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Iran President dead: Hours before Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash that also killed his foreign minister and eight other senior officials, Iran state media shared videos of the leader on board the chopper on Sunday.

As Iran mourns its President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials killed in a helicopter crash, the world will be closely watching the aftermath and the implications on geopolitical equations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a chopper crash on Sunday, and said that India stand with Iran in its "time of sorrow".

Iran President Dead: Under the Iranian constitution, the death of a sitting president triggers specific protocols. First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, 69, will assume the presidency in an interim capacity.

Senate committee told of potential for deepfakes or cloned robocalls of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton, which may not be illegal under current lawsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Electoral Commission has said it expects AI-generated misinformation at the next federal election, potentially from overseas actors, but warned that it doesn’t have the tools to detect or deter it.A parliamentary committee into artificial intelligence heard on Monday that the new technology could pose risks to “democracy itself”, with concerns voters might encounter deepfakes and voice clones of Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton before the next poll.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...

Rishi Sunak expected to offer apology on behalf of state after inquiry delivers final reportLast year the Labour party revealed that it was dropping plans to allow people to change gender (by obtaining a gender recognition certificate) through so-called “self-ID”, without having to obtain a medical diagnosis.At the time Anneliese Dodds, the Labour chair and shadow minister for women and equalities, said Labour would still require medical evidence, but that the current process, which is long, complicated and seen as demeaning by trans people, would be simplified. She said transitioning would no longer have to be approved by a panel, and that “a diagnosis provided by one doctor … should be enough”.The Times understands that one option under consideration is that the doctor could be a GP. Labour would ­also ­remove the ability of a spouse to object to the change. A source said the party wanted to make the process “less medicalised” but added that the plans would retain the involvement of a doctor and would not allow people to self-identify in order to obtain legal changes.They said it had not yet been decided whether the medical professional would be a GP or a gender specialist, with the issue likely to go to consultation if the party wins the next election.The Ipsos survey for The Standard showed 33 per cent of adults expect the country’s economic conditions to improve in the next year, 37 per cent to get worse, and 25 per cent “stay the same”, giving an Economic Optimism Index of -4 for May.The figures are noticeably better than in April when 21 per cent thought there were be an economic improvement, 52 per cent a deterioration, and 21 per cent “stay the same”, an EOI of -31. Continue reading...

Student activists in Brisbane have been warned of disciplinary action for chanting ‘out, out, Israel out’ at protestsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastUniversities are ramping up crackdowns on pro-Palestine protesters camped on campuses, with the University of Queensland warning students could face disciplinary action for chanting “out, out, Israel out” or using the word “intifada”.Students at multiple universities have been defying administrators’ orders to pack up encampments, vowing to continue their protests against institutions’ ties to weapons manufacturers linked to Israel’s war in Gaza.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...

Find out who’s up and who’s down in the latest polls – and how many seats each party is likely to win in the next general electionUK general election: find your new constituency – and see how it would have voted in 2019UK general election: the seats the Tories will lose if the polls are rightSupport the Guardian’s UK election coverage todayThe next UK general election is looming, with most analysts expecting it to be called late this year.After 13 years of Conservative rule, Keir Starmer’s Labour has been consistently ahead in the polls since the start of 2022. Continue reading...