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Morning Mail: UK 'furious' as US leak terror photos, Reef 2050 plan unachievable, glum Pope meets Trump

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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail
Thursday 25 May 2017
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ABC redundancies targeting 120 staff has started

 The managing director of the ABC, Michelle Guthrie, at the Senate estimates. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian

Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Mail.

Find the latest coverage of the Manchester terror attack in the 'headlines' section of this email, and from the live blog – the UK government is "furious" that US officials have again leaked sensitive details of the Manchester bombing to US media, just hours after being warned not to.

Among the other stories leading our website this morning: ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has told Senate estimates that another round of redundancies targeting 120 ABC staff has begun this week. "Redundancies, while regrettable, are a necessary part of funding this work," Guthrie said.

Keep reading for the rest of the top stories this morning, with more news from around Australia and the world.

Headlines

Theresa May to tackle Donald Trump over Manchester bombing evidence
Prime minister will raise concerns at Nato summit that intelligence leaks from the US have damaged investigation

Photographs of Manchester bomb parts published after leak
New York Times publishes series of images showing remains of bomb, detonator and what appears to be rucksack

Great Barrier Reef 2050 plan no longer achievable due to climate change, experts say
Environmental lawyers say advice means reef might finally be listed as a 'world heritage site in danger'

Indigenous prison overrepresentation costs Australia $7.9bn a year, data shows
PriceWaterhouseCoopers modelling recommends national justice targets and greater investment in diversionary and post-release programs to reduce rates

Pope looks glum after Vatican meeting with Donald Trump
Encounter considered more successful than their first but was noteworthy for its sombre tone

Australian news and politics

Assisted dying bill fails to pass Tasmanian parliament
Liberal state premier Will Hodgman votes against bill, saying issue is 'very confronting and challenging'

Australia's stolen generations: a legacy of intergenerational pain and broken bonds
'Those children who are in child protection now, some of them are eight generations of family that have been institutionalised,' Florence Onus says

Superannuation funds owned by big banks have underperformed, report says
Industry Super Australia says Apra data shows retail super funds have not delivered above-median returns for members in a decade

Quadrant's editor-in-chief apologises for article about bombing ABC's Q&A program
Keith Windschuttle says the article failed to meet Quadrant's standards and he has ordered it be deleted from its website

Tony Abbott calls for police shoot to kill powers during terrorist events
Malcolm Turnbull says 'We must be more agile than those who seek to do us harm'

Rebel Wilson tells court an 'obsessed' former schoolmate sold her out to Woman's Day
Journalists swooped in 'like vultures' to find dirt on her, actor says in her defamation trial against publisher Bauer Media

Pisa report shows Australian teenagers' financial literacy has worsened since 2012
OECD warns a fifth of 15-year-olds do not have basic financial literacy and many don't have financial literacy required to take part in society

Around the world

More than 30 drown as hundreds fall from migrant boat off Libya
About 200 people fell from overcrowded boat that was carrying 500-700 people and rescue boats are looking for survivors

Trump debuts in Europe as Obama returns to stir nostalgia for the old days
Coinciding visits, although unintentional, serve to highlight Europe's radically different view of the incumbent president and his 'painfully missed' predecessor

At least 21 killed as Isis-linked militants rampage through Philippines city
Priest and worshippers seized and police chief beheaded after government forces raid hideout of militant leader

Taiwan's top court rules in favour of same-sex marriage
Landmark ruling will mean country is first in Asia to allow gay couples to marry and cements reputation as beacon of liberalism

International contest will transform Paris 'ghost' Métro stations
Scheme will develop 34 sites, including Champ de Mars near Eiffel Tower, as cultural or economic spaces

One last thing

 'The writers' festival is more than an event celebrating authors, it also celebrates the power of literature and the power of you, the reader.' Photograph: Ian Crysler/Getty Images/First Light

'Have a lover, have friends, read books,' said Montaigne. He was right about one of them "One of the greatest arguments for using literature as therapy was posited by the Renaissance essayist Michel de Montaigne, who believed there were three possible cures for loneliness: have a lover, have friends and read books. But he argued sexual pleasure is too fleeting and betrayal too common, and while friendship was better it always ended with death. Therefore, the only therapy that could endure through life was the companionship of literature."  Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.

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