Nicola Sturgeon faces a make-or-break vote in the Scottish Parliament later as MSPs decide whether or not to back her fight for a second independence referendum.
The First Minister will call on MSPs to back her request to Westminster for a Section 30 order, allowing for a legally-binding vote to be held.
Last week, Ms Sturgeon announced plans to hold another vote on Scotland's future some time between autumn 2018 and spring 2019, but the Prime Minister asserted "now is not the time" for another referendum.
Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat MSPs have said they will block such a ballot.
However, the pro-independence Scottish Greens, who have six MSPs, are expected to give the First Minister the support she needs for her motion to be passed after the conclusion of a two-day debate this afternoon.
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Making her case for a new vote on Wednesday, Ms Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament there was an "unquestionable democratic mandate for an independence referendum".
She said the UK Government would be "wrong and unfair" to stand in the way of Scotland "even having a choice", adding that Theresa May should set out a timetable for a referendum if she doesn't agree with holding it before spring 2019.
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