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UK government faces new boozy scandal as deputy whip Pincher resigns

Britain's government is facing another boozy scandal after the deputy chief whip resigned from his post following a drunken incident this week, with PM Boris Johnson facing calls to expel him

UK PM Johnson to host New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern in London

Johnson's office said he and Ardern will discuss security challenges facing the Indo-Pacific region and the situation in Ukraine

Putin would not have embarked on Ukraine war if he were a woman: Johnson

Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have embarked on a crazy, macho war against Ukraine if he were a woman, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. In an interview with the German media at the end of the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau this week, Johnson pointed to Putin's machismo as a contributory factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He also called for more women in positions of power as one of the measures towards global peace. If Putin was a woman, which he obviously isn't, if he were, I really don't think he would have embarked on a crazy, macho war of invasion and violence in the way that he has, Johnson told broadcaster ZDF. If you want a perfect example of toxic masculinity, it's what he is doing, he said, referring to the 69-year-old Russian president. During the recent G7 Summit in Germany, leaders of the powerful bloc mocked Putin over his infamous bare-chested picture atop a horse. Asked about Johnson's remarks, the prime minister's official spokesman said

Scottish government seeks independence vote in October 2023

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would be writing to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for permission to hold a consultative referendum

Will protect steelmakers from energy costs: UK PM Boris Johnson

"We have a system in the UK where we don't privilege our industry in the way that some other countries do," Johnson told broadcasters

UK PM Johnson claims to be on track to win next election amid rebellion

Johnson has been putting up a strong defence in the face of criticism over the partygate scandal and rising cost of living crisis

UK joins US, Canada, Japan at G7 Summit to ban Russian gold imports

The measures we have announced today will directly hit Russian oligarchs and strike at the heart of Putin's war machine, said UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson

New plot to oust British PM Boris Johnson after by-election defeats

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday is facing another brewing rebellion against his leadership of the Conservative Party after the governing party faced two crushing by-election defeats. In a triple blow, Johnson not only lost a Tory stronghold in the southern England constituency of Tiverton & Honiton and an important seat in Wakefield in northern England but was also hit with the resignation of his ally and Tory chairman Oliver Dowden. Now, according to UK media reports, two Tory MPs who have been critical of Boris Johnson say they may stand for election to the committee which runs the party's leadership elections to trigger another leadership challenge. Johnson, 58, survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership earlier this month even though 148 of his MPs voted to oust him and under the rules of the powerful 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs, Johnson should be safe from a further challenge for a year. But Andrew Bridgen, a Tory MP for North West ...

UK Conservatives lose seats, dealing blow to PM Boris Johnson

The losses suggest the broad appeal Johnson presented to win the 2019 election may be fracturing

Trains cancelled in Britain as unions stage second 24-hour walkout

The 24-hour strike by 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff canceled about four-fifths of passenger services across the country

UK PM Boris Johnson calls for compromise to end major rail strike

UK PM Boris Johnson called for a sensible compromise on the pay demands by workers' unions that have resulted in the UK's worst rail strike in 30 years

UK gears up for biggest rail strike over workers' pay in decades

A walkout by an estimated 40,000 workers on this week is set to impact all train services after the RMT Union blamed the 'dead hand' of government for the misery in store for passengers

Boris Johnson hails India-UK free trade agreement as 'biggest of them all'

Johnson and PM Narendra Modi during UK PM's visit had announced that the negotiating teams on both sides must work towards a Diwali timeline for the completion of a draft free trade agreement.

British PM Boris Johnson back in office after minor sinus surgery

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had an operation on his sinuses under general anaesthetic on Monday, his office said. Johnson's spokesman, Max Blain, said the prime minister was back at his 10 Downing Street home and resting after the routine procedure. He said the operation had been scheduled in advance and was performed by medics working for the state-funded National Health Service at a London hospital. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab filled in for Johnson during the operation. Johnson was hospitalised in intensive care with the coronavirus in April 2020. Blain said Monday's procedure was unrelated to COVID-19. Johnson, 58, is due to travel to a Commonwealth conference in Rwanda later this week and to attend Group of Seven and NATO summits later this month.

Live: Centre announces incentives as Agnipath protests continue in states

Live news updates: Catch the latest on Agnipath protests, the coronavirus, the war in Ukraine and other news.

Ukraine President Zelenskyy meets Johnson on defense, security issues

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday to discuss defense and security issues, the presidential press service said

Johnson's ethics adviser says UK PM has put him in 'odious' position

"A deliberate breach, or even an intention to do so, would be to suspend the provisions of the code to suit a political end," Geidt said in his letter to the PM. "I can have no part in this."

UK's Johnson says G7 agreed Taliban must allow people to leave after Aug 31

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday the G7 had agreed their number one condition for the Taliban was granting safe passage to Afghans who wanted to leave the country beyond an Aug 31

UK's Prime Minister Johnson slammed for taking plane, not train

Johnson flew to the Group of Seven summit meeting in Cornwall

Boris Johnson, Joe Biden to hold first in-person meeting in Cornwall

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden will meet in-person for the first time on Thursday in Cornwall, ahead of the UK-hosted G7 Leaders' Summit starting on Friday