went on national television to claim the court’s verdict was “political”. "I'm not going to let myself be eliminated like this," Le Pen told French TV station TF1. She will appeal against the verdict "as soon as possible" she said, with "whatever legal avenues I can." "Millions of French people are outraged" she said, claiming that judges have "implemented measures that are reserved for authoritarian regimes."

Shortly before her sentencing, Le Pen received messages of support from the Kremlin, as well as European allies such as Hungary's Viktor Orban and Italy's Matteo Salvini.

But some of Le Pen's political opponents have also said they disapproved of the judge's decision. Centrist Prime Minister François Bayrou was reported to be “troubled" by the ruling while Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the far-left France Unbowed said:

"The choice to dismiss an elected official should only belong to the people.”

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Europe editor Katya Adler.

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Israel has issued a new evacuation order for southern Gaza.

It’s the biggest order since Israel relaunched its offensive in the Palestinian territory earlier this month.

Evacuation orders now apply to about a fifth of Gaza, according Israeli army radio.

The Hamas-run health ministry said more than a thousand people have now been killed in the territory since Israel resumed its strikes.

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