Keir Starmer rejects Nicola Sturgeon claim general election majority would be mandate for independence

Keir Starmer is heading for a collision with Labour’s trade union backers after ruling out the re-nationalisation of public utilities.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNew release titles “Alienoid” and “Minions: The Rise of Gru” dominated business at the South Korean box office over the weekend. “Alienoid,” a sci-fi fantasy about the search for a legendary sword across different eras, opened on Wednesday and consistently, but narrowly, bested its animated rival. “Alienoid” earned $5.19 million between Friday and Sunday for a 32% market share, having played on more than 1,800 screens.

Nicola Sturgeon has branded the Tory leadership contest as "dismal" and insisted she has no preference on who wins.

Liz Truss has criticised Rishi Sunak’s record on taxation and the former chancellor claimed he was the only one who could beat Labour as the leadership contest enters its final stage.

Boris Johnson channelled Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger at his final PMQs, signing off with a "'hasta la vista baby" as Tory MPs whooped and clapped.

The legacy of Boris Johnson will be paving the way for Scottish independence, the Tory leader was told today.

BTS have officially been announced as the ambassadors for the World Expo 2030 in Busan, Korea by the expo’s Bid Committee.The appointment was announced by BTS’ management HYBE’s headquarters in Seoul on July 19. BTS leader RM also made a statement in a press release to Billboard, saying: “We are honoured to be appointed ambassadors for World Expo 2030 Busan.

ATEEZ have announced dates for their ‘The Fellowship: Break The Wall’ world tour, which will begin in October and take them to North America, Korea and Japan.On July 18, the eight-member act shared via their social media accounts that they would be embarking on a new world tour later this year. Titled ‘The Fellowship: Break The Wall’, the tour is set to hit nine cities from South Korea, the US, Canada and Japan from October to December.The tour will kick off in Seoul, South Korea with two shows on October 29 and 30, before heading to Anaheim, California the following week.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Top Gun Maverick” reclaimed the lead at the South Korea box office as “Thor: Love and Thunder” slowed rapidly and Korean cinemas endured a weekend that slowed the recent recovery trend.“Top Gun Maverick” earned $5.77 million between Friday and Sunday, in its fourth week of release in Korea, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That was a drop of only 11% from its previous weekend.In contrast, “Thor Love and Thunder” registered a 66% weekend-on-weekend tumble, falling from $9.88 million previously to $3.34 million.

Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister of the UK.The PM announced his resignation outside Number 10 Downing Street after almost three years in power.His resignation came in the wake of the departure of the former Health Secretary Sajid Javid and the former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the resignations of over 50 MPs.Johnson has since been under increasing pressure to step down from his role as PM.Speaking outside Number 10, he said: “It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and so a new Prime Minister.“I’m immensely proud of the achievements of this government in getting Brexit done, to settling our relations with the continent… reclaiming the power for this country to make its own laws in Parliament.”Johnson added: “To [the] new leader… I say I will give you as much support as I can. And to you, the British public.

Boris Johnson‘s imminent resignation as Prime Minister.Johnson is reportedly set to quit today (July 7) following the recent resignations of Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and over 50 other MPs.It came after Johnson apologised for appointing Chris Pincher as deputy chief whip despite knowing about a 2019 investigation into inappropriate behaviour made against Pincher. The MP resigned last week after being accused of groping two men in a private members club.“In hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do,” Johnson said earlier this week (via Reuters).

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged for a ‘proper change of government’ following the announcement that Boris Johnson has agreed to step down as Prime Minister.

After months of instability and speculation, and two days of absolute chaos, Boris Johnson is finally throwing in the towel.

Boris Johnson is clinging to his job tonight after two of his most senior Cabinet members resigned. The scandal-hit Prime Minister was rocked by the shock departures of both Chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid.

Boris Johnson has invited Nicola Sturgeon to a UK summit on the cost of living crisis after phoning the First Minister to thank her for her support for Ukraine.

Patrick Harvie has argued that votes for the Scottish Greens at the next general election should be counted as part of Nicola Sturgeon's mandate for independence.

Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the publication of a poll on independence which found the Yes campaign has a narrow lead.

Nicola Sturgeon laid out her plans to hold a second independence referendum on Scotland's future earlier this week.

Nicola Sturgeon has been told to "focus on what really matters" instead of pushing another referendum on Scottish independence.