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Crossing into Darkness review – Tracey Emin takes her heroes on a descent to the gates of hell

Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate
Munch, Bourgeois, Gormley and Baselitz go shoulder to shoulder with up-and-coming artists in an exhibition that revels in its stygian gloom

Tracey Emin catches me looking from her self-portrait to her as I try to assess the closeness of the resemblance. Not that close. This inky screenprint is bigger than she is, its face wider and taller. But it’s not a picture of the outer person but an inner vision. As we stand in front of it I seem to fall into radiating pools of blackness – to cross into darkness.

Emin has curated an exhibition for the depths of winter. It’s a generous, unexpected show with an eclectic yet profound openness to kinds of creativity many might think incompatible: paintings, installations, performance art all face the night here. She sets artists she nurtures at the Emin Studios alongside her heroes Edvard Munch, Louise Bourgeois and other luminaries of modern art – if luminary is the right word in this stygian setting. For, by a stroke of lighting genius, the Carl Freedman Gallery has been plunged into nocturnal shadow that still lets you see the art.

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© Photograph: Courtesy of Carl Freedman Gallery

© Photograph: Courtesy of Carl Freedman Gallery

© Photograph: Courtesy of Carl Freedman Gallery

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A beginner’s guide to Arc Raiders: what it is and how you start playing

Embark Studios’ multiplayer extraction shooter game has already sold 12m copies in just three months. Will it capture you too?

Released last October Arc Raiders has swiftly become one of the most successful online shooters in the world, shifting 12m copies in barely three months and attracting as many players as established mega hits such as Counter-Strike 2 and Apex Legends. So what is it about this sci-fi blaster that’s captured so many people – and how can you get involved?

So what is Arc Raiders?

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© Photograph: Embark Studios

© Photograph: Embark Studios

© Photograph: Embark Studios

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Spain train crash: drivers had raised concerns over track before collision that killed 39 – latest updates

Reuters obtains letter from union last year raising worries over potholes and power lines amid investigations into cause of devastating crash

King Felipe of Spain has expressed his “concern about the terrible accident” in which at least 39 people have been killed.

Speaking from Greece, the monarch was quoted as having told the media:

We have been in contact with Sánchez and Juanma Moreno to learn the details. As soon as we finish, we will return as soon as possible. I understand the anguish of the families of the victims and the injured.

We know that many residents of Adamuz assisted the victims immediately, and we express our gratitude to them for that.

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© Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

© Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

© Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

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ICE agent slams protester during search for alleged child sex offender: ‘That’s who you’re protecting’

An ICE agent in the Twin Cities slammed an agitator following his car and honking for impeding feds’ reported operation to nab a child sex offender. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer behind the wheel of a pickup truck rolled up alongside a reporter who was observing the altercation from their parked car in St....

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Marc Guéhi completes £20m move to Manchester City from Crystal Palace

  • England defender’s contract was due to expire in summer

  • City are without injured Dias, Gvardiol and Stones

Marc Guéhi has completed his £20m move to Manchester City from Crystal Palace. The England international has signed a contract to 2031 after choosing the club over other offers.

An agreement was reached on Friday and the England defender was withdrawn from Palace’s weekend game at Sunderland to finalise the transfer. Guéhi was close to joining Liverpool last summer before Palace pulled the plug but the Premier League champions decided not to revive their interest because they saw no value in a January deal for a player out of contract in the summer.

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© Photograph: MCFC

© Photograph: MCFC

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Starmer’s calm diplomacy makes mistake of assuming Trump is a sentient being | John Crace

PM’s effort to take heat out of Greenland situation is yet another humiliation in his relationship with The Donald

Toady, or not toady? That is the question. When even Piers Morgan has taken his head out of Donald Trump’s bum far enough to see a glimmer of daylight, then it’s fair to say the US president has probably overstepped the mark.

Not content with threatening tariffs against the UK and seven EU countries for sending troops to Greenland – having previously demanded Nato allies get stuck in to protect the country from Russia and China – The Donald has now sent a letter to the Norwegian prime minister to complain about not winning the Nobel peace prize and to say he was so pissed off he was thinking of starting a war instead.

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© Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

© Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

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Elon Musk Spends $10 Million to Help Nate Morris in Kentucky Senate Race

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, backed Nate Morris, a Republican businessman, in the primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.

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Elon Musk at the Kennedy Center in November. After his falling out with President Trump last year, he has inched back toward the Republican fold.
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Heated rivalry: US to face Denmark in Olympic ice hockey showdown

Countries due to play on Valentine’s Day in Italy amid Trump threats to seize Danish territory of Greenland

Their rendezvous may be on Valentine’s Day, but its nature looks likely to be anything but romantic: Denmark and the US, their relations frostier than they have been for decades, are due to face each other in ice hockey next month.

A week into the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy, the Danish Lions are scheduled to play Team USA in a preliminary round game at Milan’s Santagiulia ice hockey arena on 14 February, according to the official programme.

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© Photograph: Brad Rempel/Getty Images

© Photograph: Brad Rempel/Getty Images

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