⚡️ Robin Walker, MP for Worcester and a junior minister in the UK, is the latest to have resigned from Boris Johnson's government in which he held the post of minister of state for school standards. He said "recent events have made it clear to [him] that [his] great party has become distracted from its core missions by a relentless focus on questions over leadership"

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⚡️ Ankara has sent written demands to Sweden and Finland for members of the Kurdistan workers' party and the Gulen movement - both of which are outlawed in Turkey - to be extradited, Justice Ministry says

🍦 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised Americans not to eat ice cream from the Big Olaf Creamery of Florida after an outbreak of listeria caused one death and 23 illnesses across 10 states.

The CDC has also warned consumers to clean any utensils that might have come into contact with the ice cream

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⚡️ John Glen, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and MP for the UK constituency of Salisbury, "has made the difficult decision to resign from government"

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😳 Tiara Mack, the first openly gay black woman to be elected to the Rhode Island state senate, thought that she might win her voters’ hearts by making a TikTok video noscriptd 'A promised senator thirst trap at Block Island', in which the Democrat could be seen twerking upside down.

It certainly attracted attention, causing something of a brouhaha among netizens - to put it mildly. However, the senator was unfazed by the condemnation which just seemed to spur her on to further heights as she tweeted: "Damn. Twerking upside down really makes the conservative, unhinged internet accounts pop off on a Monday."

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❗WATCH LIVE: BoJo participates in PMQs in House of Commons after high-profile Cabinet resignations

💭Boris Johnson says government should not resign during crisis

⚡️ DEFRA Minister Jo Churchill and Justice Minister Victoria Atkins resign

⚡️ Johnson says will resign if he realizes that government could not continue its work

⚡️ Britain's junior housing minister Stuart Andrew has resigned

🇨🇦Colored hair, face tattoos, men wearing skirts: Canada's new military dress instructions

"Respect, diversity and inclusiveness": The Canadian Armed Forces has introduced updated regulations on personal grooming.

▪face tattoos are allowed;

▪facial hair may be grown to any length, but it should be "neatly groomed and symmetrical";

▪a backpack can be slung over the left shoulder, to leave the right arm "free to salute";

▪men are allowed to wear blouses and skirts as a part of the uniform;

▪restrictions on hair length and color have been lifted;

If bright hair has "a negative operational impact during field operations or training", a soldier can be asked to cover the head with a scarf.

"The Canadian Forces Dress Instructions are about 50 years old and so the policy as a whole was overdue for revision," Canada's Department of National Defence says.

The new regulations will come into effect in September.

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🏃🚴🏊‍♂The triathlon has become the first British sport to ban transgender women from female competitions

"We concluded that the triathlon is a gender-affected sport and that means that athletes who were born male have an advantage over athletes who were born female and this advantage is significant in swimming, cycling and running," said British Triathlon chief executive Andy Salmon.

The British Triathlon Federation is also changing their men's category to 'open', meaning that it will be open to all athletes - men and transgender athletes.

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⚡Five UK ministers send joint letter resigning from Johnson's government

❗Mims Davies resigns as DWP Employment Minister

⚡Boris Johnson could face another no-confidence vote tonight if rules on the procedure are changed this afternoon, Sky News political producer Tom Larkin says, citing a member of the 1922 Committee executive

⚡📹LIVE: Boris Johnson answers questions from the Liaison Committee

❗The price of Brent crude is now $99.9 for the first time since April 25

⚡US, allies discuss capping Russian oil at $40 to $60 - Bloomberg

❗A group of Cabinet ministers is set to tell UK PM Boris Johnson to resign, including the chief whip - BBC

Mark Fletcher resigns as parliamentary private secretary at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

"Enough is enough": Jo Gideon resigns as MP for Ashford