The show must go on: musical theatre cancellations lead to industry calls for urgent government help

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In the space of a week, two major musicals, Waitress and Beetlejuice, and a $20m opera were forced to cancel shows amid skyrocketing costs, putting hundreds out of work

Australia’s theatre industry is in desperate need of tax reform to keep it alive, experts have warned the federal government, after two major touring musicals and a $20m opera cancelled shows in the space of a week, citing skyrocketing costs and soft box office sales.

Broadway musical Waitress, starring Rob Mills and Natalie Bassingthwaighte, announced on Sunday that it would end in Melbourne on 19 July and will not tour to Sydney in August as planned.

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Archbishop of Westminster receives pallium: ‘It’s a very powerful sign’ – Vatican News

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  2. Pope Leo XIV: Peter and Paul show the path to Christian unity  EWTN News
  3. Pope Leo XIV: Sts. Peter and Paul show us how to be ‘servants of the truth in charity’  OSV News
  4. Pallium Mass and Pilgrimage  The Clarion Herald
  5. New archbishops say Pope Leo offers unifying message to US society, church  National Catholic Reporter
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Why Pakistan’s Afghan air strikes aren’t stopping armed attacks – Al Jazeera

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  1. Why Pakistan’s Afghan air strikes aren’t stopping armed attacks  Al Jazeera
  2. Pakistan Attacks Afghanistan, Killing More Than 30  The New York Times
  3. Afghanistan's Taliban claims Pakistan airstrikes killed 36 civilians, Pakistan says it was 29 militants  CBS News
  4. At least 28 killed in Pakistan air operations on Afghanistan, UN says  Reuters
  5. Pakistan airstrikes kill dozens in latest cross-border tension with Afghanistan  NBC News
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Europe heatwave shows need to reject climate denial ‘lies’, says EU green chief

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Teresa Ribera blames ‘ideologically driven’ falsehoods, driven by those with vested interests in fossil fuels, for attacks on green policy

The heatwave wreaking chaos across Europe is a “dramatic warning” to reject climate naysayers, a European Commission vice-president says.

Teresa Ribera, executive vice-president for a clean, just and competitive transition, lambasted those who listened to the “vested interests” of the fossil fuel industry rather than scientists and their own citizens.

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Weather tracker: North-west US hit by snow ahead of eastern heatwave

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Western states experience unseasonally low temperatures but New York and Washington DC could reach 40C by end of week

Unseasonal snow has fallen in some parts of the US, while other parts of the country brace for a heatwave this week.

A strong cold front spread into the western US from the northern Pacific over the weekend, bringing an abrupt change in conditions to a region that had been experiencing high summer temperatures amid drought. Temperatures from the Canadian border to California have widely been 5-10C below the norm since Friday, and more than 10C below in some parts farther north. The pattern is expected to remain for much of the coming week.

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Iran says $6B in assets in Qatar will be released – The Hill

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  1. Iran says $6B in assets in Qatar will be released  The Hill
  2. Iran says $6B in assets to be released, fact checking Trump’s claims on birthright citizenship  AP News
  3. Pezeshkian says Iran will get half of frozen assets from lifted sanctions  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Trump says Iran has requested a meeting, but Iranian officials say nothing has been scheduled  The Daily Item
  5. Iran says $6 billion of its assets in Qatar to be released — state media; US, Iran teams to meet in Doha  The Times of Israel
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U.S. and Iran exchange fire despite ceasefire. And, Trump nominates a new head of ICE – NPR

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  1. U.S. and Iran exchange fire despite ceasefire. And, Trump nominates a new head of ICE  NPR
  2. Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes and threatens to halt talks  AP News
  3. Iran and US exchange strikes as Hormuz tensions stress agreement  CNN
  4. Iranian drones attack Bahrain and a ship is struck in the strait after US airstrikes  Politico
  5. U.S. military says it struck multiple targets in Iran as ceasefire is strained by 2nd day of attacks  PBS
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‘Saving the Kyiv regime isn’t part of our plans’: Putin on Ukraine, fuel shortages, and Trump – Meduza

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  1. ‘Saving the Kyiv regime isn’t part of our plans’: Putin on Ukraine, fuel shortages, and Trump  Meduza
  2. Russia-Ukraine war: Why has Putin rejected limits on long-range strikes?  Al Jazeera
  3. Ukraine war briefing: Putin expects US negotiators in Moscow; fuel rationing in Siberia as crisis bites  The Guardian
  4. Kremlin says Russia's stance on conditions for a Ukraine peace deal has not changed since 2024  Reuters
  5. Putin says Russia will press on despite fuel shortages  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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A long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu pact blocks China from building a military base – AP News

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  1. A long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu pact blocks China from building a military base  AP News
  2. Australia-Vanuatu deal bars foreign bases in island nation  DW.com
  3. Australia and Vanuatu sign delayed security deal seen as curbing China  Reuters
  4. Australia and Vanuatu sign deal barring foreign military from island  Euronews
  5. Australia and Vanuatu sign deal to block foreign military bases  Al Jazeera
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