Edge cannot open a blank tab under latest win10

HI, I have the latest win10 update and am trying to use MS Edge. Everytime i open it it comes up with a new tab with the error message
Hmm, we can't reach this page.
Try this
⦁ Make sure that you've got the right web address: .. its msn but I can't do the link as the forum sees that as spam

I have set the Settings in Edge to
Open Microsoft Edge with a New Tab Page
and
Open new tabs with A blank page

but I still get a new tab grinding away trying to open something before finally settling on that error

Any ideas how to fix this so that Edge just open to a blank page or even just to a pinned page of my choosing

thanks

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