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Rachel Zegler sings Don’t Cry for Me Argentina on the balcony to passersby with a video feed to the theatreJamie Lloyd’s production of Evita has been referred to as the hottest ticket in the West End right now, with audiences paying as much as £250 for a seat.But theatregoers keen to watch one of the biggest showstoppers in musical history – Eva Perón’s performance of Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – were left bitterly disappointed when they learned the scene would not actually take place on stage. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jun/17/evita-rachel-zegler-west-end-balcony-scene-dont-cry-for-me-argentina Author : Nadia Khomami Arts and culture

US president to break with traditional response to tragedies by not calling Minnesota governor Tim Walz in the wake of ‘politically motivated assassination’A memorial outside the Minnesota house chambers displays a photo of Melissa and Mark Hortman behind a table where people are dropping off flowers, notes, a hard hat, a plaid shirt. Signs in front of it read “in honor of our beloved Melissa”. On her desk, a photo and a bouquet of roses.On Monday afternoon, the skies darkened, spilling sheets of rain across the Minneapolis suburbs Melissa Hortman represented. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/17/donald-trump-g7-iran-israel-ceasefire-us-politics-live-updates Author : Lucy

Casey tells MPs she was surprised to be asked to re-engage with issue 10 years after her Rotherham report but says it was right decisionGrooming gangs in UK ‘thrived in culture of ignorance’Casey says in the past government has talked relentlessly about the need for better data sharing between departments.But she says there is a need to consider making this mandatory.I was there when the tragedy of Soham happened. We knew at that point that if we had had better data sharing there’s a possibility that we might have saved those girls’ lives. There’s certaintly an absolute clarity that intelligence