Kevin Thomson in line for Rangers reunion with Michael Beale as QPR boss puts coaching team together

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRappler, the independent news organization that earned its co-founder Maria Ressa a Nobel Peace Prize in 2021, has been ordered to close down.The paper had been under siege for much of the past six years for its frequent criticism of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte.The order to close came just two days before Duterte is due to end his term as president and hand over to Ferdinand Marcos Jr., heir to the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.It also came just days after the country’s National Security Council ordered the National Telecommunications Commission to block access to 28 news websites. They are accused of supporting terrorism through affiliation with the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.

Sunmi has released a music video for ‘Heart Burn’, the title track for her single album of the same name.In the alluring visual, Sunmi travels through time and woos several lovers. All of her romantic endeavors end in heartbreak, however, as she loses all of her lovers to a fever they contract after spending a night with her.“Summer heat doesn’t cool down all night / I keep dancing with dangerous moves / Burning sunlight with a mild breeze / I love these vibes,” Sunmi sings in the second verse.

AJ Tracey has joined the packed line-up for Open’er Festival 2022.The Polish festival, which is held at Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport in Gdynia, kicks off today (June 29) and will run until the early hours of Sunday (July 3).Headliners at the 2022 festival include A$AP Rocky, The Killers, Dua Lipa, Playboi Carti and Twenty One Pilots.AJ Tracey has now joined the line-up, with his performance at Open’er Festival set to take place on the Tent Stage at 1:15am on the final day of the festival.The likes of Måneskin, Imagine Dragons, Clairo, The Smile, Little Simz, Inhaler and Jehnny Beth are all set to perform at Open’er Festival later today, with A$AP Rocky topping the bill later this evening.A post shared by Open'er Festival (@opener_festival)Tomorrow at Open’er will feature live performances from Royal Blood, Glass Animals, Tove Lo, Years & Years, BadBadNotGood and Don Toliver.You can find out more information about this year’s Open’er Festival by heading here.Earlier this month, AJ Tracey officially released ‘Seoul’, a track he first debuted during a freestyle for the New York rap show On The Radar.You can see Tracey’s upcoming tour dates below and find UK tickets here.July1 – Wknd Fest, Helsinki, Finland2 – Forbidden Forest, East Midlands7 – Rolling Loud, Portimão, Portugal9 – Crystal Palace Park, London10 – Nass, Bath24 – Solnaro, Braga, Portugal31 – Loosefest, NewcastleAugust6 – Sunny Hill, Kosovo12 – Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden13 – Øya, Oslo, NorwaySeptember3 – Sundown, Norwich11 – Rolling Loud, Toronto, Canada

Striking Distance Studios founder and CEO Glen Schofield has talked about how Dead Space spiritual successor The Callisto Protocol will be even more intense than that title.Schofield talked about The Callisto Protocol in a new interview with Eurogamer yesterday (June 28), addressing how this year’s horror title will go a step behind his previous game in Dead Space.“It’s got some pretty horrific moments, it really does. We have a gore engine – we built Gore technology.

Overwatch 2’s community manager Andy Belford has taken to the official forums to defend the game’s “support a streamer” promotion after backlash from the community.To promote the launch of the second Overwatch 2 beta, Blizzard has partnered with 150 streamers to give away an exclusive Brigitte skin. Players will need to donate three subscriptions to any of the Twitch channels on the list, while they’re actively streaming Overwatch.

The National have announced the full line-up for their All Points East show in London later this summer, with Parcels, Tune-Yards and more joining the bill.The band will headline Victoria Park on August 26, with the likes of Fleet Foxes, Lucy Dacus, Kurt Vile and more already confirmed to support them.Other APE headline sets across two weekends in August will come from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Tame Impala, Kraftwerk, The Chemical Brothers, Disclosure and Gorillaz.The full bill has now been confirmed for The National’s show, with Parcels and Tune-Yards being joined by Villagers, Valerie June, Balthazar and Dehd.Others also on the line-up include Perfume Genius, Low and Rae Morris.See the full line-up below and pick up tickets here.We are so pleased to be headlining such a brilliant lineup for @allpointseastuk at Victoria Park in London this August. Tickets are on sale now at https://t.co/hkOWVSGvIL pic.twitter.com/SQl2oZsj8Q— The National (@TheNational) June 29, 2022The National returned to touring last month, giving live debuts to three new songs at the tour-opening show in Pamplona, Spain on Saturday, May 28.Footage of those songs – ‘Tropic Morning News (Haversham)’, ‘Grease In Your Hair (Birdie)’, and ‘Bathwater (Mount Auburn)’ – then appeared from a later gig in Paris.In a social media post shared last month (May 26), The National said that they have been working on new material.

MONSTA X has released a music video for ‘Whispers in the Dark’, a cut from their ninth full-length album ‘The Dreaming’.The nostalgic visual, released yesterday (June 28), features various clips of the group’s preparations and performances for the Los Angeles leg of their North American ‘No Limit’ concert tour series. “Lying through your teeth / While you’re lying next to me / The voices keeping you awake / You can’t escape,” Minhyuk sings on the pre-chorus.The music video for ‘Whispers in the Dark’ was produced in partnership with Lexus, whose cars are featured in the visual.

We do love a good Love Island challenge, and last night’s episode of the show saw the return of the famous “heart rate” number, which sees the Islanders get into fancy dress and whip out their sexiest moves in a bid to raise their fellow contestants’ heart rates. While Ekin-Su donned a bridal themed outfit and Tasha channelled Barbie with a pink ensemble, it was Paige Thorne that really caught our attention and, it could definitely be argued, committed to her costume the most.The 24 year old ditched her signature dark brunette tresses for the evening and sported a blonde mermaid waves style as she transformed into Baywatch era Pamela Anderson, complete with the signature red swimsuit.There’s no denying that she looked incredible – and fans of the show certainly seemed to agree with us, judging by the comments left in a snap posted to Paige’s Instagram.

SUSANNA Reid fought back tears as she paid tribute to Dame Deborah James on Good Morning Britain. The 51-year-old remembered the legendary BowelBabe who died from bowel cancer aged just 40.

LOVE Island fans cringed as Ekin-Su Culculoglu sucked Davide Sanclimenti’s finger and snogged his face off during tonight's X-rated challenge. Tuesday's instalment of the ITV2 show saw the boys and girls show off their best sexy dance moves in the heart pumping challenge.

HOLLY Willoughby was overcome with emotion as she paid tribute to Dame Deborah James today following her death. The inspirational Sun columnist, known as BowelBabe to her legions of Instagram fans, died from bowel cancer aged just 40.

England will renew rivalries with their old footballing foes when they take on the European giants in the Nations League in Munich on Tuesday night, almost 12 months on from the Three Lions' iconic Euro 2020 triumph over the same opponents at Wembley. Goals from Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane saw Gareth Southgate's side claim a memorable win over the Germans on that occasion, but it was by no means England's most famous success over their international enemy.Back in 2001, the Three Lions thumped Germany 5-1 on their own patch in one of the country's greatest ever results.

Rangers’ European exploits have earned them a place in the top 10 performing clubs on the Continent in the past five years.

In-form Calvin Bassey has been given a new nickname by the Nigerian press after impressing in the post-season internationals.

Airdrie player/manager Rhys McCabe insists he's not coming in to rip up the style of play that proved so productive for the Diamonds last season.

Rangers boss Gio van Bronckhorst is taking some well earned time off, stopping off at the Monaco Grand Prix on his travels.

It’s hard to imagine a season where Rangers lost the title they craved so much and worked so hard to get ending so memorably.

Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard is ‘getting the band back together’ following the rumours Luis Suarez might be joining the side.The Liverpool legend played alongside the striker at Anfield, as well as attacker Philippe Coutinho. Indeed, Gerrard has already made the Brazilian playmaker’s move from Barcelona permanent this window for £17million, while it appears that the former England international could make it a second former Reds member with Suarez’s signature.The Uruguayan is out of contract at Atletico Madrid and so will be looking for a new club.

Rangers hero Arthur Numan insists Calvin Bassey can't be allowed to leave Ibrox for any less that £20million this summer.

Manchester City football star, Jack Grealish was in high spirits this week as he partied the day away in Ibiza with Ibiza Weekender's Chloe Chaloner. They were both visiting Wayne Lineker’s famous beach club, Ocean Beach, as they laughed and socialised with pals in the club’s VIP area, which is reserved for the rich and famous. Jack, 28, who is worth £100million, looked happy and relaxed as he sported a pair of pale pink swim shorts adorned with leaf prints, and he kept the sun off his shoulders with a white towel slung around his neck.

Airdrieonians have appointed Rhys McCabe as their new player/manager.