Owen Thompson has been replaced as the party’s chief whip at Westminster in a surprise first move by Mr Flynn as he overhauls the group’s frontbench in the Commons. Replacement Martin Docherty-Hughes, the MP for West Dunbartonshire, was given the role instead. The move comes as Flynn sent an email to SNP MPs, confirming he would put together a “new-look team” in the coming days as he tries to seal his power and launch a change of tack at Westminster....

Variety looked into this trend—which is being picked up on TikTok and Twitter with the hashtag #Gentleminions—and interviewed one of the first people to take part in it. Bill Hirst lives in Sydney, Australia, and when The Rise Of Gru opened in the country two weeks ago, he posted a TikTok showing him and a group of friends heading to the theater in costume, shaking hands, wagging fingers them under the chin while sitting waiting for the film to start and stoically filing after clapping its credits....

Stiftung Die EU und die Schweiz haben bereits vor Monaten ihren Luftraum für alle russischen Flugzeuge gesperrt. Allerdings stürzte am Mittwochabend ein russischer Regierungsjet am Euroairport ab. Der Weg war lang: Das Flugzeug Iljuschin II-96-300 startete vom Flughafen Vnukovo in Moskau. Ihr Ziel: Euroairport in Basel. Das Problem: Weil der europäische Luftraum für russische Flugzeuge gesperrt ist, musste der Pilot einen ziemlichen Umweg fahren. Wie die Daten des Portals „Flightradar24“ zeigen, führte der Weg des Jets durch die Türkei und dann entlang der Küste Nordafrikas....

Today also brings a new CGI trailer for the game, showing “a look at some of the dangers Kratos and Atreus could find themselves in” as the prophesied Ragnarök approaches. Today also brings news of the game’s many editions and pre-order bonuses. Pre-release your purchase and you’ll receive the Kratos Risen Snow Armor cosmetics and the Atreus Risen Snow Tunic cosmetics. The standard version of the game will be available separately for both PS4 and PS5....

The new series of Inzone screens at launch will include two models: the top M9 and the entry-level M3. Both models will be available in 27-inch screen sizes and will offer response times of 1 ms Gray to Gray, while both will support variable refresh rates in Nvidia G-Sync and HDMI, via HDMI 2.1 ports. The new Sony M9 game screen Photo: Sony Both screens are connected to innovative desktop cradles that take up more space than most to place a keyboard and mouse pad right next to the screen, and both support Sony’s Perfect for PS5 system, where the PS5 can detect when it is connected to one of the monitors and automatically adjusts the HDR settings accordingly....

(Reuters) – As the Russian military continues to pound Ukraine with missiles and other deadly weapons, Western nations have responded in part by targeting the Russian defense industry with sanctions. The final round came on Tuesday, when the United States imposed new sanctions on some arms manufacturers and executives at the heart of what they called the “war machine” of Russian President Vladimir Putin. But a Reuters poll of companies, executives and investors supporting Russia’s defense sector shows that a fairly large number of players have not yet paid the price: Nearly three dozen leaders of Russian arms companies and at least 14 defense companies have not been sanctioned by the United States....

© Stadt Salzburg / Alexander Killer Nach der erfolgreichen Premiere 2021 in Anif findet dieses Jahr ein internationales Tennisturnier auf höchstem Wettkampfniveau in der Sportstadt statt. Vom 3. bis 10. Juli finden die Salzburg Open 2022 auf dem Gelände des 1. Tennis Club Salzburg im Volksgarten statt. Den Veranstaltern ist es gelungen, mit Dominic Thiem einen absoluten Weltklassespieler in die Landeshauptstadt zu holen. US-Open-Sieger Thiem, der erstmals in Salzburg spielt, steht morgen, 5....

S&P 500 futures fell 0.7 percent on Tuesday to start the trading week after U.S. stock and bond markets were closed for the Independence Day holiday. Contracts for the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.7% and futures for the technology Nasdaq-100 fell 0.9%.

NRW. Ein schweres Unwetter hat in der Nacht zum Donnerstag Gebiete im Ruhrgebiet und im Rheinland heimgesucht. Die Feuerwehr meldet mehrere Einsätze. Ein heftiger Sturm mit Starkregen und Gewittern fegte am Donnerstagnachmittag über die Region – vom Rheinland und Niederrhein bis zum Ruhrgebiet und Münsterland in Niedersachsen. Besonders schlimm war es in Duisburg. Die Leitstelle schätzte, dass 300 Feuerwehrleute im Dauereinsatz waren – höchstwahrscheinlich bis Freitagmorgen. Bis 22 Uhr wurden 600 Sendungen gemeldet....

Sudan was able to seize Jabal Kala al-Laban, an area near the border in question, on Tuesday after an artillery barrage and an air strike, according to a Sudanese military source who spoke on condition of anonymity because he had no authority to speak to the press. On Monday, Ethiopia denied Sudan’s accusation that its army had captured and executed seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian, instead blaming a local militia for the killings....

In 2015, he was arrested on charges of domestic battery while driving, according to reports. Crimo’s uncle told CNN that the family had seen “no sign” that his nephew would commit such an act of violence. “There were no signs of him doing it,” she said. “He’s a quiet kid. He’s usually by himself. He’s a lonely, quiet person. He keeps it all to himself.” A neighbor of Crimo’s told The Daily Beast that the 22-year-old was known to ride around the area on his e-bike, playing loud heavy metal music....

Teheran: Der Iran löst die Sittenpolizei auf Nach Angaben des Generalstaatsanwalts im Iran hat sich die Opposition, die bisher hauptsächlich für die Durchsetzung der Kleiderordnung für Frauen zuständig war, aufgelöst. 1/6 Laut Generalstaatsanwalt Mohammad Jafar Montaseri hat der Iran die Sittenpolizei aufgelöst. über REUTERS Kritiker der politischen Führung reagierten verhalten auf die Ankündigung. AFP Die Auflösung der Delegation würde Beobachtern zufolge nicht das Ende der Kopftuchpflicht für Frauen bedeuten, sondern einen wichtigen Teilerfolg für die Frauenbewegung im Iran darstellen....

More than 500 people will be offered the payments from July 1, something the Welsh government has said it hopes will help them “on a path to living healthy, happy and fulfilling lives”. People leaving care are someone who has spent time in foster care or home care, away from family, but is ready to leave because he or she is turning 18. The trial, called the Basic Income pilot program, will cost 20 20 million, take three years and be carefully evaluated to see its impact on those involved, Welsh ministers said....

Even so, owning one is still beyond the reach of the average person. Halifax is not usually in the news for anything more interesting than the recent move in mortgage rates. But this week, he’s stuck in a very different kind of argument – and one that he found desperately out of his depth. Along with a few other big banks, such as HSBC, it decided to allow its staff to start displaying their pronouns on their signals and email signatures....

The data report was the result of an update Monday at the agency’s gun portal, the California Department of Justice said in a news release. Disclosed personal information of individuals who were granted or denied a concealment and firearms license between 2011 and 2021, including names, dates of birth, gender, race, driver’s license numbers, addresses and criminal records. According to documents obtained by The Tribune in February, 771 people have been licensed to conceal and carry weapons in San Luis Obispo....

The Salvation Army Park Street Citadel (via Facebook) Grand Falls-Windor Pride members are grateful for the outpouring of generosity, kindness and support they have received after an unfortunate incident that they say only reinforces the need for Pride events. The Grand Falls-Windsor Lions Club announced yesterday that it was cutting ties with a local church after the Salvation Army Citadel on Park Street opposed the service club, which invited the local Pride committee on a weekly hygienic walk....

Former President Trump wanted to go to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, after his speech at the White House Ellipse, much to the disappointment of national security officials who monitored the situation in real time and learned that the Secret Service was interfering to find a way to go a few minutes before the violence began to escalate, according to National Security Council record files from the day they were first unveiled at Tuesday’s hearing....

Journalists crowded the 10 gathered tables for the suddenly summoned hearing by a parliamentary panel investigating the January 6th uprising. It was announced last week that there would be no further hearings until July. However, on Monday, the commission unexpectedly said it was convening a hearing to present “recently obtained evidence and receive testimony”. The witness was Cassidy Hutchinson, who made a number of surprising allegations, including that on January 6, the then president was informed that people gathered nearby that morning had guns, but told officials “to let the people go....