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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was involved in a helicopter crash in bad weather.
20/05/2024

Iran president in helicopter crash, family lawyers quit over burnout, City take Premier League

 

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Good morning. A Guardian Australia investigation reveals some family lawyers are leaving their practices or warning juniors to avoid entering the field, as they experience burnout and stress from a system that requires them to bill domestic violence survivors – sometimes for huge amounts for legal fees.

Meanwhile, a helicopter carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister has crashed. At the time of writing, rescuers were yet to reach the crash site and the condition of the passengers was not known. Our live blog has the latest.

Plus: Manchester City have taken their fourth-in-a-row Premier League title.

 

Australia

Illustration for Kate Lyons story on domestic violence and the court system. The illustration shows the scales of justice, with a male figure outweighing the scale.

Justice | “I couldn’t do it any more,” one family lawyer who has left the practice told Guardian Australia, echoing others’ stories. “I couldn’t bill people who I just knew couldn’t afford to pay it.”

Housing | Major Australian lenders are not doing enough to support mortgage customers in financial hardship, and in some cases they are ignoring requests for assistance altogether, the corporate regulator found.

Analysis | Peter Dutton’s policy-lite budget reply speech contained the seeds of campaigns that will inevitably be deployed by the progressive side of politics on nuclear and wages, Paul Karp writes.

Women | Scott Morrison said he and his government did everything they “possibly could have” for women while he was prime minister, and called criticism of his actions a pile-on which was “weaponised for political purposes”.

Solar | With newly installed solar panels on his roof, Guardian Australia’s Nick Miller gamified Australia’s power industry – and learned just how weird and perverse it could be.

 

World

Ebrahim Raisi, left, with the Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev earlier today at the inauguration of a dam on the border of Iran and Azerbaijan.

Iran | Search teams were looking for the downed helicopter that the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, was travelling in when it vanished amid poor weather conditions and thick fog in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.

US presidency | Donald Trump flirted with the idea of being president for three terms during a bombastic speech for the National Rifle Association. Meanwhile, the president, Joe Biden, renewed his pitch to Black voters at a college graduation.

Europe’s far right | International far-right leaders, including France’s Marine Le Pen, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Argentina’s Javier Milei, came together in Madrid to rail against socialism and “massive illegal migration” three weeks before hard-right parties are expected to see a surge in support in European elections.

Sean Combs | The rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted in a video apology that he punched and kicked his ex-girlfriend Cassie in 2016 in the hallway of a hotel after CNN released footage of the attack, saying he was “truly sorry” and his actions were “inexcusable”.

Rocket man | Sixty-one years since he was selected but ultimately passed over to become the first Black astronaut, Ed Dwight finally reached space in a Blue Origin rocket – and, at 90, is the oldest person to arrive at the edge of space.

 
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Dr Siraj Sira and Dr Sanjay Adusumilli who have recently returned from working two weeks, supplying aid in Gaza.

Gaza through the eyes of two Australian doctors

Last month, two Australian doctors spent two weeks in Gaza treating countless injured Palestinians. Surgeon Sanjay Adusumilli and general practitioner Siraj Sira tell Nour Haydar why they left Sydney to volunteer in the besieged territory, the pain they witnessed and the feelings of guilt on their return.

Read our latest on Gaza: The United Nations’ humanitarian chief warned of “apocalyptic” consequences due to aid shortages in Gaza, where Israel’s military offensive in the southern city of Rafah has blocked desperately needed food.

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Bridgerton. Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in episode 301 of Bridgerton.

She is the real-life Lady Whistledown, an eyebrow-raising female writer – anti-racist and proto-feminist – who penned a salacious weekly anonymous gossip sheet that skewered 18th-century London society.

Like the fictional pamphlet from Netflix hit Bridgerton, which returned for a third series last week, Eliza Haywood’s The Parrot, published in 1746, has a distinctive, mocking voice that punches up and “speaks truth to power”. Now, a new book will republish Haywood’s funny, subversive periodical, which she wrote from the perspective of an angry green parrot.

 

Not the news

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Your email inbox is full of spam. Your letterbox is full of junk mail. Now, your web browser has its own affliction: slop. “Slop” is what you get when you shove artificial intelligence-generated material up on the web for anyone to view. Experts hope the unpalatable name will help herald its harms.

It might be bizarrely incorrect information on a website, or dangerously incorrect books on Amazon (where you apparently shouldn’t buy mushroom-foraging books written by machines). Or just downright cursed images on social media (sorry).

Alex Hern and Dan Milmo investigate why all this AI slop is filling the zombie internet.

 

The world of sport

Kyle Walker lifts the trophy. Manchester City v West Ham at Etihad Stadium.

Premier League | Manchester City beat West Ham 3-1 to win their fourth Premier League title in a row. Here’s our play-by-play commentary. Arsenal were denied the title despite a late 2-1 victory over Everton.

AFL | Essendon left middle of the road behind as their “edge” led them to the second spot, Jonathan Horn writes for Sportblog.

Formula One | Max Verstappen held off Norris to win the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

 

Media roundup

According to The Australian’s Newspoll, a ­record low number of people have judged Jim Chalmers’ third budget as good for the economy. Hundreds of homes in Melbourne were suddenly deemed flood-prone and residents want answers, the Age reports. The Courier Mail investigates kids’ addiction to social media and gaming.

 

What’s happening today

Cold case | The Queensland coroner will deliver his findings from the inquest into the 1986 disappearance of Sharron Phillips.

AI | A public hearing is scheduled for the senate select committee on adopting artificial intelligence.

 

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