Newsnight
A daily BBC Television current affairs programme which specialises in analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians.
Country: United Kingdom
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 5
Duration: 50m
Release: 1980
Rating: 6.0
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2023-01-03
"The NHS is under pressure - with a number of hospitals declaring critical incidents. Is there a solution, and what is it?\n\nAs fresh strikes take place, with the prospect of even more further down the line, Newsnight speaks to the new head of the TUC.\n\nAnd the Newsnight panel take to the whiteboard to lay out their predictions for 2023."
2023-11-23
"As Gazans decide whether to comply with an Israeli instruction to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of an expected land offensive, Mark Urban is in Jerusalem with the latest. Sima Kotecha is in London asking how the conflict has affected community relations in Britain."
2023-11-24
"Joe Biden backs Israel, as both sides blame the other for the Gaza hospital strike and Hezbollah threatens a new front in the north. What has the US President's trip to the region achieved?"
Season 45 - Newsnight
2024-01-02
"Tomorrow will see the start of the longest strike in NHS history. Junior doctors in England will go on strike for six days - amounting to a continuous walkout of 144 hours. Since the industrial action started, more than a million appointments and treatments have been cancelled. NHS leaders have said this strike will put patients at 'serious risk'. Newsnight looks at what the impact could be.\n\nAnd the new year brings further violence in Ukraine as Russian attacks intensify, with a major escalation in missile strikes. Today, at least five people have been killed and more than 130 have been injured. In recent days, there have been major aerial assaults by both sides. And on New Year's Eve, Russia launched the largest drone attack of the war so far.\n\nWith Sima Kotecha."
2024-01-03
"With 2024 set to be an election year, what will the economic backdrop be and how will the parties line up? Nick Watt and Ben Chu assess the political and economic weather."
2024-01-04
"Armando Iannucci is in the studio as the PM indicates the election is months away, and Keir Starmer sets out his stall. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-01-05
"Donald Trump and Joe Biden's first speeches of this election year, the NHS's policy problems, UK floods, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor on her 2001 hit's return to the charts. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-01-08
"As the Post Office scandal dominates politics, the real Alan Bates and the writer of ITV's Mr Bates vs The Post Office are live on the programme. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-01-09
"As former boss Paula Vennells says she will hand back her CBE, Newsnight looks at the ongoing fallout from the Post Office scandal. Plus Trump's bid for immunity from prosecution. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-01-10
"The PM promises new laws to deal with the Post Office scandal. Victoria Derbyshire presents a live Newsnight special talking to sub-postmasters, politicians and campaigners."
2024-01-11
"The cabinet meets to discuss military attacks on the Houthi faction in Yemen after they create chaos in the Red Sea. Will it lead to a wider conflict? Also, testimony from a Post Office fraud investigator. How did the organisation fail so badly? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-01-12
"Another missile attack on Red Sea shipping, after dozens of bombs from British and American jets drop on the Houthi in Yemen. A strike for stability or a step towards escalation?"
2024-01-15
"Republicans in Iowa will be the first to vote for who they want as their presidential candidate in the 2024 US election. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-01-16
"Two Conservative deputy chairmen resign over the government's Rwanda Bill. Has this damaged Rishi Sunak's authority? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-01-17
"The Rwanda migration bill is in the Commons with a Tory rebellion bubbling under. Will the PM's plans get past MPs, or will he have to rethink? The migration minister and Jacob Rees-Mogg have reaction to the numbers. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-01-18
"A Newsnight investigation into Doug Barrowman - husband of Michelle Mone - and his involvement in a tax avoidance scheme. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-01-19
"As the world transitions to a zero carbon future, who pays the cost? Port Talbot has announced the closure of two emissions-heavy furnaces that employ thousands of workers, and we're in Scotland where the closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery is also putting jobs at risk."
2024-01-22
"Israeli hostage families meet UK political leaders, demanding they put pressure on Qatar to 'pick a side' as Hamas-run health ministry says the death toll in Gaza reaches 25,000. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-01-23
"Survivors and bereaved relatives of the Grenfell Tower fire have described their loss and trauma to the companies many blame for the tragedy. Have the families been failed? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-01-24
"Ukraine doesn't deny shooting down a Russian plane inside Russia, which Moscow says was carrying Ukrainian prisoners. With western support already stalled, where is the war heading? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-01-25
"Newsnight looks at the accounts of postmasters who suffered traumatic armed robberies, only to be investigated and in some cases faced demands from the Post Office to cover the losses of the stolen money.\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-01-26
"What impact will the ruling that Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza have, as talks over a ceasefire and hostage release get underway? With Faisal Islam."
2024-01-29
"As Republicans in the US call for President Biden to strike against Iran, can the president retaliate without escalating tension in the Middle East?"
2024-01-30
"Stormont looks ready to assemble again after nearly two years, following a new deal approved by the DUP - but what are the details? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-01-31
"Can the DUP's Sir Jeffrey Donaldson take his party with him into the new power-sharing arrangement in Northern Ireland? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-02-01
"A woman and her two daughters were attacked by a man with a corrosive substance, with the police hunting a suspect known to the victims. How common are these attacks and what can be done to stop violence against women in the UK? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-02-02
"Two days on, how has Abdul Ezedi managed to evade arrest? In Newcastle, where Ezedi lives, we ask if the asylum seeker system fit for purpose. Plus Eddie Kadi and Morravey on Afrobeats being recognised at the Grammys. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-02-05
"Reaction to the King's cancer diagnosis. Is the Palace taking a new approach to discussing the monarch's health? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-02-06
"Parents of thousands of children born with disabilities after their mothers took the drug Valproate to control their epilepsy have been campaigning for a new compensation scheme. Two join Newsnight live."
2024-02-07
"The Labour Party are to scale back their plan to invest \u00a328 billion in green policies if they win the general election expected this year. Has Keir Starmer bowed too readily to criticism from opponents or moved sensibly to protect his party's economic credibility?"
2024-02-08
"The fallout from Labour's \u00a328bn U-turn on green spending. Are they still planning to spend the money without making it a pledge? Our editors pore over the politics, the economics and the net zero implications.\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-02-09
"Pakistan is in political turmoil yet again. Despite the Muslim League's Nawaz Sharif claiming a fourth victory, it's claimed independents loyal to his rival - the jailed Imran Khan who is not allowed to campaign under his party's name - have emerged as the largest political force. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-02-12
"The party says they received information about new comments allegedly made by Azhar Ali. Where does this leave Keir Starmer's mission to \"rip out anti-Semitism by its roots\"?"
2024-02-13
"Tensions rise over a possible Israeli offensive on Rafah as the UN warns it could lead to a slaughter. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-02-14
"As a Conservative mayor is expelled over antisemitism, will party divisions on the Israel-Gaza war erupt over a ceasefire vote? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-02-15
"On the day Britain fell into recession, polls close in two by-elections. Will there be any crumbs of comfort for Rishi Sunak at the ballot box? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-02-16
"The man some said Vladimir Putin wouldn't dare to kill is reported dead. Does Alexei Navalny's death show the Russian president's total power or does it give him a political headache?\n\nWith Katie Razzall."
2024-02-19
"Following the death of her husband, Yulia Navalnaya blames president Putin. Will Russians support her call to stand with her? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-02-20
"Prince William calls for an 'end to the fighting' ahead of a crucial Commons vote tomorrow. Has the UK's stance on a Gaza ceasefire shifted? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-02-21
"The House of Commons Speaker's defiance of convention helps solve Starmer's Gaza ceasefire vote problem. Did Lindsay Hoyle fold under pressure? Some Tories and the SNP are furious. What will the fallout be?\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-02-22
"Pressure is building from the SNP and Conservatives following yesterday\u2019s debate. Are concerns over MPs safety shaping the political agenda? With Faisal Islam."
2024-02-23
"Kyiv says it is being starved of the ammunition it needs as Ukraine enters the third year of war against Russia. Will the west step up efforts against an oil-funded Russia running a full war economy?"
2024-02-26
"The PM says comments made by his Conservative colleagues were \u2018wrong\u2019 but denies the party has an Islamophobia issue. Far right propaganda has surged on the dark web after the 7 October attacks. And victims of the infected blood scandal are still awaiting their compensation. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-02-27
"Claims and counter claims at a hearing about the Post Office scandal. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-02-28
"Rishi Sunak has warned of attempts to 'hijack the democratic process through force itself'. He\u2019s told police that they must use the powers that they have or risk losing the confidence of the public. Are the fears well-founded? Or is No 10 trying to make a wedge issue out of the recent protests for political gain?"
2024-02-29
"A new inquiry looking into the circumstances that led to Sarah Everard's murder highlights police failings that allowed her killer to take up high profile jobs within the Met Police, and how more than one police body 'repeatedly failed' to identify obvious warning signs. With Katie Razzall."
2024-03-01
"The PM responds to the Rochdale by-election result with a speech about extremism. With Faisal Islam."
2024-03-04
"Ahead of the budget, Newsnight is in Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme to hear from a live audience about their priorities and speak to a panel of politicians. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-03-05
"A look ahead to the Budget. Plus Super Tuesday in the States. And the impact of council cuts on culture. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-03-06
"Tax cuts at the expense of public services? Has the budget shifted the political dial? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-03-07
"As ceasefire talks fail, Joe Biden will announce America is to build a new port on the Gaza coast, to unblock the flow of aid stuck behind the Egyptian border. With Ben Chu."
2024-03-08
"In a dangerous decade for the world, must we now spend more on defence? Or should we just spend better?"
2024-03-11
"In this instalment of Newsnight\u2019s pre-general election coverage, Kirsty Wark is in Paisley and Renfrewshire North with a live audience and a panel of politicians."
2024-03-12
"24 hours after the story broke, the prime minister has condemned remarks allegedly made by a Tory donor, about the MP Diane Abbott, as 'racist and wrong'. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-03-13
"As the government prepares to expand its definition of extremism in response to 'a rise in extremists who are trying to hijack our democracy', will the response be proportionate or is it an attempt to score political points?"
2024-03-14
"Will the PM's new rules help or hinder the fight against extremism? The government's independent reviewer of terror legislation tells us the new definition 'isn't very clear'."
2024-03-15
"With the G7 freezing $300 billion in Russian state assets, should all that money now be handed to Ukraine to pay for the war? With Faisal Islam."
2024-03-18
"With a general election on the horizon, Newsnight hits the road again, this time in Wales. Victoria Derbyshire is in Monmouthshire with a live audience and a panel of politicians."
2024-03-19
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-03-20
"As the PM meets his backbenchers, are the wolves circling? Or is talk of a leadership challenge overblown? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-03-21
"Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner speaks at length to Newsnight on the question of whether she paid all the taxes due on the sale of her home."
2024-03-22
"The Princess of Wales tells the world that she is being treated for cancer. With the King also suffering from cancer, where does that leave the day to day work of the monarchy?"
2024-03-25
"Kirsty Wark is in Duxford, south Cambridgeshire, with a live audience and a panel of politicians."
2024-03-26
"The latest from Baltimore as the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses after a container ship crashes into it. And how free is childcare in England? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-03-27
"Who's to blame for all the dumping of raw sewage in England's rivers and seas? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-03-28
"As shareholders of Thames Water refuse to put up half a billion pounds towards a rescue plan, could it - and other utility companies - be renationalised? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-04-02
"Western allies of Israel are calling for answers after seven aid workers were killed in an IDF air strike in Gaza. Three British nationals were among them. With Faisal Islam."
2024-04-03
"As the international community condemns Israel for the air strike that killed seven aid workers, the National Unity Party leader \u2013 war cabinet minister Benny Gantz \u2013 calls for an early election. But would a September poll \u2013 two years earlier than Netanyahu\u2019s term is due to end \u2013 restore public trust and prevent a rift in the nation? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-04-04
"Will Israel care, or even notice, if the UK bans arms sales? What would happen if the big players in Germany and the United States followed suit? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-04-05
"Israel admits its faults in the death of aid workers and promises to open up more routes into the Gaza Strip. Is American pressure now forcing a turning point in this war?"
2024-04-08
"Why have so many women been killed despite having contact with the police? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-04-09
"The MP at the heart of Westminster honeytrap plot resigns the Conservative whip. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-04-10
"'We\u2019ve let them down because the research isn\u2019t good enough and we haven\u2019t got good data', so said Doctor Hilary Cass whose landmark review into gender identity services for children and young people was published today. Where does all that leave trans services?"
2024-04-11
"OJ Simpson was arguably the greatest American football player of all time. Famously acquitted of killing his ex-wife, he was a film star and convicted burglar as well. The programme looks back at a life of more dramas and tragedies than a dozen average celebrities."
2024-04-12
"The deputy leader of the Labour Party says she will resign if she is found to have committed a criminal offence. How much trouble is she in?"
2024-04-15
"Israel\u2019s allies urge prime minister Netanyahu to 'take the win' and respond calmly to Iran\u2019s weekend attack. Israel has vowed that Tehran will 'pay the price' for its actions. What happens now?\n\nPlus, as the Rwanda Bill inches closer to entering the statute book, Newsnight speaks to a senior Tory MP about whether it could change the party\u2019s electoral fortunes.\n\nWith Kirsty Wark."
2024-04-16
"The Commons has passed a bill making it illegal for people born in or after 2009 to buy tobacco. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-04-17
"As the Rwanda bill finally makes it through parliament, how soon will flights take off, and what are the obstacles in the way?"
2024-04-18
"The husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the Scottish National Party. What happens now? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-04-19
"After months of stand-offs and stalling, the US House of Representatives will vote on a crucial aid package that could set the course for the war in Ukraine. Ukraine\u2019s prime minister has said that a Russian victory could trigger World War III, so why are so many in Congress reluctant to sign off on it? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-04-22
"Newsnight is live in Westminster as the 'ping-pong' between Commons and Lords over the Safety of Rwanda Bill stretches into the night. The prime minister says planes will take migrants to the country 'come what may' - but not for 10 to 12 weeks. Also, the opening arguments in Donald Trump's hush money trial. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-04-23
"Rishi Sunak travels to Poland announcing a \u00a370 billion boost in defence spending and has earmarked \u00a3500m for Ukraine aid \u2013 will it make a difference? A former armed forces minister joins Newsnight live. Plus, after five people died trying to cross the Channel, Newsnight speaks to someone who made that same journey. And, the Charlatan's Tim Burgess on the state of the UK's music industry.\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-04-24
"Labour have promised to bring the railways back into public ownership, but will it make the trains run on time? With Faisal Islam."
2024-04-25
"This morning, the surprise news of the SNP\/Green coalition in Edinburgh collapsing like a souffl\u00e9. At bedtime, what's left of Humza Yousaf's administration? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-04-26
"The Palace says King Charles will resume public engagements, following encouraging progress in his cancer treatment. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-04-29
"Kirsty Wark is in Glasgow following the news of Humza Yousaf's resignation. With Victoria Derbyshire in London."
2024-04-30
"Following a sword attack in London, Victoria Derbyshire talks to the mother of a murdered 16-year-old boy. She's calling for a ban on the weapon."
2024-05-01
"In America, pro-Palestinian encampments are cleared by police, while at others there are clashes with counter-protesters. With echoes of 1968, will this turn into an election decider for Trump and Biden?"
2024-05-02
"After polls close in local and mayoral elections across England, the first word from the parties, plus election guru Sir John Curtice. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-05-03
"As the dust clears on the last big vote before the General Election, do the tea leaves give hope to Sunak or predict a Tory wipeout?"
2024-05-07
"Israeli troops enter Rafah, so where does that leave a ceasefire agreement?"
2024-05-08
"Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke defected to the Labour Party today. So why are some Labour MPs unhappy?"
2024-05-09
"Stormy Daniels is into her second day of testimony in a New York court for Donald Trump's hush-money trial. Will the outcome wreck his tilt at the White House or boost it?"
2024-05-10
"With peace talks stalled, Israel is expanding its operations in Gaza, and its rift with the Biden administration deepens. With Mark Urban."
2024-05-13
"A special edition in which Victoria Derbyshire talks to carers who've been sent demands to repay an allowance."
2024-05-14
"Protesters have clashed with riot police in Georgia, as its parliament passes a divisive new law. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-05-15
"As the Slovakian prime minister fights for his life after an assassination attempt, who was responsible and why? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-05-16
"In the 1970s and 1980s, Lord Mayor Treloar College in Hampshire gave haemophiliac pupils new blood treatments. But the blood was contaminated with HIV and hepatitis. At least 72 pupils have since died. We talk to four survivors of what's been called the worst treatment disaster in NHS history. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-05-17
"As Devon residents are forced to boil their contaminated water, the financial crisis at Thames threatens a different kind of problem. What went wrong with UK water?"
2024-05-20
"UK prime minister Rishi Sunak calls it a \u2018a day of shame\u2019 after the Infected Blood Scandal Inquiry chair report finds deliberate cover-ups by successive governments. And the ICC seeks arrest warrants for the Israeli PM and Hamas leaders."
2024-05-21
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-05-22
"A rain-soaked launch that will stick in the memory and a surprised Westminster, but why go to the country now? What does this campaign hold in store? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-05-23
"The parties lay out their offerings. What have they got to tempt in the voters? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-05-24
"Cabinet minister Michael Gove becomes the latest of more than 70 Tory MPs to stand down from parliament. What could be the reason? With Faisal Islam."
2024-05-28
"Diane Abbott has been readmitted as a Labour MP, after Newsnight revealed that the party's investigation into her comments about racism was completed five months ago. But will she stand at the general election?"
2024-05-29
"The Hackney MP gets back the Labour whip but says she's been banned from standing in the election. Starmer says that's not true. Who's right and what do voters make of it?"
2024-05-30
"As we come on air, former president Donald Trump is found guilty in a New York criminal court of falsifying business records. Will it help him or stop him getting elected in November?"
2024-05-31
"As Donald Trump attacks the New York court that found him guilty in his hush money case, is his party declaring war on the US legal system?"
2024-06-03
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-06-04
"We bring you rapid reaction after Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer faced off in their first election TV debate in Salford. The Conservatives and Labour join us live from the spin room - with panellists Piers Morgan and Mick Lynch in the studio throughout."
2024-06-05
"The Labour leader accuses the prime minister of lying over his tax claims as the election starts getting rough."
2024-06-06
"Opinion polls show Reform creeping up the charts. What happens if that reaches the ballot box? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-06-07
"After the PM apologises for his early departure from the D-Day commemoration, his Conservative colleague Penny Mordaunt faces off against six other party representatives in the BBC's Election debate. With Faisal Islam."
2024-06-10
"Is there a big surprise in the Tory manifesto that could take the heat off Rishi Sunak, after what many see as the biggest blunder in recent political history? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-06-11
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-06-12
"The rivals for Number Ten are back in front of the cameras tonight in Grimsby. Newsnight is in the spin room for the post match analysis. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-06-13
"The seven-headed election debate is back for more. Who will win this time, and does it even cut through with voters? And we pick out the bones from the Labour manifesto. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-06-14
"The last election was the Brexit election... why is this one the anything-but-Brexit election? A pro-European Labour MP talks about Keir Starmer's plans for UK-EU relations. Plus, what can the parties' social media campaigns tell us about the state of the race?"
2024-06-17
"Nigel Farage's Reform UK unveil their policies, but do their numbers add up? Also, new figures suggest the two-child benefit cap will plunge half a million children into relative poverty. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-06-18
"The billionaire John Caudwell, who donated \u00a3500,000 to the Conservatives before the last election, reveals he is voting Labour for the first time. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-06-19
"Victoria Derbyshire is joined by an audience of voters to ask the big four parties how they plan to save the NHS."
2024-06-20
"As Rishi Sunak takes the stage in the latest TV debate, his director of campaigning Tony Lee is being looked into by the Gambling Commission over an alleged bet on the election date. Following on from the PM's aide Craig Williams admitting a huge error of judgement over election betting, what does it say about Downing Street culture? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-06-21
"Sunak offers national service and Starmer has rent reform. Who's going to get the vote of the young and the old, and which one counts for more on 4 July? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-06-24
"Have the Tories closed down the betting row or is there more to come? Plus, as small boats crossings reach a record high, do any parties have a credible plan? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-06-25
"Newsnight learns up to 15 Conservative Party candidates and officials are being scrutinised for alleged betting on the timing of the general election. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-06-26
"Eight days to polling day, as Sunak and Starmer face off for the last time. Is there anything now that can move the dial on the public's decision?"
2024-06-27
"In Atlanta the two heavyweights of US politics clash for the first time since 2020. Will Biden's age or Trump's rap sheet decide the day, or will it be something else entirely?"
2024-06-28
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Kirsty Wark. Six days to polling day, Newsnight is in Glasgow to ask voters what they want from the next government."
2024-07-01
"With 56 hours until polls open, the leaders are out campaigning for every single vote - but what's really going on behind the scenes? Our panel of insiders provides insight and analysis."
2024-07-02
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-07-03
"Election Day looms. What are the predictions for Sunak, Starmer and the five other parties all looking to change the country's fortunes?"
2024-07-05
"One day on from an historic election result, Newsnight has insight and analysis of the new political reality. How will Labour use its new super-sized majority? And can the Tories and the SNP rebuild after their support fell through the floor?\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-07-08
"How many inmates will Labour have to release in England and Wales - and when - to relieve our overcrowded prisons? We speak to a former justice secretary and the domestic abuse commissioner. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-07-09
"It's a make-or-break week for Joe Biden. The US president is fighting for his political survival, as he hosts leaders around the world for a Nato summit. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-07-10
"The president and the prime minister meet in Washington as pressure mounts on Joe Biden to drop out of the fight with Trump. Also, Tony Blair on Ukraine, his experience dealing with Vladimir Putin, and \u2018woke\u2019 politics. With Kirsty Wark."
2024-07-11
"The demands that Joe Biden step aside as presidential candidate grow ever louder ahead of a potentially make-or-break press conference. As the Nato summit ends, can the US commander-in-chief really do his job for four more years? With Kirsty Wark."
2024-07-12
"On Kirsty Wark's last Newsnight, how close is Joe Biden's candidacy to imploding after his latest senior moments? We're joined by actor Alan Cumming and podcaster Lewis Goodall."
2024-07-15
"Donald Trump has named the senator of Ohio - and one-time critic - JD Vance as his running mate. What does that tell us about his electoral strategy? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-07-16
"Labour MPs seek to force a vote on the two-child benefit cap \u2013 how much pressure is Keir Starmer under? Plus, we\u2019re live from the Republican National Convention. With Katie Razzall."
2024-07-17
"The King read a speech full of Keir Starmer's aspirations, but how will the new government turn manifesto promises into results?"
2024-07-18
"Joe Biden has covid while rumours sweep Washington that he's considering pulling out of the presidential race. Is it true, and when might it happen?"
2024-07-19
"Joe Biden was reportedly set to discuss an exit plan with his family, but tonight the president insists he is looking forward to more campaigning. What\u2019s going on? Plus, the latest on the IT glitch that caused chaos across the world. With Christian Fraser."
2024-07-22
"After the dramatic withdrawal of Joe Biden from the US presidential race, Newsnight asks who might win in Trump v Harris. And what do we know about the Democrats\u2019 new presumptive nominee? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-07-23
"The prime minister suspends seven of his MPs for voting against the government on the two-child benefit cap. What does it tell us about how Sir Keir Starmer will govern?"
2024-07-24
"The firing gun on the Tory leadership contest has been started, with some party figures warning of an \u2018existential crisis\u2019 for the party. What could the outcome mean for British politics?\n\nPlus, with shoplifting at a 20-year high, we explore what is behind the rise and whether things could get worse for our high streets. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-07-25
"With protests in Rochdale after a man was hospitalised from a policeman kicking and stamping on his head at Manchester Airport, the mayor and home secretary caution against a rush to judgement. Is this another blow to the public\u2019s trust in the police? With Christian Fraser."
2024-07-26
"Trainline vandals try to disrupt the Paris Olympics, as a spectacular opening ceremony, and security operation, get underway. And do Labour\u2019s claims of a \u00a320bn fiscal 'black hole' ring true? With Katie Razzall."
2024-07-29
"How could a dance workshop for primary school children become a scene of such tragedy? We speak to the Bishop of Liverpool and a councillor who grew up on the street where the attack took place. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-07-30
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-07-31
"As Huw Edwards, the former lead presenter of BBC News, pleads guilty to receiving indecent images of children, how much did the corporation know while still paying him a \u00a3475,000 salary? With Christian Fraser."
2024-08-01
"A BBC employee who complained about Huw Edwards's behaviour tells Newsnight the corporation's investigation was 'deeply disappointing', as the BBC director general defends his handling of Huw Edwards. With Katie Razzall."
2024-08-02
"After the unrest in Southport, police forces around England have warned about the potential for more disorder. Is disinformation fuelling the protests? What is the impact on local communities? Has the police response been effective so far? With Katie Razzall."
2024-08-05
"After a week of riots in towns and cities, is enough being done by the Government and police to keep us safe? With Katie Razzall."
2024-08-06
"Will Kamala Harris\u2019s running mate pick be enough to get her to the White House? With Katie Razzall."
2024-08-07
"Shop owners board up their windows and police warn that they are preparing for riots again tonight. Why do they think something will happen?"
2024-08-08
"After nine days of riot, protest and counter-protest, why did it all happen, and is it over? With Katie Razzall."
2024-08-09
"The PM says he will review social media regulations, with growing questions about whether disinformation on tech platforms helped to fuel recent unrest. But with Elon Musk comparing the approach to Soviet Russia, does more really need to be done? With Anna Foster."
2024-08-12
"A doctor warned three years before the Nottingham attacks that Valdo Calocane's mental illness was so severe he could 'end up killing someone'. So how was he able to go on to kill three people? We speak to a campaigner for the families of his victims. With Katie Razzall."
2024-08-13
"As the US secretary of state postpones his trip to the region, is Iran set to ignore pleas from western leaders and strike back against Israel?"
2024-08-14
"Nine days after Ukrainian forces began their incursion into Russian territory, Kyiv says troops are continuing their advance. How will Vladimir Putin respond to this embarrassment? Does Ukraine\u2019s gamble actually increase the risk of Russian escalation? And, could Brussels really be out to rein in Elon Musk and X? With Faisal Islam."
2024-08-15
"As Iran prepares to attack Israel, Hamas declines to attend peace talks. What more can Israel do in Gaza to achieve their war aims? WIth Paddy O'Connell."
2024-08-16
"With Labour green-lighting pay settlements for train drivers and junior doctors, and more strikes announced today, Labour is facing accusations it has lost control of public sector pay. Has it? With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2024-08-19
"British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter are missing following a freak storm on the coast of Sicily - Newsnight speaks to a journalist who captured his extraordinary story a month before. Plus, as the Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago, what's Kamala Harris's pitch to voters?\n\nWith Adam Fleming."
2024-08-20
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Adam Fleming."
2024-08-21
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Nick Watt."
2024-08-22
"On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Kamala Harris is set to make the most important speech of her life. What does she need to do to win over America? With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2024-08-23
"As energy prices are set to rise by an average of 10%, the pressure grows for Keir Starmer over his decision to cut winter fuel allowances for most pensioners. We speak to consumer champion Martin Lewis.\n\nWith Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2024-08-27
"The PM warns in his start-of-term speech of 'short term pain for long term good' in the autumn budget. Would spending cuts and tax rises amount to another round of austerity? Plus, fascinating Newsnight archive of Oasis, as they announce their reunion. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-08-28
"The PM claims that the UK has a 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' to turn a 'corner on Brexit'. But with so many red lines already drawn, can his intended reset achieve anything of substance? Also, the mothers of Caroline Flack and Anisha Vidal-Garner, who say their privacy has been invaded by newspapers. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-08-29
"US vice-president Kamala Harris gives her first interview since formally becoming the Democratic Party's nominee for president alongside her running mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-08-30
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Christian Fraser."
2024-09-02
"Two big hitters launch their Conservative leadership campaigns, with James Cleverly focusing on policy, and Kemi Badenoch on principles. What do they believe in? Plus, we hear from the relative of Israeli Carmel Gat, one of six hostages found dead in Gaza over the weekend, after being seized by Hamas on 7 October. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-09-03
"A pregnant woman and six children are among the dead as a small boat capsizes. Can the government stop the boats and the deaths? MPs will get the chance to vote next week on whether they support or oppose the government's plan to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. Victoria Derbyshire talks to one Labour MP urging her party to rethink their decision."
2024-09-04
"The official report into the Grenfell Tower fire is finally published, seven years after 72 people lost their lives. Who takes the blame for their deaths? We talk to survivors and those who lost loved ones. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-09-05
"The new prime minister has an autumn inbox that few of his predecessors would envy. How will he compare to the best and worst who've held the keys to No 10? And are British universities on the edge of a financial crisis? With Faisal Islam."
2024-09-06
"Keir Starmer addresses the trade unions next week, facing Tory claims he's writing them blank cheques. What's the truth? And we talk to an eyewitness about what really happened in a block of flats ten days ago where the cladding caught fire. With Paddy O' Connell"
2024-09-09
"No. 10 says it has no choice but to carry out controversial polices on means testing winter fuel payments and allowing early prisoner releases to ease overcrowding. With Faisal Islam."
2024-09-10
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Katie Razzall."
2024-09-11
"In a government report published as we go on air, the surgeon tasked with assessing the NHS gives his verdict. How will Keir Starmer respond?\n\nAnd two teenage boys stabbed to death 15 years apart. Why has so little changed in the fight against knife crime? We ask their fathers.\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-09-12
"The Prime Minister has said he will reform the NHS - whether unions like it or not. We talk to RMT union leader Mick Lynch. And we ask Grammy- and Oscar-winning R&B star John Legend about Harris, Trump, Musk and abortion. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-09-13
"As Starmer meets Biden in the Oval office to discuss Ukraine - we ask what would a Harris - or Trump - victory mean for the west? And it's Succession for real as the Murdochs head to court over the future of the media empire after Rupert Murdoch's death. With Katie Razzall."
2024-09-16
"Disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards is handed a six-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children. What are the questions remaining for the BBC, and has it learned the lessons of the past? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-09-17
"In an exclusive BBC interview, Labour MP Diane Abbott tells Newsnight that she felt she was treated as a 'non-person' by Sir Keir Starmer. She also talks about death threats, being suspended and what she really thinks about the prime minister. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-09-18
"After blasts targeting terror group Hezbollah with compromised pagers, now Lebanon is rocked by exploding walkie-talkies. As fingers point at Israel, is conflict set to escalate? What\u2019s Israel\u2019s strategy? Plus, Keir Starmer and the freebies - what\u2019s going on behind the door of No 10? With Jo Coburn."
2024-09-19
"The Hezbollah leader calls the pager attack a declaration of war \u2013 could it become a regional conflict? And Keir Starmer's messy week of leaks, expense rows and feuds. He says he's in charge. Is he? With Paddy O'Connell."
2024-09-20
"As consumer confidence slumps, is the government's gloomy economic message sapping all enthusiasm for the British economy? Plus Israel strikes Beirut; what is ordinary life like in the city? With Christian Fraser."
2024-09-23
"As Labour gathers for its first conference since becoming the party of government, the chancellor has talked up Britain\u2019s economic prospects. But will her optimism be enough to blow away the gloom after repeated warnings about tough decisions to come?\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-09-24
"In his first speech to a Labour Party conference as prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer has promised 'national renewal', but warned it will take time. Will voters hear his plea for patience? Live from Liverpool with Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-09-25
"Victoria Derbyshire talks to two Israeli survivors of the Nova Festival terror attack on 7 October 2023. Also on Newsnight, as tensions rise between Israel and Hezbollah, will it lead to cross-border ground attacks?"
2024-09-26
"Can world leaders talk Israel and Hezbollah down from a ground war in Lebanon - and wider regional conflict in the Middle East? We go live as Keir Starmer addresses the UN. And Zelensky visits the US and rows with Trump over support for Ukraine. With Paddy O'Connell."
2024-09-27
"Details emerge of next month's budget - more investment in big projects, more borrowing and perhaps less of a tax rise than expected, what does this tell us about Labour's priorities? Plus, world leaders are meeting in New York - but is Trump Tower more of a draw than the UN?"
2024-09-30
"Are the gloves coming off in the contest to be the next Conservative leader? All the latest insight and analysis from the Conservative Party conference. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-10-01
"As Israel invades Lebanon, Iran launches hundreds of missiles on Israel. How dangerous is this moment for the world? Plus, with controversy raging at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, we speak to two leadership contenders. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-10-02
"Victoria Derbyshire interviews 'Strictly\u2019 star Amanda Abbington in her first interview since the BBC apologised to her and upheld some of her complaints. BBC News has been told that while complaints of verbal bullying and harassment were upheld, claims of physical aggression were not. Newsnight understands the BBC made a finding that Giovanni Pernice more than likely than not gestured to his groin area during training but makes no finding in relation to whether he had an erection."
2024-10-03
"Why are we giving back the Chagos Islands? And an interview with the lawyer for Nicola Bulley, whose body was found after a long search of the River Wyre in Lancashire last year. Did the media cross red lines in the way they covered the story? With Paddy O'Connell."
2024-10-04
"As Biden calls on Israel to be careful about civilian casualties and the US launches fresh airstrikes on Yemen - how close are we to full-blown regional war?\n\nAnd on the day when the government commits billions to green energy, car manufacturers warn demand for eco-friendly electric vehicles is stalling, is Starmer's green growth push leaving the public behind? With Faisal Islam."
2024-10-07
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-10-08
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-10-09
"Hurricane Milton's storm surges with tornadoes spawning across Florida, described as the worst the state has been in a century, but how much of a political issue will it become? Newsnight speaks to the Mayor of St Petersburg live in the city's Emergency Operations Centre. Plus, after James Cleverly's shock exit in the Tory leadership contest, what happens next?\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-10-10
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Faisal Islam."
2024-10-11
"Ahead of Keir Starmer's 100th day in office on Sunday, is his government getting back on track? Plus, Elon Musk goes all in on Donald Trump - could he swing the US Presidential Election?"
2024-10-14
"Corporate giants descend on London for the government's big summit, promising billions in investment and thousands of new jobs. But can Keir Starmer deliver growth that is both pro-business and pro-worker? Plus, would a proposed new law to tackle phone addiction in teenagers actually work? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-10-15
"With the US Presidential election only three weeks away, it\u2019s the tightest race for the White House in decades. Newsnight speaks to Democrat and Republican insiders for insights on their strategies. Plus, proposals to give terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to choose to end their life will be introduced in Parliament. Newsnight talks to the MP behind it and her colleague who opposes it.\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-10-16
"Newsnight hears from Cabinet sources on worries about Rachel Reeves' first budget. The programme discusses what it could mean for you. And should the NHS fund more weight-loss drugs to save money on treating the consequences of obesity? With Victoria Derbyshire"
2024-10-17
"The IDF have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. Is it the beginning of the end of the war or is the idea of Hamas harder to defeat than its leader? And Trump v Harris is too close to call. What do the candidates' movements tell us about where they think they need to fight the election? With Faisal Islam."
2024-10-18
"Keir Starmer says Britain is back on the global stage. But with the world on the brink, does he have what it takes? And the government rules out a royal apology for Britain's role in the slave trade. Why would saying sorry make a difference? With Katie Razzall."
2024-10-21
"Since footage emerged of Donald Trump doing a shift at a McDonald's drive-thru, we ask if the former president is lovin' it? Our expert panel gives insight on the historic campaign.\n\nPlus after an armed police officer was found not guilty of murdering Chris Kaba, who was shot and killed on a south London street two years ago, we speak to a former officer.\n\nWith Adam Fleming."
2024-10-22
"Is the 'special relationship' in jeopardy? We speak to the man tipped to become US secretary of state, if Trump wins, about the accusations. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-10-23
"Trump's former chief of staff John Kelly says the former president is an authoritarian, admires people who are dictators and falls into the general definition of a fascist. What does it mean for American democracy? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-10-24
"Bruce Springsteen, Samuel Jackson and Beyonc\u00e9 turn up for Harris as the rallies ramp up, but what about the issues? Which ones are working for Trump and Harris? And TV host, Carrie Grant is the mother of four with special educational needs. Carrie tells Katie Razzall why the system is failing in England."
2024-10-25
"Donald Trump goes on the Joe Rogan podcast popular with young men, while Kamala Harris brings Beyonc\u00e9 on stage. With the polls neck and neck, can the vote split of men versus women tip the election?\n\nWith Adam Fleming."
2024-10-28
"Donald Trump's rally in New York is attacked as racist and misogynistic by Democrats. What does it tell us about his strategy eight days before polls close in this coin-toss race for the White House? Plus, how does Keir Starmer\u2019s bus fares hike square with his claim to be looking out for working people? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-10-29
"Kamala Harris is preparing to make the speech of her life, at the very spot Donald Trump where told his supporters to fight on 6 January. But do voters care about anything other than the economy?\n\nTory leadership contender Robert Jenrick controversially asks what the prime minister \u2018knew about the Southport attacks'. This comes after Merseyside Police announced that the 18-year-old accused of murdering three girls is also facing a charge under the Terrorism Act. Insights from the Newsnight team with Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-10-30
"Rachel Reeves has revealed the budget that sets the tone for her ten-year project, but will it stand up to scrutiny this time next week? Victoria Derbyshire picks out the bones with economists, business leaders and politicians."
2024-10-31
"Five days out from the US presidential election, Newsnight lifts the lid on the Trump and Harris campaigns, and asks what might happen after polling day. Plus, how has the budget landed? With Jo Coburn."
2024-11-01
"Four days to the US election, Donald Trump has suggested that Liz Cheney, one of his most vocal Republican critics, would not be a \"radical war hawk\" if she was in a war herself and had guns \"trained on her face\". Newsnight hears from one of his most high-profile supporters.\n\nAnd forget the undecideds, what counts is persuading the unmotivated to vote. Newsnight speaks live to Georgia's secretary of state Brad Raffensperger, the man Donald Trump pressured to overturn the 2020 result. Does he fear a repeat this time around? With Katie Razzall."
2024-11-04
"On the eve of an era-defining presidential race, the United States feels divided like never before. Who's in prime position to win? And why does the threat of violence feel so close? Victoria Derbyshire is in Washington to take the pulse and speaks live to top guests including John Bolton, Rick Santorum, Alencia Johnson and Lakshya Jain."
2024-11-05
"The big day has finally arrived in the Disunited States of America. Which half of the 50:50 nation will prevail? Newsnight's election night coverage comes live from Washington, with guests Sean Spicer, Ameshia Cross and Galen Druke. Presented by Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-11-06
"A stunning political comeback - a landslide for Donald Trump as voters emphatically choose him to be the 47th president of the United States. What happens next for the nation and the world? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-11-07
"What role will Elon Musk play in Donald Trump's new administration - and how will he use his new power? We talk to his father. Who else will president-elect Trump appoint to his top team and what can that tell us about his agenda? With Faisal Islam."
2024-11-08
"Amsterdam's mayor has condemned 'hit and run' attacks on Israeli football fans visiting the city. What happened? Newsnight talks to a key eyewitness.\n\nAnd we assess Donald Trump's powers in his second term compared to his first. Why aren't there as many political or legal restraints to check him, and what does this mean? With Katie Razzall."
2024-11-11
"Calls mount for the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign following the publication of the Makin review into the Church\u2019s handling of abuser John Smyth. How long will Justin Welby stay in post? Plus, as COP29 opens in Baku today, Newsnight asks what President-Elect Trump\u2019s policies mean for climate change. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-11-12
"Justin Welby steps down as Archbishop of Canterbury, following criticism of his handling of a report into a prolific child abuser with ties to the Church of England. Newsnight asks a senior bishop if he should have gone sooner. Plus, a backer of the proposed assisted dying law. And top chef Heston Blumenthal on his bipolar diagnosis and why he can't watch The Bear. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-11-13
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-11-14
"Donald Trump's latest controversial appointment is a vaccine sceptic who will be in charge of America's health. Who is Robert F Kennedy Jr, and what does his appointment tell us about the future president's agenda? With Paddy O'Connell."
2024-11-15
"A police investigation into a journalist\u2019s social media post sparks the return of the Great British free speech debate. And is Elon Musk's X damaged by his association with Donald Trump - and will Bluesky hoover up its former users? With Adam Fleming."
2024-11-18
"Tens of thousands of farmers are expected to descend onto Westminster to protest against Budget plans to make some of them pay inheritance tax - but how damaging will this be for the government? And, as President Biden gives permission for Ukraine to use long-range missiles inside Russia, we speak to Donald Trump's former security adviser. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-11-19
"Farmers bring Westminster to a standstill with their march against government plans to increase inheritance tax on some farms. Newsnight speaks to a Treasury minister and Jeremy Clarkson. Plus, new figures reveal thousands more pensioners could be pushed into fuel poverty. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-11-20
"Nadine Dorries and Harriet Harman on Newsnight. Plus, Ukraine fires UK missiles into Russia for the first time, what does the incoming Trump presidency mean for Nato\u2019s allies in Europe? We hear from former head of the CIA General Petraeus. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-11-21
"One of the world's biggest rap stars, Sean 'Diddy' Combs is behind bars, accused of kidnapping and sex crimes. Expected in court on Friday 22, he's fighting to be released on bail. Newsnight speaks to a lawyer representing a singer who is suing him.\n\nAnd, as staff at the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, the Observer, vote to go on strike over its proposed sale to media startup Tortoise, is this the future of journalism? With Katie Razzall."
2024-11-22
"The energy regulator Ofgem announces another rise in the energy price cap. With colder temperatures here, we ask Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis what the latest increase means for consumers. Plus, as the head of MI5 warns of Russian military intelligence efforts to disrupt Britain, we ask: what will Putin do next? With Nick Watt."
2024-11-25
"This week sees the debate on a proposal of one of the biggest societal changes in decades, the assisted dying bill. Newsnight speaks to one of the most high-profile opponents of the bill and gleans insight from panellists for it.\n\nWill a new specific criminal offence of drinks spiking reduce the number of attacks? We speak to a Love Island and an Apprentice star who had their drinks spiked."
2024-11-26
"As the government announces plans to get young people working, Newsnight speaks to the education secretary about youth unemployment and whether the exam system is being exploited.\n\nIsrael announces a ceasefire with Hezbollah over fighting in Lebanon. What does it mean for the wider Middle East?\n\nInterviews and insight with Faisal Islam."
2024-11-27
"The UK government is scrambling to save its deal to cede control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after criticism from the incoming Trump administration and the new Mauritian prime minister. Donald Trump's ally Nigel Farage tells us the deal would damage Keir Starmer's relations with the president-elect. And we hear from a Chagossian living in the UK. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-11-28
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Paddy O'Connell."
2024-11-29
"One of the most historic pieces of legislation in the modern era, MPs back the Assisted Dying Bill. But is this a fight Labour wanted so early into their tenure? Newsnight hears from Lord Falconer, actor Liz Carr and Dame Esther Rantzen. Also, did Keir Starmer push out his transport secretary? Insight and interviews with Christian Fraser."
2024-12-02
"Sir Keir Starmer tells the City that the UK is free to pick and choose its future between Europe and the United States. But are we really inured to the financial crisis now unfolding in France? Also, as MasterChef\u2019s Gregg Wallace apologises for an attack on 'middle-class women', where is accountability at the BBC? With Christian Fraser."
2024-12-03
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-12-04
"A Newsnight exclusive: Shannon Kyle, a ghostwriter who penned the memoir of MasterChef\u2019s Gregg Wallace, tells Newsnight she was sexually harassed by him. Mr Wallace \u201cdenies any sexual misconduct with Ms Kyle\u201d. Contains graphic sexual language. Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-12-05
"The prime minister sets out his Plan for Change, accusing Whitehall of sitting in a 'tepid bath of managed decline'. If his six milestones aren\u2019t met, is he setting up the civil service to take the blame? Plus, French president Emmanuel Macron effectively labels his opponents as enemies of the state, 24 hours after they turfed out his prime minister. With Adam Fleming."
2024-12-06
"President-elect Donald Trump will visit the newly rebuilt Notre Dame tomorrow, and meet heads of state. Will the former president meet Zelensky to preach peace?\n\nAs the 'quad-demic' threatens the NHS this winter, we hear from the CEO of an NHS trust to hear how they are coping."
2024-12-09
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Christian Fraser."
2024-12-10
"The government unveils its plan for prisons, promising to solve overcrowding and 'keep our streets safe' by building thousands of new cells. Will it work? And could it end up sending fewer people to prison by scrapping shorter jail terms? An ex-offender and a retired chief prisons inspector join us live. Plus, after Nigel Farage bags a billionaire defector to Reform UK, should the major parties be worried? With Katie Razzall."
2024-12-11
"Ten-year-old Sara Sharif was murdered by the people who were supposed to be looking after her. The court heard that there were many missed opportunities where Sara could have been protected. Why does this little girl's story feel like one we have heard before? We ask the children's commissioner for England.\n\nHow does the government intend to meet its target of building 1.5 million homes?\n\nInterviews and insight with Adam Fleming."
2024-12-12
"Is the prime minister's plan for closer post-Brexit relations with the European Union more far-reaching than we thought? As Starmer holds talks with the EU Council president in Downing Street, Newsnight asks what\u2019s really happening behind the scenes? Plus, an exclusive interview from Samira Hussain with the parents of murdered woman Harshita Brella. They say Harshita feared that her husband, who's now on the run, would kill her. Interviews and insight with Faisal Islam."
2024-12-13
"As thousands of Syrians take to the streets to celebrate the end of the Assad regime, we ask the former UK foreign secretary - what next for the region, for diplomacy and for millions of refugees around Europe? Plus, do disappointing growth figures mean further tough decisions on public sector spending and pay are on the way?"
2024-12-16
"The day's important national and international news stories. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-12-17
"Sir Keir Starmer says that millions of women who lost out by changes to the state pension won't get compensation, arguing it wouldn't be fair to taxpayers. His predecessor as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, tells Newsnight he's 'shocked' and that the government will live to regret it. Also, what happened at the Nigel Farage-Elon Musk meeting? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-12-18
"In a Newsnight exclusive, Jodee Seeley, the mother of a girl operated on by a now-disgraced surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital, says her daughter has been let down, and should never have been in his care. She accuses the children's hospital of 'gaslighting' her. Plus, is Sir Keir Starmer facing a winter of discontent? We ask Labour's former shadow home secretary and a recent Tory defector to Reform. Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2024-12-19
"New Labour mastermind Peter Mandelson is heading to Washington as the UK\u2019s ambassador to the US. Can he cut deals with Donald Trump? With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2024-12-20
"A Newsnight festive special. Faisal Islam is joined by a bumper panel to look back at the political year in 2024 and predict what the big stories will be in 2025."
Season 46 - Newsnight
2025-01-06
"The prime minister defends his record as director of public prosecutions and accuses Elon Musk of spreading \u201cpoison, lies and misinformation\u201d over UK grooming gangs. What does the row mean for UK-US relations? Plus, the government announces its plan to tackle the NHS backlog. We speak to a health minister. Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-01-07
"Minister for safeguarding Jess Phillips speaks for the first time about being called a 'rape genocide apologist' by Elon Musk. She tells us his posts have put her in danger but that she 'will not pander to fear'. And what do Musk\u2019s posts mean for President Trump\u2019s relationship with his allies? We hear from Trump\u2019s former EU ambassador. Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-01-08
"With UK borrowing costs the highest since 2008, how much trouble is chancellor Rachel Reeves and the UK economy in? Plus LA wildfires destroy huge swathes of the city. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-01-09
"As the worst-ever Los Angeles fires continue to burn and the destruction they\u2019ve left behind is revealed, the political blame game has begun. What does the debate tell us about the imminent second Trump presidency? We hear from a tech billionaire and close ally of Elon Musk. With Faisal Islam."
2025-01-10
"Rachel Reeves is in China, while the markets are volatile and borrowing costs are shooting up. Could this all doom the government economic agenda? Plus Nigel Farage on 2025's postponed local elections. With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-01-13
"It's a year since the Post Office Horizon scandal shot to the top of the political agenda following the ITV drama, Mr Bates vs The Post Office. In January 2024, some of the postmasters wrongly accused of theft and fraud appeared on Newsnight to describe how it wrecked their lives. They are back with us in a special programme to tell us what, if anything, has changed since then. And we ask the Post Office minister when they will finally receive compensation. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-01-14
"Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq becomes the second minister from Keir Starmer\u2019s government to resign, even though she didn't break the ministerial code. So what did she do wrong? And should the prime minister have appointed her in the first place? We hear from our political panel. After the eldest victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal appeared on Newsnight last night, 92-year-old Betty Brown was invited to Westminster today to meet the Post Office minister. We bring you the latest on the scandal affecting thousands of Post Office submasters. Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-01-15
"As a ceasefire is announce in Gaza, will it stick? We are joined by a Gazan and an Israeli hostage family member. And back in the UK we grade Keir Starmer's report card after six months in power."
2025-01-16
"The government announce a series of inquiries into the grooming gangs. Have they backtracked? Newsnight hears from a survivor and a campaigning MP. And economic growth is flat. But with tax rises coming into effect in April, the sluggish figures have fuelled further concerns that stagnant growth could persist in the UK for some time. How do you make growth grow? With Adam Fleming."
2025-01-17
"Donald Trump will be back in the White House on Monday. How will his governing style change, if at all? Plus, the US TikTok ban - vital to protect national security or a dangerous limit to free speech? Newsnight hears from the UK's most-followed TikToker Kyle Thomas. Hosted by Katie Razzall."
2025-01-20
"Donald Trump returns to the White House, declaring an emergency on the US-Mexico border, the deportation of illegal immigrants and drilling for 'liquid gold' in a 'Golden Age' for America. He pledges to lead a US that will expand its territory - while claiming he'll be a peacemaker and a unifier. Can he do it? Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-01-21
"Newsnight speaks to Jacob Chansley, who was jailed for his involvement in the Capitol riot. He's now one of nearly 1,600 convicted or charged over the 6 January insurrection to be pardoned by freshly re-elected Donald Trump. We also hear from a former police officer who was trying to keep the peace. Plus, the Labour revolt over airport expansion. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-01-22
"Russian spy ships have been spotted in UK waters around North Sea cables. Has Putin got his eye on Britain's critical infrastructure? And Prince Harry settles with The Sun over unlawful intrusion. Should he have had his day in court? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-01-23
"As Axel Rudakubana gets a minimum of half a century in jail for killing three little girls, why were the warning signs missed by authorities? Is Rachel Reeves about to change the Budget tax plan? And Donald Trump is set to send troops to the Mexico border. What will they do? With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-01-24
"The row over releasing the leader of a Telford grooming gang. We hear live from the survivor demanding he stay locked up. And as The Traitors reaches its grand finale, we ask how it captured the national imagination."
2025-01-27
"After threatening Colombia with tariffs, is President Trump about to do the same to Denmark to get Greenland? Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-01-28
"Newsnight previews Rachel Reeves's big speech on how she'll get the economy going. Is growth finally about to touch down in the UK? We ask two business leaders, including the boss of one of Britain\u2019s leading firms, Sage. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-01-29
"The chancellor says growth will drive every government policy. But can she deliver? And president Trump announces he'll house 30,000 illegal migrants in Guantanomo Bay. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-01-30
"President Trump blames diversity, equity and inclusion policies for the collision between a US Army helicopter and a passenger jet that likely killed 67 people, and borders minister Angela Eagle talks us through her new laws aimed at illegal migrants. Will they stop the boats? With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-01-31
"Mark Carney, the front-runner to be the new Canadian PM, reacts to Donald Trump's tariff announcement. And, 5 years on from Brexit, are we happy or sad about it? With Faisal Islam."
2025-02-03
"As the prime minister meets EU leaders in Brussels, President Trump cancels tariffs for Canada and Mexico. Can the American leader now be trusted when he threatens to impose tariffs? And why the new proposals to the Ofsted rating system are so divisive. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-02-04
"President Donald Trump's advice to Palestinians is to \u2018relocate from Gaza\u2019 as he meets with Israel\u2019s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. And families affected by knife crime say it\u2019s time for a new approach after 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose became the latest school stabbing victim. We hear from campaigners and the government\u2019s school behaviour tsar. With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2025-02-05
"How did the system get it wrong with Nottingham attacker Valdo Calocane's care? We speak to the mother of one of the three killed, and another mother who says she fears there could be tragic consequences from what she says are failings in her own son\u2019s healthcare. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-02-06
"Is Elon Musk too powerful? Elon Musk has declared war on US government waste, but critics say he's out of control. Is Musk operating outside his brief and should the world be worried? Plus, the Dutch prime minister tells Newsnight that Europe will unite to retaliate if Brussels is hit by US tariffs. What does that mean for the UK economy? With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2025-02-07
"The world's leaders in artificial intelligence are sounding louder warnings that we are endangering humanity. Ahead of a key global summit, we hear from a key thinker, Berkeley's Professor Stuart Russell. And as Donald Trump brings USAID's work to a halt, aid agencies tell Newsnight that millions could die. With Katie Razzall."
2025-02-10
"Once described as having the \u2018strictest\u2019 safeguards in the world, the Assisted Dying Bill is under increased scrutiny as it\u2019s revealed High Court judges won\u2019t sign off on cases. Critics say this is a dangerous step, but others welcome the change. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-02-11
"President Trump doubles down on his plan to expel two million Palestinians from Gaza. With the ceasefire-hostage deal hanging by a thread, what is President Trump's master plan - if there is one? We hear from a Gazan, a Trump insider and a former UK Middle East minister. Also, should Chelsea star Sam Kerr\u2019s case have gone to court? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-02-12
"Is President Trump about to sell out Ukraine to the Kremlin? And we hear from a small-boat asylum seeker after the government says he can no longer claim British citizenship."
2025-02-13
"A Newsnight special looking at the future of the National Health Service. Can its problems be solved and how? Newsnight asks the Health secretary, Wes Streeting, live. Presented by Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-02-14
"As presidents Trump and Putin begin to shape up their Ukraine deal, how will Europe pick up the pieces? With Adam Fleming."
2025-02-17
"Hours before the US and Russia start talks in Saudi Arabia over the future of Ukraine, how do Kyiv and Europe stop matters being decided over their heads? We hear live from the German ambassador to the UK after Olaf Scholz calls talk of peacekeeping troops 'inappropriate'. Two former rugby internationals who have early-onset dementia call on the sport's bosses to stop fighting their legal claim. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-02-18
"As Donald Trump brings Vladimir Putin in from the cold with historic peace talks brokered by Saudi Arabia, Ukraine doesn\u2019t have a seat at the table. Has President Zelensky been frozen out? We hear from a former Ukrainian prime minister as the crucial talks continue. And has Donald Trump\u2019s White House been pressuring the Romanian government to give Andrew Tate his passport back? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-02-19
"Inside the extraordinary war of words in which Donald Trump calls Volodymyr Zelensky a 'dictator' after the Ukrainian President says he\u2019s 'living in a disinformation space' created by Russia. Where did the Ukraine-USA relationship go so wrong, so quickly? Victoria Derbyshire sits down with the Kremlin's UK Ambassador for an in-depth interview."
2025-02-20
"How and why is President Trump transforming US relations with the rest of the world? With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-02-21
"Starmer goes to Washington to meet the oncoming storm of President Trump. Will he offer up a hike in defence spending? And, in Germany, will the far right AFD, endorsed by JD Vance and Elon Musk, thrive in the weekend elections? We hear from them. With Nick Watt."
2025-02-24
"Three years to the day since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the US breaks with its Western allies to side with Russia at the United Nations. Meanwhile, French president Emmanuel Macron visits US president Donald Trump in the White House to try to persuade him to keep backing Kyiv. We speak to a former secretary general of Nato, and a senior Obama Pentagon official. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-02-25
"Sir Keir Starmer makes a big move ahead of his trip to Washington, slashing international aid spending to boost defence. Will it be enough to satisfy President Trump? We speak to aid chief David Miliband, who was foreign secretary under Gordon Brown, and a defence minister. Plus, Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus from ABBA urges the UK government to lead the way on protecting artists from AI ripping them off. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-02-26
"The prime minister is in Washington to make new friends, but will he get flattened by the Donald Trump steamroller? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-02-27
"Sir Keir Starmer meets President Trump in the White House for the first time. Is a UK-US trade deal on the cards and are we any closer to an end to the war in Ukraine? With Faisal Islam."
2025-02-28
"Just when you think you've seen everything, literally unprecedented scenes as Trump, Vance and Zelensky row in front of the cameras. Nick Watt picks the bones out."
2025-03-03
"\u201cAmerica won't put up with it for much longer\u201d - President Trump issues another warning to President Zelensky as Sir Keir Starmer presents his peacekeeping plan to MPs. Plus, Newsnight learns of mounting unease within the UK government regarding the viability of its nuclear deterrent in light of the warnings from the Trump administration that Europe needs to look after its own defence. Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-03-04
"As Canada calls US-imposed tariffs a 'dumb move', Newsnight speaks to Canada\u2019s minister for foreign affairs on day one of a new trade war between the USA and Canada. Plus, President Zelensky folds in a single tweet. Did Trump\u2019s approach to Ukraine have the desired effect? Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-03-05
"We discuss President Putin\u2019s response to the last few weeks; does he want peace? As the US pauses intelligence sharing with Ukraine, how are UK intelligence services responding? And one of the US's best-known lawyers on the fresh criminal investigation into the Tate brothers."
2025-03-06
"In Brussels the European Union welcomes Zelensky and plans for a rearmament programme to replace America's shield. Can it be done? With Faisal Islam."
2025-03-07
"Is the latest Russian attack in Ukraine a sign Putin doesn't want peace or a signal he's planning for it? We ask one of Putin's top allies. And we speak to the Maltese Eurovision entry under fire for the C word. Or is it the K work?"
2025-03-10
"The US stocks plunge as President Trump refuses to rule out a recession caused by his tariffs. What does this mean for the global economy? And as key players land in Saudi Arabia for peace talks between US and Ukraine, what will the price be for peace? With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-03-11
"Newsnight speaks to ex-footballer and Hull City legend Dean Windass, who was diagnosed with stage 2 dementia last year. He believes the fact he headed the ball 'tens of thousands of times' during his career is to blame. Plus, a deal is reached between the US and Ukraine which restores intelligence sharing and military assistance to Ukraine. We speak to Donald Trump's director for counter-terrorism Sebastian Gorka live from the White House. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-03-12
"The government lays out the rules for when to use artificial intelligence."
2025-03-13
"Why is the government axing NHS England? Paddy O'Connell asks the health secretary, Wes Streeting. And one of Zelensky's key lieutenants has the latest on peace negotiations."
2025-03-14
"The prospect of cuts in benefits, and many government departments, has triggered a cabinet wobble. Newsnight explores the anxieties behind the scenes and across the UK. And, the latest on Canada versus America. With Matt Chorley."
2025-03-17
"Is the government watering down its proposals on benefit cuts in the face of fierce opposition? Hearing from those for and against the welfare reforms. Plus, what\u2019s happening to press freedom in the US? Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-03-18
"President Trump hasn\u2019t persuaded President Putin to agree to a full ceasefire in Ukraine today, so is the Russian leader playing for time, or playing Donald Trump? And we'll bring you a government interview about today's big benefits announcement. Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-03-19
"Gareth Southgate and Netflix's Adolescence have put the toxic masculinity debate front and centre for young men. What do the teenagers at the heart of the story think? Victoria Derbyshire asks three of them. And how close to peace are Ukraine and Russia? Programme contains strong language."
2025-03-20
"As President Trump orders the closure of the Department for Education, Elon Musk's role in the White House comes under fire. Can the richest man in the world be a White House fixer and run his companies at the same time? And Jack Rooke, creator of the hit TV show Big Boys talks about modern masculinity. With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-03-21
"A fire shuts down Europe's busiest airport - exposing Britain's vulnerability to sabotage - but will we learn from it? And the acclaimed director of Wolf Hall, Peter Kosminsky, on why British drama is in crisis - and why streamers like Netflix should pay to fix it. With Katie Razzall."
2025-03-24
"Protests in Turkey grow after President Erdo\u011fan's rival is put behind bars, but what does this mean for Turkey and the West? Plus, it's a huge week for Rachel Reeves and her Spring Statement - but where might the cuts come? Insight and interviews with Katie Razzall."
2025-03-25
"Newsnight reveals the chancellor will make further cuts to benefits to balance the books. Plus, the fallout continues following the US Signal chat revelation. Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-03-26
"The Chancellor had to find money in the Spring Statement, and she found it in the welfare budget. Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit were again in the firing line. Victoria Derbyshire interviews Darren Jones, chief secretary to the Treasury. In the studio is former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, now an independent MP, the Conservative's Richard Fuller, and the Liberal Democrats' Munira Wilson."
2025-03-27
"The world is on the brink of a tit-for-tat trade war with tariffs at the heart of it all, but is Britain about to carve an opt-out? And one of the horrors of the Ukrainian war is the abduction of tens of thousands of children by Russia. We hear the extraordinary story of a young woman who rescued her brother. With Nick Watt."
2025-03-28
"Britain is unlikely to get a car tariff exemption from Donald Trump, Newsnight reveals. How will that hit our auto industry? And the Sentencing Council snubs the prime minister in a row over how ethnic minority offenders should be sentenced. Is there so-called \u2018two-tier justice\u2019 in the UK? With Faisal Islam."
2025-03-31
"The US president threatens to rip up the rule book once again, insisting he\u2019s not joking about the prospect of going for an unprecedented third term. Will Trump change the constitution and run again? And as the government moves to begin abolishing the non-dom tax status, we hear from two millionaires calling for and against the change. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-04-01
"The world waits for President Trump's tariff announcements, and money expert Martin Lewis explains what UK households can do about their bills going up. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-04-02
"The US president has announced tariffs on over 175 nations and territories, with the UK being hit with 10% tariffs. Could this be the biggest trade shock in world history? We talk live to a senior aide to President Trump. And is Elon Musk about to quit the Trump administration?"
2025-04-03
"Stock markets are down and leaders across the globe are scrambling after those Trump-shaped tariffs. Will the UK water down online safety as the price of a deal with an unpredictable president? Nick Watt talks to the father of Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing harmful content online. And we speak to an Irish surgeon recently returned from Gaza."
2025-04-04
"Global stock markets plunge as China retaliates to President Trump's tariffs. Who are the biggest losers and are there winners too? We ask Sir Martin Sorrell. And why has the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stopped again? We hear from the wife of a passenger. With Adam Fleming."
2025-04-07
"President Trump issues an ultimatum to Iran - negotiate with us on getting rid of your nuclear capabilities or risk military action. And Trump says there's no turning back on tariffs. We ask the business and trade secretary what the UK's response will be. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-04-08
"President Trump has threatened to hit China with 104% tariffs on Chinese goods entering the US, with neither the White House nor Xi Jinping backing down. Newsnight hears from a Trump economic insider and a US business owner calling for an end to the trade war. Plus, Victoria Derbyshire interviews Lily Phillips about OnlyFans, online abuse and misogyny."
2025-04-09
"As China hits America with more retaliatory tariffs, President Trump backs off on some of his plans but doubles down on the threat to Beijing. Did the bond market change his plan or was this what he had in mind all along? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-04-10
"The trade war between Washington and Beijing deepens. A Chinese diplomat declared they 'don\u2019t back down.' How far will China go to beat the US? And is criticism of the government's handling of the grooming inquiries fair? With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-04-11
"The prime minister goes full Man of Steel as he recalls parliament to save a British Steel plant from permanent collapse. And has President Trump gone anti-vax? With Nick Watt."
2025-04-14
"Newsnight hears from the boyfriend of one of the Manchester Arena victims after the prison officer attack by terrorist Hashem Abedi. The shadow justice secretary says governors and the Ministry of Justice have lost control. Is he right? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-04-15
"Harvard University has $2bn funding paused by President Trump after it rejected his administration's demands. What does this row tell us about America? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-04-16
"Joe Biden, the only presidential candidate to beat Donald Trump, speaks out for the first time since leaving the White House and believes there\u2019s now a route back to power for his party. Also, we speak to a key Democrat strategist who some said rattled President Trump during the campaign. With Nick Watt."
2025-04-17
"The president of the US receives the prime minister of Italy at the White House, but Donald Trump is in no hurry to do a deal on tariffs. With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-04-22
"It's Rachel Reeves's turn to try landing a tariff deal with President Trump. Will she succeed? Plus the sister of late drag artist The Vivienne on the growing problem of ketamine use. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-04-23
"As President Trump accuses President Zelensky of harming Ukraine peace negotiations, there are reports of a controversial plan to end the war in Ukraine. What is in that proposal and will it bring peace? Prime Minister's Questions re-ignited the row over transgender issues sparked by last week's Supreme Court ruling. We speak to Rosie Duffield, the former Labour MP at the heart of the party's splits over the issues."
2025-04-24
"On the eve of the chancellor's big meeting with the Trump administration, Newsnight asks whether Rachel Reeves can get a trade deal over the line. And at what cost? Also, Sir Keir Starmer breaks from President Trump on the Ukraine peace deal. With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-04-25
"President Trump arrives for the Pope's funeral on Saturday, as world leaders queue up for his favour. Meanwhile, tensions are tight over his land for peace deal in Ukraine. Adam Fleming asks the Polish foreign minister what he could accept."
2025-04-28
"As English local elections loom, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch tells Newsnight she's not afraid of 'cowards' in her party who criticise her leadership. And co-leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, Carla Denyer. With Nick Watt."
2025-04-29
"Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney tells Newsnight he'll only deal with President Trump on his own terms. Plus, with two days until the local elections in England, Newsnight concludes its party interviews series with Labour, the Lib Dems and Reform UK. With Nick Watt."
2025-04-30
"As President Trump hits the hundred-day mark, has he rewritten the DNA of American politics or been hit by a reality check? Will the next 1,360 days be quite so dramatic? Adam Fleming talks to the president's deputy national security advisor. Plus, reaction from leftwing firebrand and US broadcaster Mehdi Hasan."
2025-05-01
"With both the government and the opposition predicted to perform poorly, senior politicians including a secretary of state and a party chair discuss whether these local elections are the beginning of the end for the two-party system \u2013 and who is going to benefit. Plus, Newsnight is on the ground at the Runcorn by-election count. With Katie Razzall."
2025-05-02
"We ask California's Democratic governor Gavin Newsom about whether he\u2019d run for the White House. Nigel Farage sweeps the vote; will Labour and the Conservatives stop Reform UK?"
2025-05-05
"The latest on the breaking news that India has launched strikes on targets in Pakistan. Plus, in a broadcast exclusive, former Transport secretary Louise Haigh on Labour's local election results. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-05-06
"Days before President Trump visits the Middle East, is the humanitarian situation in Gaza reaching breaking point? Newsnight speaks to Kamala Harris' former foreign affairs guru, who criticises Israel\u2019s aid blockade. Also, after Louise Haigh tells us women in the cabinet are targeted by briefings from inside Downing Street, Newsnight hears of deep unease among some Labour MPs. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-05-07
"The US president and the UK prime minister strike a deal on trade. Which side has got the better deal? We unpick the economics and the politics of the agreement that both leaders are saying is a win for their country. With Katie Razzall."
2025-05-08
"Fresh from the Oval Office, Lord Mandelson talks to Newsnight about the big trade deal the UK just signed with President Trump - and if that's not enough we have Bill Gates too. Why did he accuse fellow tech billionaire Elon Musk of killing children? With Matt Chorley."
2025-05-12
"The Prime Minister sets out his plan to tighten the UK's visa rules, promising that 'migration will fall'. Newsnight asks a government minister whether the measures taken match the rhetoric the PM used, and what it will mean for the economy. And, will Putin turn up in Istanbul for peace talks on Ukraine? We hear exclusively from EU Commission vice-president Kaja Kallas. Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-05-13
"As Assisted Dying passes its first stage in the Scottish parliament, and amended legislation returns to the Commons in Westminster, Newsnight speaks to a leading supporter of the reforms, and hears from the Royal College of Psychiatrists who oppose the bill in its current form. And, how do Labour MPs feel about Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s speech on immigration? Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-05-14
"Don't look away - the plea to the UN about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We speak to a surgeon working in a hospital hit by an Israeli strike, which the IDF said targeted Hamas fighters. And Reform's new MP Sarah Pochin, fresh off her by-election win, talks live to Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-05-15
"In an exclusive interview, Victoria Derbyshire talks to expelled Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe, who lays into Nigel Farage and warns that he must never become prime minister. Also, US senator Chris Van Hollen on what really happened to Joe Biden during the US election campaign. With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-05-16
"Strike up the band for Keir Starmer's Euro-vision, as the prime minister prepares to take the stage for his big EU reset. But back home, he's facing the music at a crunch meeting with his MPs - but how many will give him nul points? With Matt Chorley\/"
2025-05-19
"The prime minister agrees a deal with the EU; how radical is it and does he risk a backlash? We ask a government minister what it means for the economy, migration and for the fishing industry. Plus we take stock of Gary Lineker\u2019s final act at the BBC. Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-05-20
"Former Tory cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Newsnight that it is time for the Tories to make an electoral pact with Reform. As the UK suspends trade talks with Israel over its policy on Gaza, we speak to Israel\u2019s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon. Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-05-21
"The PM U-turns (kind of) on his cuts to pensioners' winter fuel payments; a relief for many, but where does that leave the Chancellor? And a 26-year-old cancer survivor say she's being denied the chance to become a mother because the NHS won't fund the freezing of her eggs. She tells Victoria Derbyshire her story."
2025-05-22
"President Trump bans international students from Harvard in a major escalation in the row between the university and the administration. What happens next? And thousands of convicted criminals will have their sentences cut due to dangerously overcrowded prisons. Newsnight speaks to the justice secretary. With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-05-23
"The White House announces fresh tariffs on the European Union and a let-off for Apple's Chinese-made iPhone. We ask Donald Trump's niece what makes her uncle tick. And as stocks fall, Faisal Islam unpicks the prospects for economic recovery in the UK."
2025-05-27
"King Charles makes his first visit to Canada as head of state, following President Trump\u2019s repeated comments about taking over the '51st state'. We discuss live. Plus, as the two-child benefits cap risks Labour unity, Nigel Farage and Reform UK turn up the heat by confirming he wants to lift the cap. But do his sums add up? With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2025-05-28
"He's not backing down. President Trump spoils for a fight with Harvard, with a looming showdown in the courts. The White House says it's all about free speech, but free speech for whom? Nick Watt asks YouTube political commentator Dave Rubin and Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker. And as JD Vance addresses the bitcoin faithful in Vegas, why is the MAGA crowd so into bitcoin?"
2025-05-29
"The US president hits back as the appeal court presses pause on the judges' decision to halt his tariff plan. We ask former CIA director general David Petraeus to spell out how the new world order of trade wars and shooting wars compares to his time in office. And Starmer puts the political boot into Farage. Can he put a dent in Reform UK's poll lead? With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-05-30
"Elon Musk and Donald Trump part ways but on what terms? Musk's billionaire friend turned rival Philip Lowe offers an opinion. Succession writer Jesse Armstrong on his new movie, Mountainhead. And as Robert Jenrick steals headlines, how's Kemi Badenoch doing as Tory leader? With Matt Chorley."
2025-06-02
"Survivors of abuse and exploitation speak live on television for the first time, ahead of Baroness Casey's soon-to-be-released government report on grooming and rape gangs. Hearing their stories, England and Wales\u2019 most senior police officer on grooming, deputy chief constable Becky Riggs. Plus, Newsnight reveals brand new data from the police showing the extent to which grooming gangs are still operating today and the ethnicity of the accused. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-06-03
"Hundreds of historical cases of child sexual abuse are to be reviewed by police across England and Wales. After last night's Newsnight, some of the survivors on the programme were invited to meet Home Office minister Jess Phillips. Will the women finally see justice? Plus, small boat crossings reach record levels this year so far - can any of the political parties actually achieve what they've promised? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-06-04
"Battles behind the scenes with a week to go until the spending review. With real terms cuts coming in unprotected departments, the inside story on which public services are on the Chancellor's cutting block. And the British woman who accused the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her talks exclusively to Newsnight after the death of her close friend, Virginia Giuffre."
2025-06-05
"Meltdown! The critical Musk-Trump relationship undergoes a rapid unscheduled disassembly as the President and the world's richest man lay into each other."
2025-06-06
"Donald Trump and Elon Musk - no sign of an end to the beef. How could things escalate from here? And back at home, after 11 long months, Labour people are smiling again - just as their rivals are in turmoil. Is the next election not over after all? With Matt Chorley."
2025-06-09
"President Trump sends in 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests against his immigration raids. Will he calm or inflame the situation? Plus, the Government U-turns on its decision to cut winter fuel allowance. Can it win back popularity? Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-06-10
"Serious disorder in Ballymena in Northern Ireland for a second night, following protests described by police as 'racist thuggery'. Newsnight speaks to those on the ground. Also, it\u2019s the night before the spending review - what\u2019s at stake for the chancellor? Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-06-11
"The chancellor looks to cast off the doom and gloom and make her pitch to Britain's left-behind voters, pledging investment with \u00a3113bn of capital spending. Will voters notice and when?"
2025-06-12
"At least 200 killed, including 53 Britons, as an Air India Boeing 787 crashes after take-off and hits a residential area of Ahmedabad. And is there about to be an air strike on Iran's nuclear program? With Nick Watt."
2025-06-13
"Jerusalem and Tehran head deeper into war as Iranian missiles strike Tel Aviv. Israel say three Iranian military commanders were killed in their strikes, while Tehran says six scientists have also been killed. What are the risks? With Matt Chorley."
2025-06-16
"After survivors tell Newsnight they want a national inquiry into grooming gangs, Baroness Casey persuades the government to hold one in her long-anticipated audit into group-based child sexual exploitation. What\u2019s changed the prime minister\u2019s mind? Newsnight speaks to Louise Casey and two survivors. Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-06-17
"A momentous week in parliament as MPs vote to decriminalise abortion, and a vote expected on assisted dying. We discuss. Also, President Trump says the US isn't going to kill Iran's Supreme Leader, then adds 'at least not for now'. Will the US join Israel's air strikes? Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-06-18
"\"I may do it, I may not do it.\" President Trump keeps the world guessing as he pressures Tehran to make a nuclear deal. Is he bluffing? And, how will the Assisted Dying vote play out in parliament? Nick Watt reads the tea leaves."
2025-06-19
"A government whip quits over disability cuts. How is the prime minister responding? Also, diplomatic efforts to pre-empt a B2 bomber raid on the key Iranian nuclear facility at Fordow. Can the bunker busters be avoided? Donald Trump says he might wait a fortnight before pressing the button. What would that mean for the unfolding war? Paddy O'Connell presents."
2025-06-20
"MPs vote to allow assisted dying of the terminally ill in a historic vote, but not with the thumping majority that some expected. Does that matter? Donald Trump takes criticism on Iran for being the TACO president: 'Trump Always Chickens Out'. And singer and actor Billy Porter gives Matt Chorley his own take on how race won and lost the 2024 presidential election."
2025-06-23
"After Iran targets US air bases, President Trump says \"Congratulations World, it's time for peace\". Is this a sign of de-escalation? All this as Nato leaders meet for what could be the most significant summit since the Cold War. With Katie Razzall."
2025-06-24
"A Newsnight special on the British nuclear tests scandal in the Pacific in the 1950s and 60s. Veterans accuse the government of withholding medical records that could link their health issues, and those of their children, to the radiation they were exposed to during military service. Also, as the government faces a rebellion from its own MPs over cuts to benefits, we can reveal that unease over next week's vote has reached the cabinet. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-06-25
"The prime minister shrugs off his own MPs' criticisms of his flagship welfare cuts as 'noises off', but can he avoid a further U-turn? Also, an update after yesterday's nuclear testing veterans special. Insight and interviews with Faisal Islam."
2025-06-26
"The government strikes a deal with the 127 Labour rebels prepared to oppose the welfare reform bill. But how costly is another U-turn for Labour not yet a year into taking power? We talk to one of those rebels and one welfare claimant. With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2025-06-27
"It's not 'je ne regrette rien' in the government's birthday week. Keir Starmer marks his first year in office by listing what's gone wrong, from sacked staff and policy U-turns like today's on welfare, to gloomy speeches and family freebies. As he enters his second year, we ask our stellar political panel: can things only get better? Matt Chorley presents."
2025-06-30
"Only a few days after the government announced major concessions to its own Labour MPs, are Sir Keir Starmer's welfare reforms in trouble again tonight? And the Culture secretary warns BBC leadership over Bob Vylan's antisemitic Glastonbury chants. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-07-01
"After more concessions, the government gets its welfare bill through - but at what cost for the prime minister and his authority? Plus, is the PM watering down his promise to the Hillsborough families? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-07-02
"With the government still bruised by its own Labour welfare rebellion, Keir Starmer faced up to the wider Commons opposition alongside a tearful-looking Rachel Reeves. Will the mood within the party improve before it marks one year since returning to power? And verdicts are reached in the trial of rap mogul Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs. With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2025-07-03
"As President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill clears Congress, who are the winners and losers, and why is it such a big deal? Political editor Nick Watt brings has the inside track on whether Jeremy Corbyn is the leader of a new left wing party. Plus, Newsnight\u2019s big interview is with Wes Streeting who talks about his new 10-year plan for the NHS. With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-07-04
"As the government tells the UK's AI safety institute to refocus on defence, we hear from a godfather of AI who tells Newsnight: \"the worst case scenario is human extinction\". Plus, one year into Starmer's premiership, and with Oasis back on stage, can Britain rediscover the swagger and optimism of 1997's Britpop summer?"
2025-07-07
"In the week of a key Anglo-French summit, Newsnight goes to Calais to see the small-boats situation on the ground. With Keir Starmer's plans under scrutiny, can anything smash the gangs? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-07-08
"As TV host Gregg Wallace is sacked from MasterChef over alleged misconduct, we ask what it means for the wider industry. We hear from Baroness Kennedy, the chair of the Independent Standards Authority for the Creative Industries. Parents and campaigners are mobilising over fears of future cuts in support for children with special educational needs. Should the budget be cut? We speak to Giggs, rapper and parent, and to Baroness Spielman, former chief Ofsted inspector. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-07-09
"Reaction to the most high profile Tory defection to Reform yet: former Chairman of the Conservative Party, Sir Jake Berry heads to Nigel Farage's party. Plus, as the Prime Minister and President Macron prepare to discuss a deal on small boat crossings, Newsnight asks who are the smugglers and how lucrative is their business model? Including an interview with people smuggling investigator Rob Lawrie. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-07-10
"As Emmanuel Macron concludes his state visit to the UK by agreeing to a \u2018one in, one-out\u2019 migrants deal, the two nations also sign up to a new nuclear pact. Will this deter Channel crossings and create a safer Europe? Plus the former chief of MI6 Sir Alex Younger on global threats and UK security. With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2025-07-11
"Hosepipe bans, rail disruption and fears of wildfires - the UK is gripped by the third heatwave in recent weeks. Is it time to start overhauling our homes, offices and cities to help us cope with spiralling temperatures? Also, as President Trump says he will resume missile deliveries to Ukraine, are cracks in his support base starting to show among the MAGA faithful who thought they were getting an end to expensive 'forever wars'? With Nick Watt."
2025-07-14
"Insights and global interviews on the crucial news stories of the day. With Faisal Islam."
2025-07-15
"A massive data breach by UK officials puts thousands of Afghans at risk. We hear from the daughter of one former interpreter with the British Army who is now suffering from complex PTSD. Do fears of Taliban reprisal justify a cover-up? Also, after presenter sackings and damning internal reviews, we ask BBC director-general Tim Davie if the corporation can win back trust. With Katie Razzall."
2025-07-16
"Broadcaster and journalist Fiona Phillips was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer\u2019s aged 61. Her husband Martin Frizell speaks to Newsnight about her condition and why dementia research gets a fraction of the funding cancer research does. Plus, two weeks ago, the prime minister said he was listening to his own MPs over the rebellion on welfare cuts \u2013 now he\u2019s suspended four of them. Can he maintain party discipline? Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-07-17
"As Diane Abbott is suspended from the Labour Party for a second time, she tells Newsnight, 'It's obvious this Labour leadership wants me out'. Plus, will anyone be held accountable for the massive Afghan data breach? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-07-18
"Is President Trump panicking? As he comes under more pressure over his former friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, he goes to war with Rupert Murdoch. We hear live from congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, who has been 'working overtime' with the president this week. Plus, with President Trump set to visit Scotland next week, what is at stake for PM Keir Starmer? With Matt Chorley."
2025-07-21
"The Essex town of Epping is a 'powder keg', the leader of the district council tells Newsnight, after a weekend of arrests and protests outside a hotel housing asylum seekers. We also hear about protests in Norfolk. Plus, fresh condemnation of Israel from the UK and its international partners for Israel\u2019s aid operations in Gaza. Israel rejects it as 'disconnected from reality'. We speak to two doctors working in Gaza. Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-07-22
"Could jailed Ghislaine Maxwell do a deal with the US Department of Justice over information about Jeffrey Epstein's former clients? Plus, with Ofcom changes to online child safety rules set to come in on Friday, anyone wanting to access pornography online will have to prove they're 18 or over first. We'll ask Gabby Bertin, who led the government's review into pornography, whether it will stop children accessing adult content. Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-07-23
"Another night of protests and counter-protests at a London hotel set to house asylum seekers. Some politicians say we need to be ready for more disorder, but what is being done right now to try to prevent that disorder from taking place? Plus, an exclusive interview with two former City traders whose convictions for 'rigging' interest rates were quashed by the Supreme Court today. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-07-24
"The night before Donald Trump flies to Scotland, fresh developments emerge about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Newsnight speaks to a lawyer who has represented both Trump and Epstein. Also, as more protests take place outside a migrant hotel in Epping, a government minister tells Newsnight he wants these hotels closed."
2025-07-25
"President Trump touches down in Scotland for his golf course visit, but have questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell left him heading for his bunker? We hear from Jeffrey Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein, about the paedophile financier\u2019s relationship with the now US president. Plus what does Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s new party mean for Labour? With Matt Chorley."
2025-07-28
"As Donald Trump says there is 'real starvation' in Gaza, Keir Starmer presents him with a peace plan and summons the cabinet for an emergency meeting. Is the US president losing patience? A Newsnight investigation finds soaring numbers of university students use AI to cheat on their degrees. Is it time to return to pen and paper? With Matt Chorley."
2025-07-29
"The battle to keep children safe online becomes an extraordinary war of words offline, as a cabinet minister says Nigel Farage's criticism of the Online Safety Act puts him on the same side as Jimmy Savile. We speak to one of Reform UK's top lieutenants, Zia Yusuf. Plus, after an emergency cabinet meeting, Sir Keir Starmer says the UK could recognise the state of Palestine within weeks. What difference will it make, and is it more about domestic politics than the international crisis? With Matt Chorley."
2025-07-30
"Senate Democrats are turning to an obscure law to try and force Donald Trump to release the full contents of the Epstein files. Will this pile the pressure on the President? Newsnight speaks to a lawyer representing some of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s accusers. And as YouTube climbs to the UK\u2019s second most-watched media service, Piers Morgan tells Newsnight about his decision to swap television for the video sharing platform. With Adam Fleming."
2025-07-31
"The number of migrants crossing the Channel in a year hits 25,000 in record time. Is this proof that the smuggling gangs remain unsmashed? Or is too soon to say? Newsnight hears one fisherman\u2019s eyewitness account at sea. Plus, Newsnight speaks to Sarah Shafi, the Masterchef contestant who wants the next series axed and has been edited out. With Adam Fleming."
2025-08-01
"A war of words between Donald Trump and a Russian politician has seen the US president deploy two nuclear submarines in response to 'foolish and inflammatory' threats. Will the move further strain President Trump\u2019s relationship with Vladimir Putin? We speak to a former US rear admiral about what it means for the two superpowers and the rest of the world. With Lucy Hockings."
2025-08-04
"Keir Starmer says he\u2019ll end 'gimmicks and broken promises' on small boat crossings, with the detention of those to be sent back to France expected to begin within days. Can the prime minister keep his promise? Newsnight also hears from a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse who delivers an emotional plea to Donald Trump. And what can Sydney Sweeney's jeans tell us about American politics?"
2025-08-05
"A fresh waves of asylum hotel protests are expected to take place this weekend, just as the government moves ahead with its \u2018one-in-out-out\u2019 small boats agreement with France. Does the policy match the scale of public anger? And Newsnight speaks to one of the 50 Democratic lawmakers who have fled the state of Texas in a row over election boundaries. With Matt Chorley."
2025-08-06
"Wildfires in southern France have scorched an area larger than Paris, with thousands evacuated. Is this the new normal? And, a woman whose brother died in the Air India crash and then received the wrong remains says it has 'added trauma' to her family. With Katie Razzall."
2025-08-07
"The presidents of Russia and America are to meet. Will they agree a Ukraine deal? And Israeli prime minister Netanyahu threatens to occupy the whole of Gaza. Would his army generals agree to it? With Paddy O'Connell"
2025-08-08
"President Trump says he is 'getting close to a deal on Ukraine' and that there will be 'swapping of territories' to do so. How will Ukraine respond? Plus, as US vice-president JD Vance touches down in the UK, just who is the man who some say will be the next US president? We speak to a Vance confidant. With Faisal Islam."
2025-08-11
"President Trump takes control of Washington DC police, and deploys the National Guard to the capital to crack down on what he describes as \u2018violent gangs\u2019 and \u2018bloodthirsty criminals\u2019. Is this a power grab, or a legitimate move to tackle crime? And in the UK, a knight of the realm and long-time adviser to the King when Prince of Wales speaks to Newsnight about his arrest for supporting Palestine Action.\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-08-12
"European leaders have one last chance to stop President Trump doing a Ukraine deal above their heads with President Putin. An ex-Pentagon official and ex-Nato policy chief tell us whether the White House can be swayed ahead of the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska. And, Newsnight hears from an asylum seeker living in one of the hotels at the centre of recent protests.\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-08-13
"It's the most important week for European security since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine back in 2022 - and today Europe's leaders told President Trump: don't sell us out to President Putin. Plus, Newsnight speaks to the son of Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, as his national security trial ends in Hong Kong.\n\nWith Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-08-14
"On the eve of the Alaska summit, can Trump close the deal with both Putin and Zelensky? And why are Afghans who helped the British and fled the Taliban being deported back to Afghanistan?\n\nWith Adam Fleming."
2025-08-15
"The American and Russian presidents meet in Alaska to carve out a Ukraine deal. Will it happen and will the Ukrainians hate it? And Newsnight reveals a new Afghan data leak.\n\nWith Katie Razzall."
2025-08-18
"High noon at the White House as a new Nato-style security guarantee is unveiled for Ukraine. Will Putin really accept it? Plus, as the children's commissioner for England shares exclusive data on the number of children exposed to pornography, Newsnight speaks to a man who was addicted to pornography from age 14.\n\nWith Paddy O'Connell."
2025-08-19
"Epping Forest District Council is triumphant after a legal victory over the government means that asylum seekers must leave the Bell Hotel. Will other councils now follow? Former head of Nato Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to Newsnight about Trump\u2019s efforts to end the Ukraine war. Is the government doing enough to tackle dementia? Scott Mitchell, widower of EastEnders star Barbara Windsor who died with Alzheimer\u2019s, says more investment is needed. With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2025-08-20
"The government is scrambling for migrant housing solutions following the Epping judgement, after the local council there won its case to close the Bell Hotel. Can other councils do the same with no alternative accommodation yet named? And as a mansion tax plan gets floated again, has Keir Starmer's government run short of money? Or has it run short of ideas?\n\nWith Paddy O'Connell."
2025-08-21
"A US congressional committee will finally see Justice Department investigation files relating to the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. What might they reveal? Plus, as energy and food bills are set to spike, are we facing a rerun of the cost-of-living crisis that helped wreck the last government's re-election hopes?\n\nWith Nick Watt."
2025-08-22
"onald Trump's former national security advisor and now his harsh critic, John Bolton, gets raided by the FBI. Who ordered it and why? And home secretary Yvette Cooper launches an appeal against the decision to evict asylum seekers from a hotel in Epping. With Nick Watt."
2025-08-26
"Nigel Farage says the only way to stop the boats is to detain and deport anyone who enters the UK illegally. Is he right? Newsnight speaks to Reform's deputy leader Richard Tice. Also, is Labour moving to the right because of Reform? Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-08-27
"The leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey says he'll boycott President Trump's state visit next month - will others follow suit? All eyes on Gaza as President Trump chairs a meeting on its future \u2013 with surprise guest former prime minister Tony Blair. Also, a grieving mother describes her horror in finding a funeral director watching cartoons beside her deceased baby. Newsnight hears calls for urgent regulation of the industry. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-08-28
"Two Green leadership hopefuls debate the issues ahead of the party's leadership election. In which political direction is the party going? As TV presenter Rylan Clark goes viral for his comments on migrants, do his views represent the political mainstream? With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-08-29
"Victory for the government over housing refugees at the Bell Hotel, but will it end up feeling like a defeat? Plus Essex County Council says that staff should speak out if they feel unsettled by the Saint George Cross; just how controversial is England\u2019s national flag? And the shocking story of deceased babies kept in the home of a funeral director who is now banned from NHS maternity wards in Leeds. One couple speaks to Newsnight about their experience. With Joe Pike."
2025-09-01
"Why is Sir Keir Starmer's Downing Street shake-up a big deal? The prime minister says his staff reshuffle will make the centre of government more powerful and allow him to drive through his priorities. Will it work? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-09-02
"The government's long-term borrowing costs reach a 27-year high, piling further pressure on the chancellor: how would the newly elected Green Party leader square that with his party's pledge to increase spending? Zack Polanski joins Newsnight live. Plus, the re-election of Donald Trump led him to leave his role alongside Mark Zuckerberg at Meta, one of the biggest jobs in tech: former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg accuses JD Vance of 'hypocrisy' over free speech criticism. Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-09-03
"Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner is having to explain how she failed to pay \u00a340,000 in stamp duty. Can she keep her job? And Nigel Farage goes to Washington to criticise Starmer's Britain to Congress. How's that playing there and back home? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-09-04
"As we learn more about the deputy prime minister's stamp duty row, can she hang on? Can the political centre claim the England flag or is it now a flag of the right? Paddy O'Connell asks Billy Bragg."
2025-09-05
"Angela Rayner gives up the fight for her job after she's found to have broken the Ministerial Code. As the PM reshuffles furiously, how damaged is his government? Also, former Trump vice president Mike Pence tells Newsnight the president should dump his tariffs and get behind Ukraine. With Matt Chorley and Paddy O'Connell."
2025-09-08
"MPs are jostling for votes as they prepare to crown a new deputy leader. But whose face will fit the frame? And, in an exclusive interview with Nick Watt, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says the UK is heading towards an IMF bailout. With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2025-09-09
"As Israel escalates its war into Qatar, Hamas claims its leadership survived the strikes on the country\u2019s capital, Doha. With the US made aware that the attack was going ahead, but unable to inform the Qataris in time, where does this leave the ongoing peace process? Also, six Labour MPs are vying to be the party\u2019s new deputy leader. We speak to one of them. With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2025-09-10
"One of the United States' most influential conservative talk radio hosts, Charlie Kirk, is assassinated by a gunman in Utah. What does it mean for America? Should Peter Mandelson resign over his exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein? With Faisal Islam."
2025-09-11
"How will America be affected by its most high-profile political murder in decades? How dangerous is this moment for the US? Will divisions deepen or can the US come together? And, Peter Mandelson is sacked as US ambassador. After Angela Rayner, is Keir Starmer's vote of confidence becoming a curse? Should Starmer be worried about his own political future? With Katie Razzall."
2025-09-12
"At the end of another bad week for Keir Starmer, his backbenchers ask whether he can survive to the next election. And, the governor of Utah calls out social media after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Should we take his advice to \"log off and touch grass\"? With Matt Chorley."
2025-09-15
"President Trump likes to back winners; but as he lands in the UK some Labour MPs call Sir Keir Starmer an electoral loser. So how does the prime minister maintain his own special relationship with the president? And, another British politician gets into a war of words with Donald Trump\u2019s former associate Elon Musk. Newsnight asks Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey why he wants to block all of Musk\u2019s contracts in the UK. With Katie Razzall."
2025-09-16
"President Trump arrives in the UK for his second state visit. Amid all the pomp, what will success look like for both Number 10 and the White House? And will questions over Jeffrey Epstein cast a shadow over the visit? With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2025-09-17
"The King intervenes on Ukraine as President Trump gets the full red carpet treatment at Windsor Castle. Will it make any difference? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-09-18
"Day two of the President Trump's state visit and the ceremonial gives way to politics. Putin, Gaza, Mandelson and even Jimmy Kimmel are on the agenda for Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer. But what did we get out of the visit? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-09-19
"The left and the entertainment world react to the cancelling of US late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Is freedom of speech under attack or did he just get it wrong? And did Keir Starmer finally have a good week? Matt Chorley investigates."
2025-09-22
"President Trump urges pregnant women to stop taking paracetamol as he links the drug to autism in children. Former director of National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Dr Demetre Daskalakis, tells Newsnight his comments are wrong and dangerous. Plus, in the UK, it\u2019s the Liberal Democrat conference. We speak to their deputy leader Daisy Cooper. And it's 426 days since army veterans who were exposed to nuclear bomb tests asked to see the prime minister. Will he meet them face to face? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-09-23
"President Trump suddenly announces that he thinks Ukraine can win back all its land taken by Russia, weeks after suggesting Ukraine would have to give up some of its land in order to get peace. What does this mean for the conflict? And Lib Dem leader Ed Davey claims a Reform victory could result in US-style school shootings in the UK - will that resonate with voters? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-09-24
"The Ukranian president warns the United Nations that Putin must be stopped or their war will spread. But who can do that? And is Nigel Farage trying the Trump playbook on the medical industry? Will that work in Britain? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-09-25
"Sarah Ferguson faces calls to be stripped of her title from the family of Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused Prince Andrew of trafficking her as a teenager. Faisal Islam talks to her brother and sister-in-law. And Sir Keir Starmer is planning compulsory ID cards. Newsnight discusses the arguments for and against the plan."
2025-09-26
"Keir Starmer takes on Nigel Farage's Reform UK with ID cards. Will it be enough to stop Labour conference delegates asking about the party's poll ratings? Meanwhile, the PM says anti-social behaviour is 'completely unacceptable' and the government has to crack down on it. Will the new 'Respect Orders' achieve that? With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-09-29
"Insights and global interviews on the crucial news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire"
2025-09-30
"Has Sir Keir Starmer silenced his critics by taking the fight to Reform - and if he has, what's next? Newsnight hosts a Labour conference special looking at the prime minister\u2019s speech and his pledge for patriotic 'national renewal'. Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire, and guests Diane Abbott MP, former Labour communications chief Matthew Doyle, Palantir\u2019s Louis Mosley, musician Billy Bragg and Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary"
2025-10-01
"An undercover BBC investigation reveals racism and misogyny by police officers. We get reaction from a woman whose murdered daughters were mocked by Met Police constables, later jailed over the incident. And Newsnight has exclusive access to one of Scotland's biggest jails - HMP Edinburgh - where inmates have smuggled in drugs, weapons and even weight-loss jabs, all via drone"
2025-10-02
"A man kills two people outside a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Two more are injured and police shoot dead the attacker, who police believe is 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent. Could the attack have been prevented?"
2025-10-03
"Protests against the Palestine Action ban are scheduled for the weekend, with the home secretary saying they are 'un-British'. Should they be called off? And as the Jewish community in Manchester holds a vigil for the dead and injured of yesterday's terror attack, we learn that two of the victims were hit by police gunfire. Also, as Newsnight goes on air, Hamas says it agrees to release Israeli hostages, but seeks changes to the US Gaza peace plan. How will President Trump and Israel respond? Paddy O'Connell hosts."
2025-10-06
"The Tories are in Manchester for their party conference. They have policies, but do they have anyone's attention? Also, former FBI boss James Comey is due in court charged with lying to Congress. Another Trump critic, also being investigated, tells us America needs to wake up \u2014 and he's next."
2025-10-07
"Kemi Badenoch will dangle the prospect of tax cuts to the electorate in her big conference speech tomorrow, but only within what she describes as her new 'golden rule'. Is the next election going to be all about the economy? Also, contender for the Labour Party deputy leadership, education secretary Bridget Phillipson, tells us that if her opponent Lucy Powell wins, there's a 'risk it will destabilise the party'."
2025-10-08
"It was her first keynote conference speech as Conservative leader and some say it was also her last. Did Kemi Badenoch do enough to see off the plotters for her crown? And after birth defects blighted lives in Corby and caught the eye of Netflix, fresh families come forward demanding answers, amid fears of a second Toxic Town health scandal. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-10-09
"A ceasefire in Gaza, with peace seemingly in reach after two years of conflict. President Trump has claimed this as a stunning victory for his own diplomacy. Paddy O'Connell asks how he did it, whether any peace can hold, and what comes next"
2025-10-10
"As the Gaza ceasefire agreement looks set to be completed, Donald Trump is about to head to Israel to see the hostage release. Is this how he will be remembered, or will it be for his domestic war on the left? And the latest from the front line of the great British flags war. With Nick Watt."
2025-10-13
"As an historic ceasefire comes into effect, and all living Israeli hostages returned to their homes, what will happen next in Gaza? Can lasting peace be achieved, and if so how? And, as Prince Andrew faces fresh scrutiny over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Newsnight speaks to the Democrat who says she's being blocked from taking her seat over concerns she'll vote to release the Epstein files."
2025-10-14
"Boris Johnson's decision to close schools in England in 2021 was 'panicked' and 'unnecessary', according to Gavin Williamson, the education secretary at the time. Is he right? Also, in the race for deputy leader of the Labour party, Bridget Phillipson tells Newsnight a win for her rival Lucy Powell risked 'destabilising the Party'. Lucy Powell is on the show to respond. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-10-15
"The head of the seven-year, multi-million pound investigation into child sexual abuse in England and Wales tells Newsnight she's 'frustrated' that only two of her 20 recommendations have been implemented. She says it means more children are at risk of abuse. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-10-16
"\"The wrong decision\". The prime minister attacks plans to ban Israeli football fans from a European tie at Villa Park in Birmingham over safety concerns, saying antisemitism on the streets won't be tolerated. And \"good and productive\". Those were Donald Trump's words about a call with Vladimir Putin. But how will President Zelensky fare when he visits the White House on Friday? With Katie Razzall."
2025-10-17
"Prince Andrew stays Prince Andrew but loses his Duke of York titles and the rest of his royal honours. Newsnight speaks exclusively to the family of the woman who accused the Prince. And as Donald Trump meets President Zelensky for a third time, why is Nigel Farage talking tough on Putin? With Matt Chorley."
2025-10-20
"In a UK broadcast exclusive, the co-author of Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir, Amy Wallace, calls on Prince Andrew to tell the authorities what he knows. Also, we speak to Marjorie Taylor Green, the US congresswoman who is part of the MAGA movement - and one of the leading figures in calling on Donald Trump for the full release of the Epstein files. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-10-21
"His conduct, his finances, his mansion - the intense scrutiny on Prince Andrew continues. Is something else going to have to give? Annie Farmer, one of Epstein's first accusers, speaks to Newsnight. Also, a US congressman says that the Oversight Committee wants to summon Prince Andrew to speak to them. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-10-22
"The prime minister backs a parliamentary committee inquiry into the finances of Prince Andrew. Is the former Duke of York on a collision course with parliament? And the grooming inquiry heads for chaos as survivors lose faith in the process. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-10-23
"Are we on the brink of a political earthquake in Wales? Newsnight is live at the Caerphilly by-election, which could provide an almighty political headache for the prime minister. Could it signal the end of two-party politics? As the east wing of the White House is torn down and No Kings protestors take to the streets, is President Trump actually keen to be king of America? With Nick Watt."
2025-10-24
"The Caerphilly by-election result confirms Britain is embroiled in seven-party politics, but who will end up top of the heap? With Matt Chorley. And as Donald Trump's supporters plot an unconstitutional run for a third presidential term, how does Vice President JD Vance feel about it? Matt Chorley asks one of the VP's friends."
2025-10-27
"The BBC can reveal that a well-known photograph of Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell was taken at Prince Andrew's home, Royal Lodge, the house the Prince is under pressure to move out of. The strongest hurricane ever to hit Jamaica is just hours away from the island. Predicted to be one of the Atlantic\u2019s most powerful hurricanes on record, how much damage could it cause?"
2025-10-28
"The strongest storm on the planet this year has just hit Jamaica. We hear reports of catastrophic flooding and ask, How extensive IS the damage? How low can the main parties' polling go? A former deputy prime minister and a former No 10 director of communications give their advice to the prime minister and leader of the main opposition. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-10-29
"Should we be paying a migrant sex offender \u00a3500 to go back to Ethiopia? Victoria Derbyshire asks the immigration minister. And as President Trump heads to meet President Xi, how can MAGA make peace with the rise of China?"
2025-10-30
"King Charles is to strip Prince Andrew of all his titles and kick him out of Royal Lodge. He'll be known from now on as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. We speak to the brother of Virginia Guiffre, Andrew's accuser. With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-10-31
"The royal formerly known as a prince faces calls for further sanction in the UK, but how will he fare in the American judicial system without his title? Matt Chorley digs down."
2025-11-03
"With the budget just weeks away, we will scrutinise all the major parties' economic pledges. Tonight we ask Reform UK's head of policy why they've dropped their promise to cut taxes by \u00a390 billion a year. Do their sums now add up?"
2025-11-04
"The chancellor lays the ground for tax rises in what could be a painful Budget for voters, will her fellow Labour MPs back her? Plus, tomorrow marks a year since President Trump was re-elected: we reflect on his global impact with a former head of Nato. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-11-05
"The justice secretary had a bad day as it was announced another two prisoners were let go by accident, both from Wandsworth Prison. Why does it keep happening? The new mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, divides politics across the world. And 92-year-old sub-postmistress Betty Brown finally gets her compensation after more than 26 years of fighting. Victoria asks her how it feels."
2025-11-06
"Yet more questions for ministers as one prisoner hands himself in, but another remains on the run. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is summoned to Congress by Democrats \u2013 what will the Royal Family be thinking? And The Celebrity Traitors reaches its crescendo, but how does the way you vote suggest whether you are a Faithful, or a Traitor? With Katie Razzall."
2025-11-07
"Keir Starmer flies back to Britain to deal with an in-tray of David Lammy and the prisoners, Rachel Reeves and the upcoming budget, and Lucy Powell and the Labour Party. Can he fix all or any of it? And Elon Musk plans to be a trillionaire with a robot army. With Matt Chorley."
2025-11-10
"President Trump threatens the BBC with a $1 billion legal action over the editing of his speech in an episode of Panorama. How big is the risk for the corporation? Plus, Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips on Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to have her prison sentence cut. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-11-11
"Some allies of the prime minister say he would fight off any leadership challenge. Newsnight's lively panel debates a night of drama in Westminster."
2025-11-12
"More Epstein emails emerge and leave President Trump with some questions to answer. And Michael Palin talks about the hospice where his wife of 57 years passed away, and why he thinks Rachel Reeves needs to prioritise their funding in the budget. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-11-13
"The prime minister's been assured that it is 'not Number 10' briefing against ministers. But Newsnight hears that explanation's not washing with members of the cabinet and the knives are out for the chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney. And after our story last night on the financial crisis facing end-of-life hospice care, tonight we bring you the reaction from Newsnight viewers and from the House of Commons. With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-11-14
"In an effort to curb illegal migration, the Home Secretary plans the biggest shakeup to asylum rules in a generation. But will it work? And Labour infighting is blown off the headlines as the government decides against income tax rises ahead of the Budget. Is it a sign of strength or weakness from Keir Starmer? With Katie Razzall."
2025-11-17
"The home secretary says her asylum reforms can 'unite what is a divided country'. But is a rebellion brewing on Labour's backbenches? Also, a woman who survived a violent rape tells Newsnight she was re-traumatised by court delays that held up her attacker's trial. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-11-18
"President Trump hosts Mohammed bin Salman at the White House, and says the Saudi crown prince 'knew nothing' about the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr Khashoggi's widow Hanan tells Newsnight she rejects that account. Also, survivors react as Congress votes to release all of the Epstein files. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-11-19
"Is President Trump about to impose a peace plan on Ukraine to end Russia's war in Putin's favour? And with a week to go until the budget, we ask which party has the best policies to help with your bills. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-11-20
"Comments by Democrats on the use of the US military are 'seditious behaviour, punishable by death!', claims President Trump on Truth Social. The White House has since denied it wants any executions over the row. Also, the treatment of penguins in a London aquarium is labelled un-British, as a cross-party group of MPs call for their relocation. Will the gentoo be liberated? With Paddy O\u2019Connell."
2025-11-21
"Nathan Gill, Reform UK\u2019s former leader in Wales, is jailed for corruption over a pro-Russian influence scheme in the European Parliament. Nigel Farage\u2019s party calls Gill\u2019s actions 'unforgivable' and 'treasonous'. How much of a problem is it for them? With Matt Chorley."
2025-11-24
"President Trump says 'something good may just be happening' with his peace plan for Ukraine, but just who is it good for? We\u2019re joined by Piers Morgan, Layla Moran and former US national security advisor John Bolton. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-11-25
"With the Budget just hours away, we look at the economic and political pressures on the government, and some of the announcements likely to be in the speech tomorrow. And Reform UK's leader Nigel Farage gives a further statement about accusations he racially abused fellow school pupils 50 years ago."
2025-11-26
"What does the budget mean for you, the UK economy, and the positions of the prime minister and chancellor? Newsnight speaks to some of the world's leading economists. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-11-27
"Has the government broken its manifesto on workers' rights? And the culture secretary tells Newsnight that there is a 'problem' with political appointees on the BBC board. With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-11-28
"Why did Rachel Reeves warn the country to brace for the worst when she knew her figures already added up? And Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana kick off the first conference of their party, Your Party, but what will it be called, who will lead it, or will it have a leader at all? With Matt Chorley."
2025-12-01
"onight, President Trump hosts a key White House meeting on Venezuela as a dozen warships and 15,000 troops mass in the region. A Venezuelan cabinet minister tells Newsnight that Venezuela is not a colony of the United States. The budget fall-out claims its first scalp, but the questions have not gone away for the chancellor. Will she be next?"
2025-12-02
"President Putin warns Europe he is ready for war as he meets Donald Trump's son-in-law in Moscow. Where next for the Ukraine peace process? Four years after the murder of Sarah Everard, the prime minister says it's 'totally unacceptable that women don\u2019t feel safe going about their lives'. Where is their long-promised strategy to deal with the issue? Newsnight asks a government minister. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-12-03
"President Trump has ramped up his threats of military action against drug traffickers in Venezuela, threatening to carry out strikes against them on land. We ask a Republican congressman if he wants to see regime change in the South American country. And as a doctor is jailed for suppyling ketamine to the late Friends star Matthew Perry, from the Newsnight archives, we bring you a frank interview with the actor about his addiction. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-12-04
"Vladimir Putin was ultimately responsible for the 2018 Salisbury poisonings that killed Dawn Sturgess, a public inquiry finds. The man who led the UK police counter-terror response tells Newsnight that Britain is no safer now. And on the eve of a comeback, on our screens at least, by the UK's shortest serving prime minister we hear from Liz Truss's former deputy."
2025-12-05
"Donald Trump finally gets his peace prize, from the world of... football. But how does that fit with his military threats to Venezuela? And, with actor Timothy Spall starring in a new festive film about dying, he tells us why he thinks this is actually the season to be silly. With Matt Chorley."
2025-12-08
"As European leaders meet in Downing Street to save Ukraine, President Trump hails the idea he's sidelined them. Is Europe now on its own? Also, Joey Barton is handed a suspended jail sentence after a judge spoke of a 'campaign' of grossly offensive tweets. Victim of his abuse Eni Aluko tells Newsnight a huge message has been sent. With Nick Watt."
2025-12-09
"How worried should we be by rising cases of the virulent H3N2 flu strain, as people with symptoms are told to wear a mask? We ask to a top virologist. Also, President Trump says he deserves 'A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus' on the economy. So why are so many Americans feeling the pinch? With Nick Watt."
2025-12-10
"A dramatic escalation of tensions between the US and Venezuela as President Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of the South American nation. Where could this confrontation lead? And, the mother of TV presenter Caroline Flack is among those to have written to the prime minister calling for justice for victims of press untruths. She tells Newsnight she's been let down by the government. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-12-11
"The NHS risks collapse if doctors strike during the superflu crisis, so says the health secretary tonight. Is he fighting the flu or the medical profession? Newsnight cameras catch the arrest of an alleged shoplifter. As shoplifting offences reach a record high, we report from the seaside town cracking down with twelve-month ankle tag on criminals. With Paddy O'Connell."
2025-12-12
"'The shadow of war' hangs over Europe - and Britain needs to prepare, warns a government minister about Russia. What does it mean for us all? We ask a former top Nato official. Plus, the Church of England bishop spearheading its campaign against 'populist forces' that he says are 'seeking to exploit the faith'. With Faisal Islam."
2025-12-15
"The health secretary calls this week's resident doctors' strike 'probably the worst thing the [British Medical Association] has done since they marched against the foundation of the NHS in 1948... given the patient safety risks'. After the killing of Jewish people on Bondi Beach, the prime minister says the UK Jewish community here will 'feel even more insecure'. What is the government going to do about it? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-12-16
"The prime minister has ordered a probe into foreign interference in UK politics; how widespread could it be? Unemployment is up, with younger workers particularly affected. We ask jobseekers under 25 why it is so hard to get a job."
2025-12-17
"The government says it's going to empower schools in England to intervene when they see pupils displaying misogynistic behaviour. Will it help them meet their target of halving violence against women and girls within a decade? Plus, a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by the late Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed, tells us what he did was on the 'scale of Epstein'. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2025-12-18
"As tomorrow's deadline to release the Epstein files looms, US Democrats drop a new batch of photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. How disruptive could this be for the White House? Plus, a top state department official tells Newsnight that she doesn't expect Donald Trump will run for a third term, despite speculation that he will. With Nick Watt."
2025-12-19
"After a year dominated by speculation about the release, even the existence, of the Epstein files, hundreds of thousands of documents have been released. How much impact will they have? And, 2025 in review with Polly McKenzie and Gyles Brandreth, before a festive treat from some of Newsnight's most famous friends. With Matt Chorley."
Season 47 - Newsnight
2026-01-05
"After US forces capture Venezuelan President Maduro and land him in a New York court, where next for the US president? How alarmed should Greenland, Colombia, Mexico and Cuba be? Plus, in the UK, Sir Keir Starmer's response is under fire - should he call out President Trump? Newsnight hears from Trump insider Carla Sands, Independent MP and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, and Vanessa Neumann, a key Venezuelan opposition figure."
2026-01-06
"The White House says the US is exploring \u2018options\u2019 to acquire Greenland, and doesn't rule out using its military. How will the rest of Nato respond as President Trump turns his attention to the autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark? And we speak to one woman who says it was 'dehumanising' after Elon Musk\u2019s X AI chatbot Grok was used to create illegal sexualised images of her. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-01-07
"Immigration officers in Minneapolis shoot and kill a motorist. President Trump says it was self-defence, but the Mayor of Minneapolis says the agent used 'reckless power'. State officials say they expect large-scale protests. And Donald Trump sends a message as the US seizes a Russian-flagged oil tanker sailing from Venezuela. Can the US president do what he wants, where he wants? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-01-08
"Anti-regime protests in Iran spread across the country, with reports of government buildings being set alight. What does this mean for the future of Iran and the Middle East? And tensions rise in Minneapolis after the killing of a woman by an ICE agent. With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-01-09
"In Iran the internet is down but the protesters are out, again, with calls for President Trump to intervene. Could the regime really fall? And the art of the u-turn: Keir Starmer backtracks on business rates. We ask experts in spin and polling, how do you sell a government in reverse gear? With Matt Chorley."
2026-01-12
"President Trump announces 25 per cent tariffs on any nation doing business with Iran. In Tehran, eyewitnesses say the Iranian regime has cracked down brutally on protestors. Following criticism of his refusal to apologise yesterday to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, Lord Mandelson tells Nick Watt he is 'sorry' to the 'women and girls who suffered'. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-01-13
"'Get out of Iran' - the US government's advice to its citizens tonight. What is President Trump planning? And is a huge new Chinese embassy in London a security risk? Some MPs believe so. Victoria Derbyshire discusses with a leading critic and a former Chinese diplomat."
2026-01-14
"As US and UK military personnel are withdrawn from their base in Qatar, President Trump considers his options on Iran. Elsewhere, we speak to the writer Ashley St Clair, who is also the mother of one of Elon Musk's children. She tells us she feels violated after being undressed on X's Grok. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-01-15
"Kemi Badenoch took pre-emptive action, firing Robert Jenrick after catching wind of his plan to defect to Reform. But was it she or Nigel Farage who won the day? With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-01-16
"Robert Jenrick says today he's 'uniting the right', but instead it seems like a political fight to the death between Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage. Who will win? And Keir Starmer just wants to unite his own party, but can a 'praetorian guard' of ministers rally around him to save the Prime Minister from his own backbenchers? With Matt Chorley."
2026-01-19
"Will President Trump take Greenland by force? When asked today, he replied 'No comment'. What's his next move and how should the UK government respond? And how pleased will President Putin be about everything that's going on? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-01-20
"\"You'll find out\", President Trump tells a reporter, who asks how far he'll go on Greenland. The stakes couldn't be higher: tomorrow President Trump addresses global leaders with THE speech of Davos: he's set to tell them that the US HAS to have Greenland. Realistically can Europe, can Nato do anything to stop that? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-01-21
"President Donald Trump says he's got a deal on Greenland and won't invade the territory or introduce tariffs on European nations who had opposed a US military takeover of Greenland. Has he backed down? And why? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-01-22
"Europe's leaders meet tonight to pick up the pieces. Has President Trump got his brave new world or made us weaker? With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-01-23
"The deadline approaches for Andy Burnham to make a bid for parliament and No 10. Is he about to burst back into Westminster? And Sir Keir Starmer condemns Donald Trump's 'insulting and frankly appalling' remarks about Brits who fought in Afghanistan. What now for the not-so-special relationship? With Matt Chorley."
2026-01-26
"Suella Braverman, another high profile Tory, defects to Reform. Is Nigel Farage's party now just a dumping ground for ex-Conservative ministers, and will voters buy it? As the US president suggests he will reduce the number of ICE agents in Minneapolis, the lawyer for the family of Renee Good, shot dead by ICE two weeks ago, tells Newsnight in an exclusive interview that the Good family have been 'retraumatised' after the killing of Alex Pretti."
2026-01-27
"Tehran warns of serious ramifications in the case of a US military strike, after a US aircraft carrier arrives in the Middle East. President Trump says he believes the regime still wants talks, so what is about to happen? We talk to an influential Iranian activist who has survived multiple attempts on her life (she will face her alleged Iranian state-backed assassin in a New York court tomorrow) and an Iranian protester who saw people killed by the authorities right in front of her. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-01-28
"Is the US getting ready to strike Iran? Donald Trump has warned time's running out to make a deal on its nuclear facilities. And are student loans unfair? Martin Lewis joins us live. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-01-29
"he PM leaves Beijing with a deal on visas, whisky and more. But do the risks outweigh the rewards? A review has found that nearly 100 children were harmed by a Great Ormond Street Hospital limb reconstruction surgeon. The BBC has attempted to contact Jabbar. The hospital said it was 'deeply sorry' for the harm caused. Since the live broadcast, we have been made aware that a contributor\u2019s comment stating that the whistleblower had been suspended was incorrect. With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-01-30
"The White House releases more than three million pages worth of Epstein files. But where does this leave the victims and their search for answers? And were two men abducted under the cover of darkness by the US in UK waters? With Matt Chorley."
2026-02-02
"How serious is the trouble Lord Mandelson is in? The Met Police says it's reviewing 'reports relating to alleged misconduct in a public office,' after those revelations in the Epstein files. Tonight, what are the key questions for Mandelson AND the government? And the government says it's not backing down on changes to student loans in England and Wales, despite graduates and Martin Lewis telling Newsnight they're unfair. Could it be forced into a rethink? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-02-03
"Peter Mandelson spent four decades at the heart of the Labour Party. As the Met launches a criminal investigation into misconduct in public office offences, Sir Keir Starmer has now cut him adrift. What does his appointment say about the Prime Minister's judgement? Plus, as thousands of Epstein documents are taken down because the victims are identified, we focus on one Epstein property - his New Mexico ranch. What happened? With Katie Razzall."
2026-02-04
"A new Epstein file suggests Ghislaine Maxwell thinks the picture of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with her and Virginia Giuffre is authentic. And how hard is life for Kier Starmer because of the Mandelson scandal? With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-02-05
"After a week of crisis, can Keir Starmer survive? And as the prime minister apologises to Jeffrey Epstein's victims, one of them gives Newsnight her reaction. With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-02-06
"As the police search Peter Mandelson's homes, Labour MPs search for hope. So where does danger lie next for a prime minister in peril? And, Donald Trump deletes a racist clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. What does the reversal tell us and what damage has it done?"
2026-02-09
"The prime minister comes out defiant as he meets Labour MPs. His cabinet backs him after the Scottish Labour leader says it's time for him to go. How long can Starmer hold on? Plus, in an unprecedented intervention, King Charles says he stands ready to support any police investigation into his brother Andrew over the Epstein scandal. In an exclusive interview, the co-author of Virginia Giuffre's memoir joins us live. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-02-10
"Epstein revelations have toppled senior figures in Europe while up to now, the US fallout has been more muted. Is that about to change with growing pressure from survivors and the country's most senior lawyer set to testify tomorrow on the release of the files. Growing calls for the Royal Family to do more about Andrew. Tonight a leading US Congresswoman tells Newsnight that the King should direct his brother to go the States and there should be a UK inquiry. Is she right?"
2026-02-11
"The prime minister calls on one of the richest men in the country, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, to apologise after the co-owner of Manchester United says the UK has been colonised by immigrants. We'll get reaction from Ash Sarkar and Matthew Syed. Plus, anger explodes as the Trump administration's top lawyer defends her government's handling of the Epstein files. And pressure from Gordon Brown on ex-Prince Andrew - does any of it take the survivors even one iota closer to justice? With Victoria Derbyshire"
2026-02-12
"Trouble at the top as another one bites the dust in Downing Street. Just what is going on behind the door of Number 10? And will AI mine the human soul and use it to manipulate us? A concerned AI researcher speaks to Newsnight after quitting her job at OpenAI in protest. Also, the threshold at which graduates in England and Wales need to repay their loans is about to be frozen. How much will it add to their debt? With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-02-13
"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces another accusation of sharing an official document, with reports that he gave a Treasury briefing to one of his personal business contacts. Historian and friend of King Charles, Jonathan Dimbleby, talks to Newsnight about where the mounting pressure leaves the monarchy. With Katie Razzall."
2026-02-16
"A Newsnight exclusive: we hear live from Democrat senator Mark Kelly who has been described as 'Public Enemy Number One' by President Trump. Plus, Gis\u00e8le Pelicot, the woman at the centre of France's largest rape trial, speaks publicly for the first time. What does her message mean for survivors? Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-02-17
"A new frontbench team for Reform vow to scrap the 2010 Equality Act, which legally protects people from discrimination. Plus, how do we fix youth unemployment? Newsnight hears from two 23-year-olds who have applied for almost 500 jobs between them. They say most employers don\u2019t even reply. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-02-18
"The Metropolitan Police is carrying out 'initial inquiries' into allegations relating to close protection officers formerly assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. And, Epstein's ranch in New Mexico has now officially become the focus of a new investigation into the possible trafficking and abuse of victims. We talk to the legislator who has instigated what is being called a 'truth commission'. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-02-19
"After the news of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest, we speak exclusively to the family of the woman who first made accusations of wrongdoing against him. And we speak to the historian and friend of King Charles, Jonathan Dimbleby, on just how deep a crisis this is for the monarchy. With Paddy O'Connell"
2026-02-20
"A new move which would prevent Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from ever becoming king. The government considers removing eighth in line to the throne Andrew from the royal line of succession. Historian David Olusoga explains its historical significance. And there's a major blow for president Trump as the Supreme Court justices strike down his sweeping tariffs. He calls them 'fools and lapdogs'. A close ally of his, Anna Paulina Luna, talks to Newsnight. With Nick Watt"
2026-02-23
"Lord Mandelson is arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The Conservatives say it's 'the defining moment of Keir Starmer's premiership'. Is it? Lord Mandelson denies all wrongdoing. Plus, a racial slur at the BAFTA Film Awards by a guest with Tourette's syndrome. We discuss live in the studio. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-02-24
"Since Christmas, 30 British veterans who witnessed nuclear testing in the 1950s and 60s have died. Christmas was when they were expecting a government report that might have given them some answers. We return to the testimony of two nuclear veterans who witnessed multiple bombs being detonated. Will they find out the truth? Plus, we hear from the voters of Gorton and Denton, ahead of the consequential by-election this Thursday. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-02-25
"Four weeks ago Newsnight shone a light on the student loan system. Tonight, we hear change could be coming through the government. We ask a 29-year-old biochemistry graduate with a six-figure debt how Rachel Reeves could help him. With Victoria Derbyshire"
2026-02-26
"our by-election night starts here. We've got a top class political panel with Greens leader Zack Polanski, and the party chairs of Labour and Reform. Who\u2019s confident - and whose momentum\u2019s about to stall? And Nick Watt is at the Gorton & Denton count with the latest from the parties as the votes pile up. With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-02-27
"After the Green's by-election triumph, one Labour MP texts our presenter just 'KMG' - Keir must go. How much trouble is the prime minister in? And what can the Gorton and Denton by-election tell us about what to expect in the upcoming Welsh, Scottish and local elections in May? With Matt Chorley."
2026-03-02
"As President Trump says the 'big wave' of strikes on Iran is still to come, we ask what is the US plan and is this conflict escalating? With an expert panel of former cabinet minister Michael Gove, Your Party's Jeremy Corbyn and Middle East expert Dr Sanam Vakil. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-03-03
"As war continues to upend the Middle East, President Trump lashes out at the prime minister. How serious is this falling out? We hear from HR McMaster, Trump\u2019s national security adviser in his first term. Plus, an interview with Labour MP Naz Shah on her family\u2019s experience of domestic violence and 'honour' - or 'izzat' - in Pakistani communities. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-03-04
"As the US and Israel carry out fresh strikes on Iranian targets, the regime prepares to announce its new supreme leader. What are the calculations inside Tehran? Will a new leader fight on or cave in? And we hear from Parnia - earlier this year she told us how she witnessed the bloody crackdown on protests in Iran - now she fears for her entire family, trapped in a Iranian city hit by military strikes. With Katie Razzall."
2026-03-05
"With a navy warship still days away from reaching Cyprus, has the government's response been good enough? And should we cut the interest on the student loans system? We ask a recent graduate who owes \u00a372,000, and two of the architects of the current system. With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-03-06
"One week ago the first bombs fell in the Middle East. President Trump says there will be 'no deal' with Iran except 'unconditional surrender.' Is he right? How will this end? And despite Keir Starmer insisting he was doing everything to protect Cyprus, the country's foreign minister tells Matt Chorley the future of British bases on the island could be in doubt."
2026-03-09
"As the price of oil surges, and cost of petrol, food and energy heads upwards, Donald Trump suggests the war is almost over, but then soon after that the US hasn't 'won enough' yet. What does he mean? And what does it mean for you? We hear from Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-03-10
"The White House warns of the 'most intense' day of strikes on Iran. So when could this conflict end? Plus, is the prime minister about to face a new backbench rebellion? MPs say a proposed ban on online pornography depicting sex between relatives does not go far enough. Interviews and insight with Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-03-11
"The first batch of files surrounding Peter Mandelson's appointment to Washington reveals the prime minister was informed of the reputational risk. We ask: what fresh questions does all of this raise about Keir Starmer\u2019s judgement? And as students lobby MPs over the controversial system of loans in England and Wales, we hear from one undergraduate who has wracked up over \u00a390,000 in debt because she comes from a low income family. With Nick Watt"
2026-03-12
"Iran\u2019s new Supreme Leader vows to strangle the Strait of Hormuz, while President Trump says blocking Tehran's nuclear plans beats oil price concerns. Where on earth does that leave the rest of us? And Winston Churchill's to be biffed from the five pound note. Nigel Farage says it's 'absolutely crackers'. Newsnight speaks to Churchill's granddaughter. With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-03-13
"As the war in Iran is followed by price hikes here, the prime minister's cost of living champion tells us some firms are ripping you off. So when does he think the cost of living crisis will actually end? And, as Donald Trump lifts some sanctions on Russian oil to ease global pressures, we ask a key Putin ally if Moscow is the big winner of the war in the Middle East. With Matt Chorley."
2026-03-16
"As Donald Trump demands Nato countries join him in his war in the Middle East, his friend the president of Finland tells Newsnight why there has been 'reluctance and a little bit of a pushback' to the US president. And, two years after Keir Starmer told Esther Rantzen that he was 'personally committed' to changing the law on assisted dying, she tells Newsnight she's 'begging' the House of Lords not to block the bill in an act of 'sabotage'. What next for the bill? With Matt Chorley."
2026-03-17
"Rachel Reeves calls for closer ties with the EU to boost UK growth, with divergence now 'the exception, not the norm' she says. Newsnight hears from the chancellor, and from Reform UK's Robert Jenrick who wants to replace her in No 11. Also, the latest reaction as Scotland votes against assisted dying. With Faisal Islam."
2026-03-18
"Israel and Iran attack some of the most important energy facilities in the world, sending oil prices surging again. Is this the escalation that could turn a crisis into a long term energy shock? What does it mean for consumers? And as concerns spread about the meningitis outbreak, Faisal Islam talks to former children's laureate Michael Rosen, who lost his teenage son to the disease."
2026-03-19
"President Trump says the war with Iran will be over 'soon', but offers no indication of when or what could lead to the end. As oil prices spike globally, how much longer can the global economy hold on? With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-03-20
"Tonight the UK agrees to let the US use British bases to strike Iranian sites responsible for closing the Strait of Hormuz. Does the UK risk being drawn into much deeper involvement in the Iran War? And a Reform UK MP says mass prayer events for religions such as Islam assert the domination of another culture over British Christian traditions. We'll ask a leading bishop if he agrees. With Nick Watt."
2026-03-23
"President Trump calls off strikes on Iran and says the countries are in peace talks and 'could end up in a deal'. Iran says US talks are fake news. Tonight - did Trump back down? Is this the end of the war? Plus, with oil and gas prices falling, has a global economic meltdown been averted? We hear from former US national security adviser John Bolton, and from Republican Congressman Michael Baumgartner. With Katie Razzall."
2026-03-24
"We're in Washington on the eve of our powerful interview with a group of Epstein survivors. We'll bring you a preview. Plus, an exclusive interview with Republican congressman Thomas Massie, who has led the drive for the release of all the Epstein files. Will the remaining files ever be released to the public? And we bring you the latest on the US-Iran war. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-03-25
"Victoria Derbyshire talks to survivors of Jeffrey Epstein in a special Newsnight programme from Washington."
2026-03-26
"As the missiles still fall, the US says the Iranians have also been sent a peace deal. Will they sign it? And how has the Iran conflict shifted the balance of power right around the world? At home, there's a fresh twist in the story about Morgan McSweeney's stolen phone. We ask a government minister how concerned the public should be. With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-03-27
"Let battle commence! Today, Keir Starmer made the case for why he should remain prime minister, but campaigning ramps up this weekend for a huge set of elections which could decide his fate. Is there any way back? And actor Mark Gatiss on satire lacking bite, the future of the BBC and playing Peter Mandelson. With Matt Chorley."
2026-03-30
"The government negotiations around a new small boats deal with France are deadlocked with hours to go. And, we\u2019ve covered the Nuclear Test Veterans story for years \u2014 but now there are growing concerns about the health of the next generations. One son and daughter got in touch to say the experiments have caused multiple health problems across their family. We hear their story. With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-03-31
"Buckingham Palace and the White House confirm that the King and Queen will travel to Washington for a state visit at the end of April. Broadcaster David Dimbleby says it should have been postponed, while the family of Virginia Guiffre have told Newsnight that they'd urge the monarch to meet with survivors of his brother's friend, Jeffrey Epstein. Also, the Jewish Board of Deputies tell Newsnight that Kanye West headlining at a UK festival is 'irresponsible'. With Adam Fleming."
2026-04-01
"President Trump promises an 'important update on Iran' in an Oval Office speech. How far are we from a ceasefire? And, the prime minister announces action on the cost of living, but is it enough? With Adam Fleming."
2026-04-02
"President Trump fires his attorney general, Pam Bondi, responsible for handling the release of the Epstein files. What's going on in the White House? We hear from the congressman who\u2019s been calling for her to go. And, a bereaved mother whose baby was found in a funeral home two years after she thought he was cremated speaks to Newsnight. With Joe Pike."
2026-04-07
"President Trump\u2019s so-called deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz expires, just as the President threatens the end of 'a whole civilisation'. But have diplomatic efforts paid off? Newsnight hears from a Trump ally. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-04-08
"Iran warns it will respond if Israel's massive attacks across Lebanon don't stop immediately. Can a peace deal still be achieved in the Middle East? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-04-09
"What prompted US First Lady Melania Trump to make her statement about Epstein? Why now? And 'I see you,' says the UK defence secretary to Putin after three Russian submarines conducted a 'covert' operation over cables in waters north of the UK. But apart from watching them, what else can be done? With Katie Razzall."
2026-04-10
"As the four astronauts aboard Nasa's Artemis II mission prepare to splash down in the Pacific, we ask how the new space race is shaping up. With Nick Watt."
2026-04-13
"Hours into his blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Donald Trump claims Iran 'want to make a deal'. How long will the stalemate last? A British cardinal, who was in the conclave that chose Pope Leo, on the president's attack on the pontiff and Mr Trump's 'bizarre' deleted AI image. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-04-14
"Rachel Reeves touches down in Washington DC tonight for a meeting of the International Monetary Fund, which has just given the UK the biggest downgrade in growth of all major economies. What does that mean for all of us? And it's 'a matter of time' before AI replaces almost every job, according to one of the technology's creators, Yoshua Bengio. He and former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Michael Gove talk about the new AI model prompting urgent questions for governments around the world. Are we prepared?"
2026-04-15
"The UK could face food shortages by the summer under a worst-case scenario of the Iran conflict drawn up by government officials. We bring the details of what it could mean for your household. And in Washington, Rachel Reeves says the Iran war was a mistake. Whilst the US president says the trade deal with the UK 'can always be changed', is the government\u2019s ramped-up rhetoric wise, and why the change of tone?"
2026-04-16
"'Full due process was followed during this appointment.' Words now haunting Sir Keir Starmer who had no idea when he said them that Peter Mandelson was sent to Washington after failing security vetting. How was the prime minister kept in the dark? With Nick Watt."
2026-04-17
"More questions for the Prime Minister: what did he know, what didn't he know, and why didn't he ask? Lisa Phillips, an Epstein survivor, tells Newsnight she doesn't understand why the PM gave Peter Mandelson a job in the first place and says he misled the public. And Matt Chorley takes a driverless car ride with the Technology Secretary Liz Kendall to talk AI. What happened?"
2026-04-20
"Does Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s explanation in the Commons draw a line under the Mandelson saga? What will the Foreign Office chief that he\u2019s just sacked say tomorrow? We have all the latest from Westminster. Plus, Maga-cheerleader-turned-Trump-critic and advocate for Epstein survivors Marjorie Taylor Greene joins us live. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-04-21
"What is the state of Sir Keir Starmer's authority - with his party and the country - after days of the Mandelson vetting scandal? Newsnight is live from London and Cardiff, where we also look ahead to the 7 May Senedd election. With Victoria Derbyshire and Alex Forsyth."
2026-04-22
"As the White House confirms there's no firm deadline to end the ceasefire with Iran, is President Trump in danger of getting stuck in a 'forever war'? Is Sir Keir Starmer losing the Cabinet over the Mandelson scandal? And former prime minister Rishi Sunak speaks to Newsnight on artificial intelligence and what it means for UK jobs. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-04-23
"Criminals are flogging cocaine and cannabis at convenience stores alongside the crisps and sweets, a BBC investigation has revealed. What is going wrong on Britain's high streets? Is your summer holiday about to be cancelled due to the Iran war? We speak to an airline boss who has just axed ALL his Gatwick-to-LA flights, blaming fuel prices. With Paddy O'Connell."
2026-04-24
"The King packs his bags and heads to Trump's America, but is he flying into a diplomatic storm over the Falkland Islands? And stepping out of the shadows: Morgan McSweeney helped Keir Starmer rise to the top. Could his explosive public evidence help bring him down? With Matt Chorley."
2026-04-27
"As the King and Queen meet President Trump and the First Lady at the White House for the state visit, what are the risks for the UK and US? What should the King say in his address to Congress tomorrow? And we're live from Glasgow to hear from voters - and Professor Sir John Curtice - on what issues will sway next week's Scottish election. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-04-28
"There were some politically charged messages from King Charles in his address to the US Congress. Was President Trump listening? We speak live to a top Capitol Hill Republican and to Charles's biographer Jonathan Dimbleby. Back in Westminster, the prime minister survives a Commons vote but questions remain about his future. With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-04-29
"Another terrorist attack on Jewish people in the UK. How safe is this country for British Jews? With Victoria Derbyshire."
2026-04-30
"After the horror in Golders Green, today came the PM's response. Many protesters outside Downing Street tonight tell us Britain's Jews don't feel safe. And with 200 phones a day stolen in London, we're on a ride-along with police targeting phone thieves. Are police losing the fight? With Paddy O'Connell."
Season 2011 - Newsnight
2011-03-01
"John Galliano's anti-Semitic remarks could have turned into a full scale diplomatic crisis. Why? Because, as any fashionista knows, Dior - who he designs for - is the label worn by one Mrs Sarkozy.\n\nCarla Bruni started life as a Dior model and has remained loyal to the house ever since. As things turned out, Dior was not prepared to see a YouTube video start a new war in the Middle East. They sacked Galliano earlier today. And the first lady of France is now free to wear Dior again.\n\nAnyway, I write that in passing because there are, as you know, currently more pressing diplomatic affairs at hand.\n\nTonight, Niall Ferguson, author of Civilization, will help us examine the role of the West in the revolution in the Arab world - and explain what history can tell us about why certain cultures appear to dominate the world at certain times.\n\nWe'll also be asking whether the government's done enough in its adjustment to the international development aid budget to allay criticism that we are funnelling money into dodgy dictatorships and into countries that are economically far more successful than we are.\n\nPlus, the European Court of Justice has declared it is discriminatory to charge women less than men for their car insurance. Women are better drivers. Men die younger. What's wrong with discrimination within the free market?"
2011-03-02
"Forces loyal to Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi have moved into eastern areas for the first time since towns there fell to protesters two weeks ago, with reports of heavy fighting between them and anti-Gaddafi rebels in the oil town of Brega, 100 miles south of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.\n\nEarlier Col Gaddafi said on TV he would \"fight until the last man and woman\" and warned that thousands of Libyans would die if Western forces intervened.\n\nTonight, as we will have the latest on the Gaddafi fight back from Lyse Doucet in Benghazi and Tim Whewell will be assessing whether there is any sign of a joined up global response to the crisis.\n\nMichael Crick is Barnsley ahead of tomorrow's by-election finding out what matters most to voters there.\n\nAlso, more than 600 Oxbridge academics are demanding a halt to the \u00a39,000 tuition fee rise, saying they have had no time to work out how it will be implemented.\n\nUniversities Minister David Willetts and one of those critics will go head to head on the programme tonight."
2011-03-03
"Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has been given government approval for its controversial bid to take over BSkyB. The green light follows News Corp's offer to spin off Sky News as an independent company.\n\nRival media groups dismissed News Corp's offer as a \"whitewash\" and said they would \"vigorously contest\" it.\n\nWe will be examining the decision and speaking to the man who made it, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.\n\nLyse Doucet will bring us the latest on what is happening in Libya.\n\nTim Whewell has a film on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood - who they are and what they stand for.\n\nAnd we ask whether, despite all of the fanfare accompanying Saturday's World Book Night plan to give away one million books, there are any problems with a great book giveaway."
2011-03-04
"Mishal Husain is presenting tonight and she's been speaking exclusively to Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen about how his organisation plans to respond to events in Libya.\n\nMeanwhile Lyse Doucet - who is in the country - will be asking Libyans what intervention they expect from the West.\n\nThen we'll be hearing from our Political editor Michael Crick who has been meeting people living in rural areas to ask them how rising fuel prices are affecting their lives.\n\nAnd Liz Mackean has had exclusive access to a report which has found that many local authorities will not be guaranteeing funding and will be cutting services for victims of domestic violence from the end of this month. Should local authorities be the sole providers of these services? We'll debate."
2011-03-07
"Tonight we have an amazing film from Jackie Long about Sarah Palin. Jackie has been to Alaska and got more than just a quick doorstep interview with the woman herself. She tells us how she is weighing up whether the US is ready for an \"unconventional\" presidential candidate like her. We also talk to Sarah Palin's parents who are concerned their daughter might be assassinated.\n\nDavid Cameron promised \"the most pro-growth budget this country has seen for a generation\" in his speech at the weekend, but what are the prospects for the British economy and what are the chances of real growth? We'll be hearing from our economics editor Paul Mason. Read Paul's blog.\n\nAnd Prince Andrew remains under pressure over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier. Michael Crick has been following the Prince around today and will bring us up to date tonight."
2011-03-08
"What are the options for western intervention over Libya? Should we arm the rebels? The idea is being considered by the White House but how realistic is it and how tricky politically? Tonight we'll look at the options for western governments and their possible outcomes. We are hoping to speak to the former Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain to get his views.\n\nWe will also consider what is behind these questions in the Middle East and North Africa with the American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky. How do the recent events affect Chomsky's world view? You can see a preview of the interview here.\n\nThe government has been criticised over its handling of the crisis in Libya, most notably over getting Briton's out. But there have been other perceived gaffes too raising questions over the government's competence. Remember the U turn over the sale of forests? We'll get the latest take on the how well the government is doing with its presentation skills from some politically savvy guests.\n\nAnd we'll be asking - why is sectarianism still so strong in Glasgow? A summit was held in Edinburgh today chaired by First Minister Alex Salmond following last week's Old Firm Scottish Cup replay which saw three red cards, several touch-line and tunnel confrontations and 34 arrests inside Celtic Park. Why has antipathy between Protestants and Catholics survived for so long in the city?"
2011-03-09
"The big hitters in government have appeared before the Defence Select Committee today at a time when it is being asked whether defence cuts have left the military without the resources to be effective in Libya and in future crises.\n\nWe will have some expert analysis from General Sir Richard Dannatt and a full report on what the Defence Secretary Liam Fox and Foreign Secretary William Hague told MPs.\n\nWe'll also be asking whether growing backbench anger could lead to the defence review being reopened.\n\nWe also have a report from DR Congo on the child sex trade. Reporter Sam Farmer joins members of the children's parliament in DR Congo as they try to help fellow children who are working in the sex trade. The film centres on the efforts of a 15-year-old boy in the children's parliament who is trying to advocate more rights for these youngsters.\n\nCloser to home the government has announced that displaying cigarettes is to be banned in England. But will it stop smoking? We'll look at the evidence and examine how the promotion of cigarettes has changed over the years.\n\nAnd Jeremy will be talking to Jim Davidson live about humour and bigotry. The comedian has written a play about an old racist comedian who is challenged by a young black performer."
2011-03-10
"Unions have reacted angrily to a major report by Lord Hutton proposing a radical overhaul of public sector pensions which would see millions working for longer. David Grossman will be examining the fine print for us tonight.\n\nThe former business secretary Lord Mandelson will be presenting an authored piece on economic globalisation and will join us live in the studio.\n\nThen, as Nato defence ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the possibility of a no-fly zone in Libya, our diplomatic editor Mark Urban will consider if military action of this nature could be considered war in all but name.\n\nAnd Sarfraz Manzoor meets the band Cornershop to talk about their new album - due out next week - which is heavily influenced by Punjabi folk music."
2011-03-11
"Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami. Tonight our Science editor Susan Watts will give her assessment of what has happened and why, and ask how well the warning systems worked. Mishal Husain will be speaking to the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Kristalina Georgieva about what help we are offering.\n\nMeanwhile in Saudi Arabia, hundreds of police were deployed in Riyadh, on the day anti-government rallies were planned. Our correspondent Sue Lloyd Roberts is there and sends us a compelling report on the day's events. Security forces blocked roads and set up checkpoints in an attempt to thwart protests. Protests are illegal in Saudi Arabia, which has had an absolute monarchy since its unification in the 1930s. Read more from Sue in Riyadh by clicking here.\n\nAnd Iain Watston is at the Liberal Democrat spring conference - which is getting under way in Nick Clegg's constituency, Sheffield, just a short distance from Barnsley where the party suffered the humiliation of coming sixth in the recent by-election.\n\nWe'll be talking to the Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne about the state of morale in the party."
2011-03-14
"Engineers are racing to cool down a third reactor at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant, after a second blast rocked the facility.\n\nTonight, we ask how severe the nuclear emergency is, and what the implications are for the nuclear sector and energy mix worldwide.\n\nWe are also examining the impact the earthquake and tsunami is likely to have on the Japanese economy and in turn on the worldwide recovery.\n\nPlus, with the pace of events on the ground in Libya outstripping any co-ordinated international response we ask whether this is a tipping point for the diplomatic community.\n\nAnd we have a report from Jeremy Bowen, filmed during his recent days in Tripoli, in which he draws his own conclusions about the uprising and subsequent civil war."
2011-03-15
"Tonight we're devoting much of the programme to examining the middle class under pressure.\n\nFor the first time in years this group - who had assumed that if the economy grew their income would grow - are finding this is no longer true. Wages are frozen, and the cost of living is soaring. \n\nTonight our Economics editor Paul Mason reports from Sandwich in Kent where he meets people seeing the value of their wages, homes and pensions eroding and their prospects disappearing.\n\nStephen Smith considers why so many people describe themselves as middle class nowadays.\n\nAnd we'll be joined live by MPs David Willetts and John Denham, and by people from different parts of the income scale - including a single parent who is being made redundant and a couple with two kids who rent their home and live off overdrafts.\n\nPlus Susan Watts, our Science editor, will update us on the situation at the Japanese quake-stricken nuclear plant where radiation levels are now at a level harmful to human health."
2011-03-16
"The British Foreign Office is now \"suggesting that British nationals currently in Tokyo and to the north of Tokyo should consider leaving the area\" because of fears over radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant - where engineers are racing to avert a nuclear catastrophe.\n\nMatt Frei will be assessing the mood of the people in the Japanese capital for us tonight, and we'll be joined live by the concert pianist Noriko Ogawa and the actress Haruka Kuroda.\n\nThen our Diplomatic editor Mark Urban will be asking why President Barack Obama is taking a back seat over the Libya no-fly zone, and we'll debate with former UK ambassador to the US, Sir Christopher Meyer and former diplomat and journalist, Jamie Rubin.\n\nAnd Iain Watson will report for us on the political dividing lines ahead of the Budget. Gavin Esler will be asking the shadow chancellor Ed Balls if Labour has an alternative strategy."
2011-03-17
"A draft United Nations Security Council resolution is to be put to a vote in New York tonight. If adopted it would authorise a no-fly zone over Libya and allow Arab states and others in co-operation with the UN to protect Libyan civilians, including in the rebel-held city of Benghazi.\n\nWe will have the result of that vote and be getting reaction from a close Clinton ally in the US.\n\nSusan Watts will be reporting on efforts to deal with the crisis at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, assessing what is happening on the ground and also what measures are being taken around the world.\n\nAnd with the events in Japan causing countries to reassess the safety of their own nuclear energy programmes, David Grossman looks at what this means for the prospects of an energy gap in Britain as we aim to meet electricity demands while also meeting deadlines to cut carbon emissions.\n\nPlus, remember Citizen Smith? Well he's back - not in the form of Robert Lindsay this time, but our correspondent Stephen Smith.\n\nStephen has been to Big Society boot camp, undergoing training as a Big Society organiser ahead of the government's planned roll out this summer."
2011-03-18
"The focus of the programme will be the Libya conflict. Events are moving fast following last night's UN Security Council resolution authorising all necessary measures to protect civilians from attacks by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces.\n\nIn the face of Western powers discussing how to enforce the no-fly zone, Libya's government has declared an immediate ceasefire, with Foreign Minister Mussa Kussa saying that it was intended \"to protect civilians\".\n\nTonight, Mark Urban will be bringing us up to date on the latest military plans, Michael Crick will be giving us political analysis of David Cameron's role in pushing for action and we will be discussing the crisis with guests in the studio."
2011-03-21
"Mark Urban reports on the strength of the coalition against Libya and who is doing what in the operation, and assesses whether Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is himself being targeted in the raids.\n\nWe will be discussing the conflict with diplomat Sir Jeremy Greenstock and Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt.\n\nAnd Michael Crick will report on the Commons debate and vote on the UK's involvement in the military action.\n\nTim Whewell has a report on the unrest and political turmoil in Yemen, and we will be speaking to the Yemeni ambassador to the UN who has resigned.\n\nPlus David Grossman has a report on energy costs, whether we are paying too much and Ofgem's proposals for shaking the industry up."
2011-03-22
"Tonight's programme will, unsurprisingly, focus on the conflict in Libya.\n\nWe'll look at tensions within the hastily assembled multi-national coalition, and examine why this is one conflict that America is keen not to be seen to lead.\n\nElsewhere, we'll try to find out what the real story behind the continuing protests in Bahrain is.\n\nAnd finally, ahead of tomorrow's budget, as the retail price index measure of inflation reaches its highest level in 20 years and with real wages similar to 2005 levels - the last time real wages fell over six years was in the 1920s - what does this mean for social aspirations?"
2011-03-23
"Tonight's Newsnight will be on for a full hour - from 10.30pm to 11.30pm - as we pick over the details of what Chancellor George Osborne announced in today's Budget.\n\nIain Watson and Michael Crick will be taking us through the key measures, the political calculations behind the figures and possible flashpoints.\n\nPaul Mason will be taking a wide view of the measures and giving us his analysis of whether it is as the chancellor claims a \"Budget for growth\".\n\nWe will be speaking live in the studio to Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Angela Eagle, and the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) Robert Chote.\n\nWe will be assessing what kind of chancellor Mr Osborne is with former chancellor Lord Lamont and economists Ann Pettifor and Irwin Stelzer.\n\nAnd our Political Panel - Danny Finkelstein, Olly Grender and Peter Hyman - will be here to debate all that we have learned.\n\nPlus, following the news that actress Elizabeth Taylor has died, Stephen Smith will be looking back across her life on and off screen and we will be talking to fellow Oscar winner Julian Fellowes."
2011-03-24
"Portugal's parliament has rejected an austerity budget, prompting the resignation of Prime Minister Jose Socrates.\n\nAn international bail-out, similar to those accepted by Greece and the Irish Republic last year, now looks far more likely.\n\nWe'll be asking what Portugal can do without a prime minister, and what the implications might be for Euro-zone members, particularly Germany.\n\nAs fighting in Libya continues in key cities, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's tanks and artillery forces seem unstoppable, despite air strikes by international forces.\n\nHow effective have the coalition forces been and how long might it take to stop Col Gaddafi's forces?\n\nAnd Matt Prodger has a report on the US soldier Bradley Manning, who is being held in solitary confinement in a US military prison - accused of leaking confidential documents to the Wikileaks website."
2011-03-25
"We look at what the fresh unrest in Syria and Yemen and the ongoing conflict in Libya means for al-Qaeda and militant Islam, and what used to be called the war on terror, both in the short and long term.\n\nWill militant Islam be side-lined by the broadly secular nature of many of the North African and Middle East protests or will events like the bombing of Libya be a radicalising element which presents an opportunity to Islamists?\n\nRichard Watson will be reporting on this issue and in the studio we will be speaking to a senior ex-CIA adviser on al-Qaeda who knew Osama Bin Laden.\n\nAhead of tomorrow's trades union anti-cuts march we have a report the policing of activists and on the plans of some protesters with no connections to the TUC.\n\nPlus Michael Crick will be reporting on why the rally could present a problem for Labour."
2011-03-28
"As the rebels continue advancing west in Libya, our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban will bring us up to date on the latest Coalition air raids that have hit Gaddafi's birthplace of Sirte, the next target for taking by the rebels.\n\nMeanwhile, Tim Whewell has been in the small city of Derna, which Gaddafi claimed was infiltrated with terrorists. He will bring us a report on what life is now like there for the people - many of who are enjoying a new liberation.\n\nWe also have a fascinating film from Sue Lloyd-Roberts on how women are treated in Saudi Arabia. Sue looks at how women's freedom is restricted and how some are now quietly rebelling.\n\nAnd our Economics Editor Paul Mason looks at the aftermath of Saturday's protests in London against public spending cuts. Have we seen the end of the peaceful protest?"
2011-03-29
"Strikes on Libya will continue until Col Gaddafi meets UN terms, stops attacking civilians and pulls back his forces, the US's Hillary Clinton has told the London conference of allied leaders.\n\nTonight we'll talk to the Foreign Secretary William Hague. The London conference was intended to be a demonstration of unity but just how solid in reality is the coalition?\n\nOur Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban will bring us up to date with the day's events while out in Libya Tim Whewell will bring us a report from Derna, a town in the east from where more fighters went to join al-Qaeda in Iraq than anywhere else in the world. It highlights how little we know about the rebels and what could replace the Gaddafi regime.\n\nAnd our Science Editor Susan Watts will report on the latest CJD scare. Two separate incidents have emerged in which patients have been told they were put at risk of contracting the brain wasting disease - 38 patients have been warned in Wales and 21 in Essex. In both cases the fatal disease could have been picked up during surgery.\n\nSusan speaks to one of the patients affected and medical experts about the risk of contracting CJD from surgical instruments."
2011-03-30
"Tim Whewell talks to General Suleiman Mahmoud of the Libyan rebel forces who tells him the rebels need weapons if they are to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi.\n\nHe says with arms they could do the job in two weeks, but without it could take six months.\n\nThe US President Barack Obama has said he does not rule out arming the rebels as government forces push them back.\n\nBut any decision to supply arms to the rebels by the West would change the whole nature of the intervention. What would the implications be?\n\nWe'll also be taking a close look at the arts and sciences. Which brings the most economic benefits to our society?\n\nWe will have a film putting the case for each and a discussion with guests including Deborah Aydon, Executive Director of the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse theatres and Imran Khan, Director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering in the UK\n\nAnd Ed Miliband is to marry in May. Why has he decided to tie the knot now ? And why will there be no best man (i.e. David) at his wedding?"
2011-03-31
"We will take a closer look at Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa's decision to come to the UK - and at the man himself and role he played within the Gaddafi regime.\n\nRichard Watson will examine the possible benefits his defection will bring to the UK government and its allies, and the political and legal headaches too.\n\nEnergy Secretary Chris Huhne and representatives of the oil and gas industry are meeting today to discuss the government's announcement in the Budget of a hike in taxes on the oil companies' windfall profits. Matt Prodger will report on that.\n\nPaul Mason will be taking us through the Irish bank stress test results, which will be released later today.\n\nAnd Stephen Smith's transformation into Big Society activist Citizen Smith finally begins today, having been pushed back in our schedule by the Libya conflict."
2011-04-01
"Tim Whewell has managed to secure a rare interview with the Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil. He says they'll accept a ceasefire if Colonel Gaddafi pulls his troops out of Libyan cities under rebel control. But they will not back down on their demand that Colonel Gaddafi must go.\n\nAs officials in Japan say the evacuation of residents near the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant will be long-term, we ask what the catastrophe means for nuclear power.\n\nWe'll have the pro-nuclear environmental writer George Monbiot and Jeremy Leggett who is founder and Executive Chairman of Solarcentury which seeks to harness the power of the sun.\n\nPlus we'll have our Political Editor Michael Crick who has been with the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg on the pro-AV campaign trail. How will the coalition cope with a referendum result going either way?"
2011-04-28
"Tonight as President Obama reshuffles his cabinet we look at the implications for the Arab Spring.\n\nA battle over defence cuts is expected but if the main Western powers pull back from the region, what does that mean for the Arab world and the rest of us? We'll be talking to PJ Crowley, the former US state department spokesman about how sustainable Western involvement is. We'll have other guests too.\n\nWe also have a film about Yemen where President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to step down within 30 days. The US, worried about terrorism, has poured military aid into the country but it is claimed that some has been used by the country's leadership to repress any opposition.\n\nAnd ahead of the Royal Wedding, the American TV networks are getting ready for wall to wall coverage. Why are Americans so fascinated by the Royals?"
2011-04-29
"Friday's nuptials may have meant an extra day off for many, but not for Kirsty Wark who will be presenting a royal wedding edition of Newsnight at our usual time of 10.30pm.\n\nKirsty will be joined in the studio by guests Simon Schama, Will Self, Rowan Pelling, Plum Sykes and Nicky Haslam who will be discussing the events of the day and their impact.\n\nDoes the wedding feel in tune with the current mood of the country, or hopelessly out of step? Has this been a welcome break from the atmosphere of austerity or an outrageous expense at a time of belt tightening?\n\nAnd what of the bride and groom? To what effect do William and Kate define Britishness today and what effect will they have on how the monarchy is viewed?\n\nAll that and more will be up for debate.\n\nThe programme kicks off with a report from Michael Crick who will have spent the day down at Buckingham Palace talking to the crowds who have gathered there.\n\nAnd Stephen Smith is heading to Gloucester to a neighbourhood which hosted a fantastic street party when Charles and Diana married in 1981, but which took some encouragement and help from Big Society organiser Citizen Smith to get in the party mood this time round."
2011-05-03
"Tonight our Diplomatic editor Mark Urban will be asking where the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden by US forces leaves the war on terror. We'll speak live to George W Bush's Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.\n\nWe have the first in a series of films hearing testimony from people who were caught up in the 7\/7 bombings in London in 2005, and we'll debate if there is now an increased risk of further terrorist attacks here in the UK following Bin Laden's death.\n\nPaul Mason is in Cairo and has been considering how the Arab Spring fits into the story. Where is the Arab world facing politically now and might a less brutal face of political Islam emerge? Read more on Paul's blog.\n\nMatt Frei is in Washington where he asks people how the extraordinary events of yesterday have changed the public perception of President Barack Obama and will it propel him to a second term?\n\nAnd Iain Watson reports on the confrontation between the energy secretary and the prime minister at a cabinet meeting over the No campaign's claims in the alternative vote referendum. George Osborne reportedly told Chris Huhne that the Cabinet was no place for a \"Jeremy Paxman interview\"."
2011-05-04
"We have the second in our series of extraordinary films on the 7\/7 terror attacks in London, in which people caught up in the 7\/7 terror bombings in London recount how the attacks unfolded.\n\nIf you missed Tuesday's film on the Circle Line attack you can watch it here.\n\nOn the eve of elections around the country we look at what is at stake for our political parties and who the winners and losers are likely to be.\n\nWe will be taking a close look at the Egyptian-mediated reconciliation pact between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas, asking what it means for the prospect of peace in the Middle East.\n\nJeremy has an interview with new BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten.\n\nAnd with the debate about whether a picture of Osama Bin Laden's body should be released we ask why it is so important to see such pictures and look back at some of the famous images of fallen foes from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein."
2011-05-05
"We have the third in our series of extraordinary films on the 7\/7 terror attacks in London, in which people caught up in the bombings recount how the attacks unfolded and changed their lives forever.\n\nIf you missed Wednesday's film on the Edgware Road attack you can watch it here.\n\nNewsnight has an exclusive interview with a former colleague of the 7\/7 bombers' leader, Mohammed Sidique Khan, which sheds new light on the crucial years before the bombings when he was living in Leeds.\n\nWe'll also be examining the legality of the US operation that killed al-Qaeda head Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. Could Britain have undertaken something similar?\n\nAnd voters across the UK are going to the polls in a series of national and local elections as well as a referendum to decide the way MPs are elected.\n\nWe'll have a report from Scotland on the elections for the parliament and Michael Crick will take a look at the alternative vote referendum."
2011-05-06
"In a special hour-long programme at 10.30pm, we'll be analysing the results of the UK local, Welsh, Scottish and AV polls. Our political editor Michael Crick will bring us the latest on the AV result which is still coming in, and will be assessing where heavy losses for the Lib Dems in England, significant wins for the SNP in Scotland, and the Conservatives holding ground in England all leaves British politics.\n\nDavid Grossman is in Bristol asking Lib Dem grassroots supporters how their party blew their big chance to get electoral reform, and what they should do now in coalition. Iain Watson reports from Edinburgh on the SNP's surge to Holyrood victory.\n\nAnd we'll be joined by Danny Finkelstein, Olly Grender and Peter Hyman to chew over the events of the day."
2011-05-09
"Nick Clegg has said that protecting the NHS is now his number one priority, claiming that \"no bill is better than a bad bill\". Meanwhile, one of his own MPs says the whole NHS reform exercise ought to be \"stopped rather than paused\".\n\nTonight Michael Crick will be examining the politics of this - one of the most radical plans in the history of the health service - and Paul Mason will be asking if the opportunity to really reform the NHS has been lost for this generation.\n\nStephen Smith goes in search of the flat white drinking, Guardian reading, progressive North London \"commentariat\" who voted 'yes' in last week's referendum on the alternative vote.\n\nJeremy will be asking the former US assistant secretary of defence Joseph Nye what power is.\n\nAnd Will Gompertz meets film maker Terry Gilliam - the man who ran away from Minnesota to join Monty Python's Flying Circus - to find out how he got on with his operatic directorial debut, The Damnation of Faust for the ENO."
2011-05-10
"Tomorrow marks the first anniversary since the UK coalition government came to power.\n\nTonight, we look at how the relationship between the Conservative and Liberal Democrats is faring and what the strategy is for both parties now, one year on. Plus we'll be joined by some political elders in debate.\n\nThen we have a film from Finland where we've met Timo Soini, the leader of right-wing, anti-immigration, nationalist party the True Finns. Last month the party, which opposes EU bailouts, took nearly a fifth of votes in the country's general election.\n\nAnd we will be examining the impact of ex-motorsports boss Max Mosley's failed bid in the European Court of Human Rights to force newspapers to warn people before exposing their private lives, and Mr Mosley will be joining us on the programme."
2011-05-11
"If it ever came to fruition we are still a long way from Scottish Independence, but if it did happen what would an independent Scotland look like? Jackie Long is digging through what the SNP has said in the past and will be reporting from Edinburgh tonight.\n\nLyse Doucet has a film on the ambivalent attitude of Pakistanis towards Bin Laden.\n\nAnd we look at the phenomenon of Slut Walks - is this a wise response to the offensive comments of a Canadian policeman, and can the word \"slut\" be reclaimed? We will be discussing."
2011-05-12
"Tonight on Newsnight we will be joined live in the studio by UK Chancellor George Osborne and French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as we focus on the problems at the heart of the Eurozone.\n\nOur Economics editor Paul Mason will present his thesis on why EU governments and bureaucracy have mishandled the sovereign debt crisis, imposing unrealistic penalties on the population to save the banks in their own heartlands.\n\nAnd Paul will be giving us his thoughts on what Mr Osborne and Ms Lagarde tell us.\n\nWe also have an interview with Kate and Gerry McCann, whose daughter disappeared while on a family holiday in Portugal four years ago, about the book Mrs McCann has written on their ordeal and ongoing efforts to locate Madeleine.\n\nThen our Science editor Susan Watts has the story of the secret US embassy cables released by Wikileaks which show nations are racing to \"carve up\" Arctic resources - oil, gas and even rubies - as the ice retreats (read more here).\n\nAnd Iain Watson has the latest on the news that the Lib Dem MP David Laws is to be suspended from the Commons for seven days over his expenses claims, which he used to pay rent to his partner and for building work and telephone bills."
2011-05-13
"Every day this week there seems to have been a big story in the news about the relationship between openness and personal privacy.\n\nTonight David Grossman will be investigating what we should be allowed to know, and we'll be joined by a panel of journalists, lawyers and others to debate privacy laws, super injunctions and Twitter revelations.\n\nThen historian and author of England's Mistress, Kate Williams will be doing an authored piece asking what all these sex scandals tell us about 21st Century sexual behaviour in Britain."
2011-05-16
"The head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is appearing in court in New York to face charges of sexual assault. Mr Strauss-Kahn, who had been seen as a contender in France's 2012 presidential election, denies allegations that he tried to rape a hotel maid on Saturday. His appearance had been delayed for forensic tests to be carried out.\n\nMeanwhile, another allegation against Mr Strauss-Kahn has emerged. A French writer says she may file a complaint for an alleged sexual assault in 2002.\n\nTonight Peter Marshall will consider what impact this news will have on the political and cultural life of France, and we'll be joined in debate by French commentators Esther Leneman and Agnes Poirier.\n\nThen Michael Crick will be asking if Lib Dem cabinet minister Chris Huhne is politically finished. A senior detective has been tasked with investigating claims he asked someone else to take his penalty points for a 2003 speeding offence, Essex Police say.\n\nAnd on the day when the first coded bomb threat warning outside Northern Ireland has been received in a decade, Liz Mackean reports on Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Dublin tomorrow, when she'll become the first monarch to set foot in the Republic since George V.\n\nWe hope to be joined by Lord Major, the former prime minister credited with establishing the Northern Ireland Peace Process in the early 1990s."
2011-05-17
"What would have happened if Osama Bin Laden had been captured rather than killed?\n\nTonight we'll hear the case against Bin Laden, and we'll explore the different legal scenarios that could have ensued if the Al-Qaeda leader had been taken alive. We'll hear from advocates of each of the three scenarios what the pros and cons of each would be.\n\nThen we'll be joined live from Islamabad by Lyse Doucet who'll be asking if the US and Pakistan can successfully work together when there's little trust left between them.\n\nAnd our Diplomatic editor Mark Urban will join us live from Washington from where he'll explain why the current crisis in relations between the two countries is the most difficult since 9\/11.\n\nTonight's guests include Judge Michael Mukasey, US attorney general under President George W Bush (2007-9), and Benjamin Ferencz, the 91-year-old former prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials."
2011-05-18
"Recent polling by Lord Ashcroft suggested that there is a growing rift between the Conservative party and the public on the issue of crime.\n\nTonight we look at whether the outcry over Ken Clarke's comments about rape and the row over Theresa May's proposals to cut the police budget are the latest signs that the Conservatives are out of touch on law and order.\n\nAlso, when David Cameron came into power he adopted a chairman style of leadership, giving his ministers a large dose of autonomy and not micro-managing every department - but is this approach now getting the coalition into difficulties and does he need to tighten his grip?\n\nPlus, we follow the story of a man who has voluntarily had an impaired hand amputated so he can be fitted with a bionic limb and we will be discussing elective amputations with a man who has been fitted with a similar prosthesis.\n\nAnd we speak to David Brooks, New York Times columnist and author of \"The Social Animal\", a current hot read in Whitehall."
2011-05-19
"We learned today that the Coalition has decided against introducing a Privacy Act to address concerns about injunctions, and that hot topic of discussion, super injunctions.\n\nThe decision became known on the day that an order granting anonymity to ex-Royal Bank of Scotland boss Sir Fred Goodwin was lifted at the High Court.\n\nThe lifting was triggered by House of Lords member Lord Stoneham using parliamentary privilege to reveal details of the gag order to peers.\n\nTonight will debate whether this is a good day for freedom of speech or a bad day for human rights with the man who forced the move, Lord Stoneham, with a former judge who has imposed injunctions and with Max Mosley who has been pushing for a tightening of the law to protect individuals' privacy.\n\nMark Urban will be giving us his thoughts on President Barack Obama's speech on the Arab Spring and we will be hearing from Middle East Quartet representative Tony Blair.\n\nTim Whewell reports from Cairo on how recent upheavals have upset all the old certainties in the region and how Egypt's approach to Israel, the peace process and regional alliances has changed.\n\nAnd following the row over Justice Secretary Ken Clark's remarks about rape yesterday, Liz MacKean will be considering if the law needs to take a completely different approach to the crime.\n\nAnd we will discuss whether Mr Clarke was right to say there are different types of rape with Deborah Orr who says there are and a rape victim counsellor who says he is wrong."
2011-05-20
"Tonight, we lead on the news that a professional footballer has obtained a disclosure order against the social networking site Twitter.\n\nThe application seeks the disclosure of the identities of a number of Twitter users who had been responsible for the publication of confidential information about him.\n\nThen we'll be looking into the story that the Rwandan government is masterminding an alleged assassination plot in this country against dissidents critical of the Rwandan regime.\n\nAnd as Dominique Strauss-Kahn is granted bail by a judge in New York after being formally charged with trying to rape a hotel maid, we'll consider who might be in line for his former job heading up the IMF."
2011-05-23
"An MP has defied the judiciary today by naming Ryan Giggs as the married footballer at the centre of a media gagging order.\n\nDavid Cameron has said that banning newspapers from naming such stars while the information was widely available on the internet was both \"unsustainable\" and \"unfair\" - but what is the answer? Are new laws required? Or can the press be trusted to regulate itself?\n\nTonight we hear from the head of the Press Complaints Commission, the MP at the centre of the row, and a lawyer who has secured injunctions in the past.\n\nThen Justin Rowlatt reports from China on the difficulties men there are having finding partners if they do not first own property. Justin finds the situation is significantly impacting on the economy as men choose to save rather than splurge.\n\nAnd our Science editor Susan Watts is keeping an eye on the ash cloud from the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland, which is expected to reach the UK by the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Met Office has said."
2011-05-24
"President Barack Obama has met Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace at the start of his state visit to Britain. Later he will have a brief meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron, although their more substantive talks are scheduled for Wednesday.\n\nTonight Mark Urban look at what will be topping the agenda at those talks and what both leaders will be hoping to achieve in them.\n\nPeter Marshall is focussed on Glencore which floated on the stock exchange today. He will be telling us more about this vast company - the world's largest diversified commodities trader - what it does and how it works.\n\nThe ongoing fight by local communities to save their libraries will be shown in force tonight at Kensal Green, with writer Alan Bennett leading the charge. Stephen Smith is off to meet him.\n\nAnd we have an interview with porn baron Larry Flynt who will be talking about the connection between power and sex outlined in his new book One Nation Under Sex, a history of political sex scandals."
2011-05-25
"Barack Obama and David Cameron have said Colonel Gaddafi will ultimately be forced out of power and Libya's people allowed to \"choose their own future\". At a joint press conference in London, the UK prime minister vowed to \"turn up the heat\" on the regime in Tripoli amid suggestions of deadlock on the ground. Tonight Mark Urban considers what the diplomatic strategy for Libya is now.\n\nJeremy has been to meet the former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Jeremy asks him if he was surprised that the Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was found living inside Pakistan. See that interview in full later.\n\nAs the coalition appoints pro-abstinence charity Life to an advisory group on sexual health, we'll debate if the government's Christian moral approach to sex education and abortion is a good thing or not.\n\nAnd Stephen Smith dons his scarlet matador's cape and travels to Spain where the Catalan parliament has banned the country's most emblematic pastime. Stephen finds that though the bullfighting ban has brought relief to animal rights activists, people are deeply concerned that an important part of the culture and tradition of Spain's nationalist heartland will be lost."
2011-05-26
"Tonight we lead on the news that Ratko Mladic, wanted for genocide during the Bosnian war in the 1990s, has been arrested in Serbia and that moves to extradite him to The Hague tribunal have begun.\n\nGen Mladic, the most prominent Bosnian war crimes suspect at large since the arrest of Radovan Karadzic in 2008, faces charges over the massacre of at least 7,500 Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995.\n\nWhat will his arrest mean for reconciliation in the country and region? And does it open the door to membership of the European Union for Serbia?\n\nTonight our guests to discuss the matter include Serbian ambassador to the UK, Dr Dejan Popovic, Bosnian writer Zlata Filipovic, whose book Zlata's Diary chronicled the horrors of war in Sarajevo where she lived, and International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) prosecutor Sir Geoffrey Nice.\n\nAlso, we have a film from Catrin Nye who has been to the Greater Manchester town of Oldham 10 years after riots between white and Asian communities.\n\nDespite efforts to bring the two communities together over the last decade she finds that many are still leading parallel lives, and some are predicting more conflict ahead.\n\nAfterwards we will be joined in the studio by people from Oldham to discuss the film's findings and what needs to change."
2011-05-27
"Sharon Shoesmith, the former director of children's services for Haringey, North London, has won her Court of Appeal battle over her sacking following the Baby Peter tragedy.\n\nJudges said that the-then education secretary Ed Balls and her employers, Haringey Council, had been \"procedurally unfair\" when they sacked her three years ago.\n\nBaby Peter Connelly, who had been seen 60 times by social services, was found dead in 2007 with over 50 injuries.\n\nTonight we will talk to Ed Balls, and will discuss whether in the rush to find a scapegoat for the Baby Peter tragedy opportunities to reform social services were lost.\n\nAlso amid the news that Fifa President Sepp Blatter has been placed under investigation by the organisation's ethics committee over accusations he failed to report the payment of alleged bribes we ask if this is the moment football cleans up."
2011-05-31
"The Football Association and the Scottish Football Association have called for Fifa to postpone its presidential election. Current president Sepp Blatter is the only candidate for the 1 June election after Mohamed Bin Hammam's withdrawal. Peter Marshall will have the latest on the Fifa crisis for us tonight.\n\nJustin Rowlatt visits the world's biggest polluter, China, to find out if it really can boom without poisoning the planet.\n\nThen David Grossman considers Angela Merkel's decision to phase out nuclear power stations in Germany by 2022.\n\nAnd as increasing numbers of people decide that property is now so scarce and its cost so high that they may never own their own place, Jeremy is joined by property expert Kirstie Allsopp to discuss how that possibility might change us."
2011-06-01
"Nato's Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's departure from power is \"only a matter of time\". Tonight we hear from the BBC's Andrew North who has spent the past few weeks in Tripoli.\n\nWe have a film from our correspondent Tim Whewell who is in Egypt - where a court has set a date for the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal. Tim has travelled to the Sinai peninsula, the wilderness area that separates Africa and Asia, which he finds is awash with arms and increasingly unstable since the uprising which toppled Mr Mubarak in February. Read more about that here.\n\nAnd Jeremy will be speaking to Booker prize winning author turned political campaigner, Arundhati Roy."
2011-06-02
"With more doubts raised today on the government's ability to control immigration, one group who are being targeted are students who wish to study here. But can the UK afford to turn many of them away?\n\nTonight we will debate whether the crackdown on student visas keeps the best and the brightest out, or simply closes one big immigration loophole. \n\nAs the E-Coli bug claims more victims Susan Watts reports on how worried should we be about this new and powerful strain, and we talk to Professor Hugh Pennington, who led inquiries into two E-Coli outbreaks in the UK.\n\nAnd 1980s architecture - iconic buildings like London's Broadgate Centre and the Law Courts in Truro - is starting to turn 30.\n\nLove them or loathe them, this means they can now apply for listed heritage status. But should they be saved? Tonight we have an authored film from Wayne Hemingway on the proposed listing of iconic and controversial early '80s developments.\n\nBefore you see that film, check out this classic piece of BBC archive we've uncovered of Prince Charles talking about 1980s architecture."
2011-06-03
"Panorama's programme detailing the abuse of residents in a Bristol care home and the news that Southern Cross has slashed its rent payments in an effort to keep its 750 residential homes for the elderly running have this week thrown a new spotlight on the provision of care for vulnerable members of society.\n\nTonight we focus on the kind of care which should be available and who should pay for it with a report from Peter Marshall and a discussion with guests including Joan Bakewell, John Redwood and Ray King from Bupa.\n\nWe also focus on another of the stories of the week - morality in sport - following the news that the Bahrain Grand Prix has been reinstated.\n\nThe race, originally due to be held on 13 March, was called off in February because of pro-democracy protests in which more than 20 people have died.\n\nIs it right that it will be back on the F1 calendar in October?"
2011-06-06
"The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded that no changes are needed to UK economic policy. It said weak economic growth and rising inflation had been \"unexpected\", but said they were \"largely temporary\". It pointed to rising commodity prices and the increase in VAT as temporary problems for inflation. Our Economics editor Paul Mason has been blogging on this subject and you can watch more from him on tonight's programme, when we'll also have interviews with the interim boss of the IMF, John Lipsky (watch a clip here), and the shadow chancellor Ed Balls.\n\nThen, as Nintendo becomes the latest company to suffer an online security breach due to an attack by hackers, the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones investigates how much we put our own personal data at risk by storing it on servers and hard drives that are not our own. Read more on the dot.Rory blog here.\n\nAhead of the publication tomorrow of the government's revised Prevent counter-terrorism strategy, the Home Secretary Theresa May has accused universities of \"complacency\" in tackling Islamist extremism. Richard Watson is in Nottingham and has more on this story for us this evening."
2010-06-07
"Tonight we're leading on NHS reforms and we'll be hearing from key players in the coalition and public and private health practitioners.\n\nThen we've done a Wife-Swap style parenting experiment in which a family who use strict \"Chinese\" style parenting methods switch mother with a family who have a more relaxed Western approach. \n\nAnd we'll be joined live by \"Tiger Mother\" author Amy Chua + Mumsnet co-founder Justine Roberts to discuss the merits of different parenting styles."
2011-06-08
"Richard Watson has the latest on the story that the Crown Prosecution Service has opened an inquiry after claims prosecutors withheld undercover police officer Mark Kennedy's surveillance tapes from defence lawyers.\n\nOur economics editor Paul Mason will be asking what can we do about banks.\n\nMark Urban will bring us the amazing story of the Syrian blogger, A Gay Girl in Damascus, who is missing.\n\nAnd Stephen Smith has been to meet iconoclastic choreographer Michael Clark whose latest work - which fills the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall - uses professional dancers alongside volunteering members of the public, and which Clark says embodies the punk spirit for which he first became famous."
2011-06-09
"The Crown Prosecution Service has launched an independent inquiry following Newsnight's revelations last night that they didn't disclose material which might have saved people from convictions. \n\nIt follows Richard Watson's investigation showing how the CPS broke its own rules on disclosure of evidence in the case of six activists accused of planning to shut down a Nottinghamshire power station in 2009. The group had been infiltrated by a police informer Mark Kennedy. \n\nReligion and Politics - The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has written a devastating critique of the coalition's performance in government - even questioning the strength of their mandate, arguing: \"with remarkable speed, we are being committed to radical, long term policies for which no one voted\". We'll ask cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith if Rowan Williams is right in what he says and who has the moral high ground in this debate. \n\nWe also have a very strong film from Tim Whewell in Gaza on the Arab spring. The desire for change is strong but there seems to be no means to deliver it."
2011-06-10
"Tonight we'll be looking at the future of the Labour Party under Ed Miliband. How is he shaping up as a leader and what are his plans for the party?\n\nLeaked documents which detail efforts by Gordon Brown and his allies to speed up Tony Blair's exit from office after the 2005 election have emerged, reminding us of former divisions in the party. Can Ed Miliband unify his troops and outline a convincing vision for Labour?\n\nWe'll hear from a senior ally of Ed Miliband and we'll be speaking to Arnie Graf, the US community organiser and mentor of the young Barack Obama, who's been appointed by Mr Miliband to conduct a review of Labour's organisation and campaign structures. How can Labour learn from community activism in the US?\n\nWe'll also be discussing whether the death knell has sounded for Nato after outgoing US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said it faced a dim, if not dismal future. Plus the latest on Sarah Palin's emails that are being released by the state of Alaska."
2011-06-13
"Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates has pledged $1bn to help vaccinate children around the world against preventable diseases like pneumonia.\n\nHe's hosting a summit in London where countries are being asked to give an extra \u00a32.3bn ($3.7bn) by 2015 for child vaccines.\n\nWe speak to Mr Gates about his plans and hear from those who disagree with his approach."
2011-06-14
"The government has agreed to make the main changes to its controversial NHS reforms in England that were recommended by an independent review.\n\nDavid Cameron said ministers had listened to fears about increased competition and more powers for GPs and would now slow the pace of change.\n\nTonight we look at what is left of the bold, radical plan for reform that Health Secretary Andrew Lansley was convinced existed as recently as January, and we will ask him how he feels about the changes.\n\nAlso, as the government admits it cannot force councils in England to provide weekly bin collections, we look at the tension between the centralised and devolved government.\n\nAnd Stephen Smith has been to Belgium to see Big Society in action on a grand scale in Brussels, where volunteers of every stripe take part in an annual city clean-up day."
2011-06-15
"Which will have a bigger impact on the 21st Century, the global financial crisis or the Arab Spring? And can the events even be separated out? Tonight we look at both events.\n\nWe have an interview with Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, as concern at the international community's failure to make a breakthrough in the Libyan conflict looks to be growing.\n\nWe will also be talking to Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague, who has again ruled out military intervention to protect Syrian civilians of the kind recently undertaken in Libya.\n\nPaul Mason is on the frontline of the financial crisis - today's austerity protests in Athens. You can read his reports in his blog - and tonight he will be live on the programme.\n\nAnd we will be discussing links between the Arab Spring and financial crisis with Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb and economist and writer Noreena Hertz.\n\nAnd then it is time for something completely different as we turn our attention to the lunar eclipse - the first total lunar eclipse of 2011 and the longest in nearly 11 years - with amateur astronomer and professional Brian Cox impersonator Jon Culshaw and space scientist Maggie Aderin Pocock."
2011-06-16
"Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is set to announce a new cabinet amid tough austerity measures, as MPs from his party convene an emergency meeting.\n\nWill this be enough to ease the fears that Greece will default on its debt which have shaken markets and to end the unrest on the streets? Paul Mason is in Athens and will bring us the latest tonight.\n\nWe will also be looking at the promotion of Ayman al-Zawahiri to al-Qaeda leader and reports from the US the Sun is entering a period of \"hibernation\" with far fewer sunspots than had been expected.\n\nAnd we have a film on the influential work of Collier Campbell; the award-winning textile design company which turns 50 this year."
2011-06-17
"Paul Mason is still in Greece this morning and is out and about gauging response to Prime Minister George Papandreou's attempt to push through unpopular austerity measures demanded by the EU through the appointment of a new finance minister.\n\nWe will have his film tonight and also by the time we go to air Paul should be back with us and live on the programme with a report on how worried the rest of the eurozone and the UK should be by the crisis.\n\nAlso, with a photograph of a couple kissing amid the Vancouver riots, we ask what it takes to make an iconic image."
2011-06-20
"Tonight on the programme we have an exclusive report from inside Syria by one of our reporters, who has just returned from a week undercover in the capital Damascus spent meeting opposition activists who are leading the anti-government protests.\n\nWe hear powerful testimony about what is really happening on the ground in Syria's revolution.\n\nMichael Crick will have the latest on government plans to make women wait longer for their state pension.\n\nAnd we ask if we are living in an over sexualised society, and if so whether that is necessarily a problem.\n\nAre double standards in the media to blame? Should the government be intervening, or do we need a new kind of feminism to respond?\n\nOur guests include Caitlin Moran, whose new book, How To Be a Woman, attempts to reclaim feminism in a deliberately non-academic way, Brooke Magnanti, author of the call girl blog Belle du Jour, and Kat Banyard, author of The Equality Illusion and founder of UK Feminista - an organisation supporting grassroots feminist activism."
2011-06-21
"Tonight Sue Lloyd-Roberts goes undercover in the Syrian capital Damascus to speak to opposition activists there about the anti-government protests, the regime's response and what the demonstrators hope to achieve. \n\nThen our Economics editor Paul Mason considers if the likelihood of banking contagion if Greece defaults has been overblown. \n\nAmid claims of a government U-turn Michael Crick is looking at sentencing, and technology correspondent Rory Cellan Jones asks if the personalisation of the web could limit our access to information, enclosing us in a self-reinforcing world view and making our social circles more homogeneous."
2011-06-22
"Tonight we'll be hearing testimony from the British Syrian commnunity who say that protesters outside the embassy in London are being threatened, as are their family members back at home in Syria.\n\nWe go undercover for an investigation into a group of faith healers who claim they have miracle cures for cancer and HIV. \n\nAnd Iain Watson has the latest on the House of Lords reforms."
2011-06-23
"Michael Crick is in Brussels for us tonight where the threat of a Greek debt default undermining the euro is overshadowing an EU summit.\n\nPaul Mason will be asking how an economy like Greece's can be saved from going bust (read more on his blog), and we'll be speaking to Werner Hoyer, the German Foreign Office's Europe Minister.\n\nAnd Iain Watson has the latest on the attempt to ban the use of wild animals in circuses in England."
2011-06-24
"Tonight, we have an exclusive with hacking collective LulzSec, who have been explaining their agenda to Susan Watts.\n\nAnd off the back of that piece we will be talking to former US head of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and James Lyne - a computer expert who hacks for security companies to test their security.\n\nTim Whewell has an update on our story this week that Syrians protesting against the Assad regime in London say they have been intimidated by officials from their home country.\n\nPlus, what does the news that home furnishings retailer Habitat has gone into administration, with only three British stores assured of survival, say about Britain's sense of style today? We will be speaking to designer and Habitat's former style director Tom Dixon and the Editor of Elle Decoration Magazine, Michelle Ogundehin.\n\nAnd Michael Crick is still in Brussels where European Union leaders have gathered for a second day of summit talks dominated by the Greek debt crisis, which is threatening the stability of the 17-nation eurozone.\n\nUK Prime Minister David Cameron said today that he had received assurances that Britain would not be called upon to contribute to EU financial support for Greece.\n\nTonight Michael will ask if this is the moment that Britain should redefine its relationship with Brussels and the Union."
2011-06-27
"Tonight David Grossman will be asking where public opinion is on the planned strikes over pensions that are due to take place on Thursday, when teachers and civil servants are due to walk out causing widespread disruption.\n\nThen we have front-line reportage from Andrew Harding who is in the besieged city of Misrata in Libya.\n\nAs Liam Fox vows to bring budgets \"under control\" at the Ministry of Defence in an overhaul likely to see a cut in the number of senior officers, Mark Urban explains what the reorganisation might like look like.\n\nAnd Matt Frei delivers his valedictory essay for Newsnight in which he asks if the US is in long term decline, and we discuss if the 21st Century might really be the Chinese century."
2011-06-28
"A planned shake-up of higher education in England, being set out to MPs, aims to increase competition and give consumer powers to students. We'll speak to the Universities Minister David Willetts about that later.\n\nPolice have fired tear gas in running battles with stone-throwing youths in Athens, where a 48-hour general strike is being held against a parliamentary vote on tough austerity measures. Paul Mason is there and we'll get the latest from him tonight. Meanwhile, you can read his thoughts on his blog.\n\nThen Mark Urban considers what went wrong with the project to upgrade the Kajaki dam in Helmand Province that was supposed to bring electricity to millions of Afghans. A quest into which lives and money have been poured, the turbine remains unassembled, exposed to the elements and overgrown with weeds, three years after being brought to the site by the British military. Read more here.\n\nAnd Johann Hari, interviewer and columnist with the Independent, has admitted inserting quotes into his interviews that were not from the original interview itself. We'll be discussing if that's plagiarism - or harmless journalistic sleight of hand ."
2011-06-29
"Greek MPs have voted in favour of unpopular austerity measures aimed at saving the country from defaulting on its debt.\n\nSo is that the end of the crisis? Our economics editor Paul Mason assesses the likely outcome as protests continue on the street. Read Paul's blog.\n\nAnd while Greece is preparing for some major belt tightening, the European Union is looking to ask its member states for more cash - going against the wishes of David Cameron who had called on the EU to exercise some belt tightening of its own.\n\nThe UK Border Agency has been facing criticism after managing to let into the country a man who had been banned. It wasn't as if he sneaked in. Sheikh Salah, who has Israeli citizenship and is the leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, arrived under his own name and his visit had been announced in advance.\n\nHe went on to address public meetings before the police arrested him. Richard Watson will have a report for us.\n\nAnd our political editor Michael Crick is in Inverclyde ahead of Thursday's by-election. The seat has traditionally been held by Labour but after the SNP's success in the Scottish Parliament elections, Alex Salmond's party is hoping to pull off a win. Michael will bring us the latest as the campaign ends."
2011-06-30
"Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers have gone on strike across the UK over planned pension changes.\n\nTonight David Grossman, who has been out on the streets of London with protesters, examines the proposals for public service pensions and we'll hear from the government, Unions and the Labour Party.\n\nMeanwhile, Anna Adams has spent the day in Kent hearing from parents, pupils and teachers about how today's one day strike has affected them.\n\nThen we'll take a brief look at the history of British industrial disputes, and discuss what the political consequences of more strikes are likely to be with our political panel.\n\nAnd Sue Lloyd Roberts has another report for us from Syria - this time about how the revolution there kicked off and what role cyber activism played in it."
2011-07-01
"On the day that the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari meets Prime Minister David Cameron, Richard Watson considers how secure Pakistan's nuclear weapons are - and whether the US might take pre-emptive steps to stop them falling into the hands of terrorists. We'll be joined by the Pakistani High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan.\n\nFormer IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been released from house arrest amid doubts about the credibility of his accuser. We'll ask if he could still be a candidate for the French presidency - leading American lawyer Alan Dershowitz and DSK's biographer Michel Taubmann will discuss.\n\nAnd we're keeping a close eye on the tennis - is Andy Murray's dream of a Wimbledon final dying?"
2011-07-04
"In a special edition of Newsnight tonight we're exploring different attitudes towards the notions of Britishness and national identity, and to Scottish independence.\n\nWe'll analyse the findings of a survey which found that almost 50% of voters in England want Scotland to remain part of the UK - read the rest of the findings here.\n\nAllan Little will consider the role of the British state in the Scotland he grew up in and why there has been a gradual decay of what it means to be British in Scotland.\n\nAnd Fergal Keane examines why the concepts of Englishness and Britishness are hard to disentangle, and asks if the rise of Scotland's nationalism might inspire a new distinctly English nationalism among those who once saw themselves as British."
2011-05-07
"Tonight on Newsnight, Richard Watson has new information on the latest hacking allegations being laid at the News of the World's door.\n\nWe will be discussing the story and its fallout with former tabloid editor Alastair Campbell and News of the World insider Paul McMullan. Then talking about the future of newspapers will be Huffington Post chief Arianna Huffington and the new editor of The Independent Chris Blackhurst.\n\nJustin Rowlatt reports on what the loss of 1,400 jobs at train maker Bombardier says about the British approach to manufacturing and procurement deals, and about the Coalition's growth strategy.\n\nAnd Paul Mason has a strong film about Pathfinder housing scheme in Stoke-on-Trent, part of John Prescott's grand regeneration plan, and the devastating consequences of cutting funding for it."
2011-07-06
"Are the News of the World phone hacking allegations the equivalent for journalists of the MPs expenses scandal and a watershed moment for the profession in this country?\n\nPrime Minister David Cameron has promised a public inquiry after a police investigation ends - but Labour says it must happen sooner.\n\nMichael Crick and Richard Watson will have the latest on the story and we will be joined by guests to discuss.\n\nWe have a piece on how Britain is slipping behind other countries in the fight against child sex abuse.\n\nPlus Jeremy will be talking to Professor Martin Seligman, the American psychologist whose work inspired the prime minister's plan to measure the nation's happiness.\n\nApparently, \"happiness is out, flourishing is in\" - but is this the sort of thing governments should be getting involved in?"
2011-07-07
"This Sunday's issue of the News of the World will be the last edition of the paper, News International has said.\n\nWill the bombshell announced today by James Murdoch assuage public anger? Will it remove the threat that the phone hacking scandal might scupper News Corporation's bid to take full control of satellite broadcaster BSkyB?\n\nWill The Sun newspaper now become a seven-day-a-week operation? Has the whole affair inflicted permanent damage on Rupert Murdoch's media empire?\n\nOn tonight's programme we will put those questions to key players, get reaction from Wapping, analyse the fast-paced events of the day and bring you the very latest news.\n\nAnd, as Nasa prepares for the last ever space shuttle mission, Susan Watts has travelled to California's Mojave desert to meet the entrepreneurs preparing to take up the challenge of human space flight, now that the space agency is stepping aside."
2011-07-08
"On Newsnight tonight we ask if this is a watershed moment for British journalism with guests including writer Will Self, Heat magazine's Boyd Hilton, MumsNet co-founder Justine Roberts, former BBC director general Greg Dyke and Harriet Harman MP."
2011-07-11
"Another day of fast moving developments on the News of the World hacking story as Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says he is seeking fresh advice from regulators on News Corp's takeover bid for BSkyB.\n\nAnd the has BBC learned there is evidence the News of the World (NoW) was paying a Metropolitan Police Royal Protection Squad officer for the contact details of senior members of the royal family, their friends and their relations.\n\nWe will have the latest tonight and reports from Michael Crick on the political ramifications, from David Grossman on whether this is the moment the political classes break away from the Murdoch empire and Richard Watson on the police's part in the affair.\n\nAll that and a report from Fifa World Cup host country Qatar by BBC Sports editor David Bond. You can read more about that in David's blog."
2011-07-12
"More on the hacking story tonight, as senior Metropolitan police officers tell MPs News International deliberately tried to thwart the original investigation into phone hacking.\n\nAlso Paul Mason reports on a day of volatile European shares as investors worry that the eurozone debt crisis could spread to Italy and Spain.\n\nPlus we look at the government's energy policy as Energy Secretary Chris Huhne publishes a White Paper with plans for \u00a3110bn of investment in electricity generation under which a quarter of the country's power stations would be replaced by 2030.\n\nAnd Liz MacKean looks at what lies behind the upsurge in violence in Northern Ireland."
2011-07-13
"Jeremy Paxman will be joined tonight by a live studio audience, all of whom describe themselves as 'undecided voters'.\n\nHe'll be asking them their views on the business of phone-hacking and how they think the party leaders have been dealing with recent revelations."
2011-07-14
"Tonight on Newsnight with Kirsty Wark we have an exclusive interview with His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud - the second biggest investor in News Corporation.\n\nDavid Grossman will be taking us through the events of the day.\n\nTim Whewell has a report on how the contagion of the Murdoch brand is spreading around the world, and particularly to the US.\n\nAnd we will be discussing whether this phone-hacking scandal will accelerate the demise of newspapers, or blow over."
2011-07-18
"The fallout from the phone hacking scandal continues and tonight we'll have the very latest on the events of the day.\n\nMet Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates has quit amid growing pressure - we'll examine why he had to go and ask if public and political confidence in the police is now at an all-time low.\n\nDavid Cameron is cutting short his trip to Africa to return to the UK and he's announced that the Commons will be recalled on Wednesday to debate the latest developments. How damaged is the PM? And is there now a scenario that could lead to Cameron losing his job?\n\nAll that and a look ahead to tomorrow's crucial culture select committee hearing with Rebekah Brooks, and James and Rupert Murdoch."
2011-07-19
"Rupert Murdoch has said he was \"appalled and ashamed\" to learn that the phone of Milly Dowler had been hacked by the News of the World while being questioned by MPs alongside his son James this afternoon.\n\nWe've also heard Sir Paul Stephenson - the outgoing commissioner of the Met police - give his evidence to the home affairs committee today, and will watching when former NI exec Rebekah Brooks appears shortly.\n\nOn tonight's programme we'll be analysing what we learned from today's hearings and will be considering what future the News International empire has."
2011-07-20
"Prime Minister David Cameron has said that \"with hindsight\" he would not have hired ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his communications director.\n\nOur Political editor Michael Crick has been blogging about the links between Coulson and the top Tory triumvirate of Cameron, Osborne and Hague, and you can hear more from Michael and David Grossman on the political events of the day later tonight.\n\nThen we'll be asking Max Mosley, who won a privacy case against the News of the World after it exposed his sadomasochistic sex life, and celebrity publicist Max Clifford if this is the moment the British press changes.\n\nAnd Rory Cellan-Jones will be considering if there is a case for high speed rail."
2011-07-21
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have hammered out a common position on the euro debt crisis ahead of a crunch meeting of eurozone leaders today.\n\nDetails of the deal have not yet been released, but there are indications that a new tax on Europe's banks to help fund any new aid packages may NOT be part of the deal.\n\nMark Urban is in Brussels for Newsnight - don't miss his report on the Euro Summit in tonight's programme."
2011-07-22
"Coming up at 2230 on BBC Two, new allegations about phone hacking at a weekend tabloid - which suggests illegal practices weren't just rife at the News of the World.\n\nWe'll have the latest from the Norwegian capital where at least two people have been killed by a huge bomb blast, while reports say a gunman has opened fire at a Labour Party youth camp in Norway.\n\nMark Urban has been to meet US General David Petraeus who acted as the US commander in both Afghanistan and Iraq and who is expected to take over as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in September. In a wide-ranging interview he talks about the drawdown in Afghanistan and the significance of the death of Obama Bin Laden.\n\nAnd Stephen Smith has been lunching with art historian Dr James Fox and muse Sue Tilley at Lucian Freud's favourite restaurant in Kensington. Stephen asks if Freud, who died at his London home on Wednesday, was the last great British painter."
2011-07-25
"Norwegian police are investigating claims by Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted carrying out Friday's twin attacks in Norway, that he has \"two more cells\" working with him. Steve Rosenberg is in Oslo for us, and we'll be exploring how deeply ingrained the anti-immigrant strain of thinking is in Europe.\n\nThen Catrin Nye examines the links between Breivik and the English Defence League (EDL). Jeremy Paxman will be joined live by the EDL's leader Tommy Robinson.\n\nAnd Paul Mason travels to the north east of England to hear a \"mea culpa\" from former business secretary Lord Mandelson, who admits New Labour didn't get everything right on the economy when they were in office. Lord Mandelson will join Jeremy live in the studio to explain how he thinks Labour needs to change in order to win back power."
2011-07-26
"Growth in the UK economy slowed in the three months to 30 June, partly because of the extra bank holiday in April, and also due to some other one-off factors - including the Japanese tsunami.\n\nChancellor George Osborne said the growth was good news, but Ed Balls accused him of choking the recovery.\n\nTonight Paul Mason will give us his analysis, and David Grossman will explain the politics.\n\nThen, with a year to go until the 2012 Olympics, Peter Marshall visits the Olympic Park site in east London to find out if pledges that were made to win London the event - including leaving behind a lasting physical legacy and inspiring two million people to take up sport and physical activity - will be fulfilled.\n\nThen author Iain Sinclair, who is sceptical about the London project, explains his feelings about London 2012.\n\nAnd we'll be joined by the athlete turned ambassador who led London's bid, Lord Coe, and by the Welsh athlete and TV presenter Baroness Grey-Thompson."
2011-07-27
"Tonight, we take another look at the situation in Libya. While Libyan rebels remain locked in battle with pro-Gaddafi forces, the UK steps up the pressure on Col Gaddafi by insisting all Libyan diplomats leave the UK.\n\nFormer Labour cabinet minister James Purnell tells Newsnight that one of the reasons the Labour Party lost the last election was that their supporters no longer backed the welfare state. He's live in the studio later to discuss how the welfare system could be transformed.\n\nAnd could we be seeing the end of scientific testing on monkeys? [Spoiler Alert: No] We'll be discussing the issues."
2011-07-28
"On tonight's programme, Paul Mason retraces the epic journey from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to the Californian promised land taken by migrant workers the Joad family, which John Steinbeck described in his 1939 Great Depression novel The Grapes of Wrath. Paul's been finding out how it reflects the realities of America's current debt crisis. Read more here.\n\nGeneral David Petraeus has been speaking to Newsnight about his time as Nato's commander in Afghanistan. The new Director of the CIA also talks to us about difficult recent relations between the US and Pakistan -- he tells Mark Urban both sides have \"stepped back from the abyss after looking into it\". Read more on Mark's blog.\n\nAnd Stephen Smith examines the research which claims that if you stay up to watch Newsnight after your partner has gone to bed, it's a sure sign your marriage is in trouble"
2011-07-29
"Two newspapers have been fined a total of \u00a368,000 for breaking the law when reporting the investigation into landscape architect Jo Yeates' killing, and eight have paid out for libel.\n\nMeanwhile, lawyers for the private investigator Glenn Mulcaire have issued a statement saying he \"acted on the instructions of others\".\n\nSo why does anyone bother with newspapers anymore? On tonight's Newsnight, our Political editor Michael Crick reports on the state of the British tabloid press.\n\nAnd as US Republican leaders scramble to rescue their deficit-cutting bill hours after a vote on it stalled because of a revolt from members of their own party, we'll be joined by Sharron Angle, the Republican Senate Candidate for Nevada in 2010, and leading Tea Party figure."
2011-08-02
"Syrian forces are pushing towards the centre of the town of Hama as they continue an offensive in which scores of people have died. Tim Whewell will bring us the latest tonight.\n\nThen we'll be asking how damaged President Barack Obama has been by the US debt crisis.\n\nAnna Adams has been investigating why many young women's cervical cancer tests are going unprocessed in England.\n\nAnd Lyse Doucet meets America's top military official, Admiral Mike Mullen, on his way home from what's expected to be his final visit to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq."
2011-08-03
"Tonight, we will be leading on our exclusive report on fresh allegations of phone-hacking at Mirror Group Newspapers.\n\nHeather Mills has told the programme that in 2001 a senior Mirror Newspaper Group journalist admitted hacking voicemails left for her by Sir Paul McCartney.\n\nNewsnight has also learned that many other prominent people, including footballer Rio Ferdinand and TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson, also believe they were hacked by the Mirror group.\n\nYou can read more about that story and listen to a clip of the Mills interview here.\n\nMark Urban has a report on who is likely win control of the new Egypt in the parliamentary elections. Will it be the young liberals who led the campaign anti-Mubarak campaign in Tahrir Square, or Islamic groups and that relic of the old regime, the army?\n\nAndrew Verity has a report on how annual take home pay is dwindling in real terms.\n\nAnd Stephen Smith has been delving into the power of memory, with a bit of help from celebrated mnemonist Dominic O'Brien - who will be doing a memory challenge live on the programme."
2011-08-04
"Newsnight tonight investigates allegations that billions of dollars of long-term development aid money is being used as a tool of political repression in Ethiopia.\n\nAndrew Verity will be asking if the West is heading for a second economic slump.\n\nAnd as the government's new e-petitions website crashes with people trying to sign a range of petitions including one calling for the return of capital punishment, we'll be asking if it is really time to reinstate the death penalty in the UK.\n\nJoin Kirsty for all that and more at 2230 on BBC Two."
2011-08-05
"Just five days ago, international investors were considering the possibility that the US government might default on its debt. That fear has now gone away, but it has been replaced by a fear that the world could be heading towards another credit crunch. Today instability on the stock markets continues, with sharp falls in the past 24 hours amid a crisis of confidence due to the eurozone debt crisis and concerns about weak recovery not only in the US but also in Europe."
2011-08-08
"Home Secretary Theresa May is meeting police chiefs about rioting in London with new violence erupting in Hackney.\n\nSkirmishes broke out between police and groups of young people in the area around Mare Street.\n\nTonight Liz Mackean will bring us the latest, and will be considering what the origins of this unrest are and where it can go from here.\n\nGavin will be joined in the studio by former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, Conservative Shaun Bailey, and a community leader from Tottenham.\n\nLater we'll be joined by broadcaster and columnist Darcus Howe to discuss if comparisons between these inner city riots and events that took place in the 1980s are useful or misleading.\n\nThen Andrew Verity will be asking what options remain for the West to avoid a double dip recession, and we'll be joined by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle."
2011-08-09
"Some 16,000 officers are policing London's streets after three days of violence, with rioters warned they will feel the \"full force of the law\".\n\nTonight Liz Mackean we'll be asking who the kids are that are perpetrating the trouble, and try find out what their motives are.\n\nThen Iranian rapper Reveal co-founder of hip-hop group Poisonous Poets, Lyn Costello from Mothers Against Murder and Aggression, and media exec Kelvin Mackenzie, will join us to debate what we should do with the rioters.\n\nIain Watson will be examining if a malaise in the police force and a lack of leadership have contributed to the unrest.\n\nAnd David Grossman will be considering if the Prime Minister - who returned to Britain this morning after cutting his summer break short - has completely misjudged the situation."
2011-08-10
"David Cameron said this morning that parts of Britain are not just broken but \"sick\". Tonight we will discuss whether he is right and if so what the medicine should be with Conservative co-chair Baroness Warsi and Hackney MP Diane Abbott.\n\nWe will have the latest on the unrest in the West Midlands from Liz MacKean and what is happening in Manchester from Anna Adams.\n\nWe will also be reporting on vigilante activity and will be examining what role gang culture has played in the disorder."
2011-08-11
"Tonight we will report on the emergency parliamentary session, which was called in response to the riots.\n\nWill the debate and the measures outlined by the prime minister bring us any closer to proper diagnosis of what went wrong, and how to ensure we don't see a repeat? David Grossman reports.\n\nAlso we examine the role of parents and whether lack of discipline and family breakdown have been a factor in the unrest.\n\nWe will chew over the week's events with our political panel."
2011-08-12
"David Grossman will be bringing us the news of the day and will be looking back at what's been a tumultuous week of rioting in English cities. Gavin Esler will be considering how damaged the fabric of Britain has been by the unrest. Stephen Smith will be looking at the foreign reaction to and coverage of the riots. And Emily will be joined in debate by magazine publisher Tyler Br\u00fbl\u00e9, Hong Kong entrepreneur Sir David Tang, and historian David Starkey."
2011-08-15
"Tackling the \"broken society\" is back on the agenda following last week's riots. David Grossman reports tonight as Cameron and Miliband draw battle lines, and we'll be joined by David Willetts and Hilary Benn.\n\nPaul Mason considers the degree to which gangs can be blamed for the unrest.\n\nMadeleine Morris visits Berlin to ask how heavy a price the Germans are prepared to pay to save the euro - we hear from their Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and will be joined by economist Joseph Stiglitz.\n\nAnd was Peter Oborne right when he wrote that the moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as it is at the bottom? We'll debate."
2011-08-16
"MPs have today released a letter from a journalist jailed for phone hacking, former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman, alleging senior figures at the newspaper knew what was going on and struck a deal to stop him implicating the paper at trial.\n\nDavid Grossman will have all of the latest news on that story and we will be speaking to former deputy prime minister and hacking victim John Prescott, and former newspaper editor Paul Connew.\n\nAmid news that two men charged with inciting disorder via social networking site Facebook have each been jailed for four years we ask whether the courts are being too draconian in sentencing people connected to last week's riots, or whether this kind of sentencing is right and in fact overdue.\n\nPlus, across the world, slums are home to a billion people. The rich elite want the shanty towns cleared, but residents are surprisingly determined not to leave. Paul Mason has been to Estero de San Miguel, a slum in the Philippines capital Manila, to find out why."
2011-08-17
"Tonight we lead on the surprise rise in UK unemployment, which rose in the three months to June, by 38,000 to 2.49 million, official figures show.\n\nWe will be asking what is going wrong, the threat this poses and looking at measures aimed at reversing the situation, particularly enterprise zones.\n\nAs we continue to analyse the fallout from last week's riots we have a report on recent unrest in Gloucester and will be taking another look at sentencing of those involved.\n\nPlus, why do some people seem to lead charmed lives? LSE academic Dr Catherine Hakim has written a book on the power of erotic capital which she says is at the heart of how we work, interact, make money and conduct our relationships.\n\nWe will be speaking to the author and debating the issues she raises."
2011-08-18
"Stock markets have seen falls of about 5%, and some bank shares have plunged 10%, as the negative mood which has caused recent turmoil takes hold again.\n\nPaul Mason will have the latest news and analysis on that and we will be speaking to Jeffrey Sachs, who says we have been tripped up by globalisation.\n\nCaroline Hawley will report on the call from the leaders of the US, UK, France, Germany and EU for Syria's President Assad to step down over his suppression of protesters, and whether he is likely to heed them.\n\nPlus, many students hoping to go to university face an even more intense battle for places than usual as this is the last intake of students to English universities before the introduction of tuition fees of up to \u00a39,000 a year in 2012.\n\nDavid Grossman reports on whether the government's changes - not just higher fees, but significant changes to the structure of the higher education in this country - really benefit young people and whether they will provide the skills the country needs?\n\nWe have been to the Mossbourne Academy - a very successful school on the edge of the Mossbourne estate in Hackney, which was the backdrop to some of last weeks riots - and the school's head teacher, Sir Michael Wilshaw, will be joining the debate in our studio.\n\nAnd on the 20th anniversary of the 1991 Russian coup we have a Bridget Kendal film in which she talks to many of the key players including Mikhail Gorbachev."
2011-08-19
"Tonight we will be looking at the attack on the British Council office in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in which armed insurgents seized control of the compound for a number of hours, killing at least 12 people.\n\nPaul Mason will have more on the ongoing turmoil in the stock markets as concerns over the strength of the global economy and eurozone debt continue. And we will be speaking to author of The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb.\n\nPlus, is Sally Bercow's appearance on Celebrity Big Brother a bad thing, or should what she does not have any bearing on her husband John Bercow's role as Speaker?\n\nWe will be joined by ex-I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestant Christine Hamilton and her husband Neil and Jacob Rees-Mogg to discuss."
2011-08-22
"Robin Denselow will have the latest on the battle for control of Tripoli, where troops loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi are battling rebels.\n\nGabriel Gatehouse will be analysing who the rebels' interim administration, the National Transitional Council (NTC), are and what their agenda is.\n\nWe'll ask guests - including Lord Malloch-Brown and John Bolton - if the Libya conflict signals a rebirth of liberal interventionism.\n\nAnd Sarfraz Manzoor considers if English cricket is doing enough to integrate Asian players.\n\nJoin Jeremy at 2230 on BBC Two for that, and more."
2011-08-23
"The battle for Tripoli seems to be in its final stages tonight, with rebels taking over Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's fortified compound in the city, one of the final areas under the Libyan leader's control.\n\nTonight we are dedicating the whole programme to the day's events and asking what next for Libya?\n\nWe will be hearing from key players and our reporters on the ground as we examine the prospects for the last pockets of pro-Gaddafi resistance being swiftly eradicated, for a peaceful transition of power once the fighting stops and what is likely to happen to Colonel Gaddafi - whose whereabouts is currently unknown.\n\nWe will look back over more than 40 years of Gaddafi rule, asking if this should be a day for celebration or not, and forward to what kind of Libya we are likely to see without Gaddafi at the helm."
2011-08-24
"The situation in Libya remains chaotic with Tripoli seeing running battles between rebel fighters and Gaddafi loyalists, new Nato air strikes, and a defiant message from Colonel Gaddafi himself, whose whereabouts remain unknown.\n\nTonight we will be making sense of what is happening and asking where Libya goes from here with reporters on the ground and experts in the studio.\n\nWe will be asking how the National Transitional Council can properly establish itself as Libya's leadership with ousted leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi still at large. And what Nato's responsibilities towards Libya's recovery are.\n\nAnd we will take a wider look at whether the Arab Spring is likely to be good or bad news for women.\n\nPlus, Citizen Smith has been on National Citizen Service - David Cameron's training programme for 16-year-olds which is to be expanded in response to the recent riots.\n\nHow effective will a universal programme be at combating the sort of problems we saw a few weeks ago? And how is it different from existing youth programmes, many of which have been facing cuts? Stephen Smith has been finding out."
2011-08-25
"\"I was buzzing me, just smashing windows and police cars and stuff... a big massive buzz.\"\n\nTonight we have a film from Donal MacIntyre who has been meeting some of the young men who took part in the recent Manchester riots. He finds them revelling in the memories of the time when they overturned the rule of law and made the streets their own.\n\nTo discuss the film Kirsty be joined by a shopkeeper who was trapped in his store during the riots and had to be rescued by police, someone who knows the looters, and a politician.\n\nMeanwhile... another confusing day in Libya. The hunt for Col Gaddafi continues, although reports he was trapped in a building in Tripoli came to nothing. It is certainly clear that the Transitional Council are desperate for money.\n\nTim Whewell is in Benghazi for us tonight and Kirsty will be speaking to the Foreign Secretary William Hague.\n\nAnd Madeleine Morris has been looking into new figures which suggest that net migration rose by 21% last year, with 239,000 more people arriving in the UK than those leaving."
2011-08-26
"Tonight we will have the latest on Libya from our correspondent Tim Whewell, who is currently in Benghazi, which for now remains home to the National Transitional Council's headquarters.\n\nAnd we will be speaking to the NTC's deputy leader Abdul Hafiz Ghoga live on the programme.\n\nPlus former Daily Telegraph editor Charles Moore has done an authored film for us in which he explains where he thinks the Conservatives are going wrong.\n\nAfterwards Danny Finkelstein and Noreena Hertz will discuss his conclusions.\n\nAll of that, and our Economics editor Paul Mason in the presenter's chair for the first time - 10.30pm on BBC Two."
2011-08-30
"Seven people have been shot dead by security forces during anti-government protests in Syria at the start of the festival of Eid al-Fitr, activists say. Our diplomatic editor Mark Urban will have the latest later.\n\nTim Whewell is in Libya and has a film for us about nation building, which sees him haggling over the price of AK47s at a Benghazi gun market.\n\nAnna Adams examines the row over independent abortion counselling and who should do it.\n\nAnd Neil Bowdler considers if resomation, a body 'liquefaction' process, and promession, a method of freeze-drying corpses, could offer greener alternatives to burial and cremation. Read more about that here."
2011-08-31
"Paul Mason will report on the shake-up of British banks, which government sources have indicated may not come into force for several years.\n\nDavid Grossman explains why the fifty per cent rate of income tax required of people earning more than \u00a3150,000 a year has illuminated the divisions within the coalition.\n\nWe'll return to a story from last night's programme - about changes to abortion counselling services rules so that clinics which offer termination services do not also provide advice. Tonight Downing Street said \"the discussions currently underway do not represent any moral shift in the government's approach to abortion as an issue\". We'll debate the government's moral agenda and its commitment to social liberty.\n\nAnd Tom Heap visits Croatia, home to the richest cave fauna in Europe, which is under threat by pollution and development."
2011-09-01
"Senior diplomats are meeting in Paris for a major international conference on Libya's future. What should that future look like, and will the National Transitional Council and international community's vision dovetail or not?\n\nTonight Peter Marshall will bring us the latest from the Paris conference and Tim Whewell will report from Libya.\n\nWe have a report from David Shukman on illnesses linked to the dust from the attacks on New York's World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, affecting thousands.\n\nPlus we look at government proposals to overhaul planning laws in order to jump-start the building industry and the economy, a major shake-up which green campaigners say will lead to a development free for all and a legacy of blighted landscapes and urban sprawl."
2011-09-02
"Tonight we look into the rendition claims made by a Libyan rebel military commander, which if true would suggest a closer than expected relationship between the US and ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime.\n\nAbdel Hakim Belhaj claims he was tortured by CIA agents who suspected him of being an al-Qaeda terrorist and then handed by the Americans to Gaddafi's intelligence services.\n\nPeter Marshall will be reporting on that and we will be talking to Menzies Campbell and to Michael Sheuer, former head of the CIA's Bin Laden unit.\n\nWe are looking at the draft emergency measures to relocate terror suspects under Tpims, terrorism prevention and investigation measures.\n\nThe relocation powers had been ditched by the coalition, but under draft emergency legislation they could be brought back in exceptional circumstances.\n\nWe will be talking to Hazel Blears and Tom Brake, co-chairman of the Liberal Democrat backbench committee on home affairs.\n\nAnd whatever happened to silly season that period of summer typified by the\n\nemergence of frivolous news stories in the media? Stephen Smith reports."
2011-09-05
"Tonight on Newsnight Richard Watson examines if Britain was turning a blind eye to maltreatment and colluding with the Gaddafi regime to arrange the rendition of Libyan terror suspects - the PM has said that allegations that MI6 was involved should be examined by an independent inquiry. \n\nPaul Mason will be asking if the IMF's managing-director, Christine Lagarde, was right when she said the global economic outlook had darkened suddenly over the summer, and Jeremy will be speaking to the former chancellor Alistair Darling.\n\nThen we'll be hearing from Murdo Fraser, the favourite to become the next leader of the Scottish Conservatives who reckons the only hope for the party to attract greater support in Scotland would be to split off from the UK party.\n\nAnd Tim Whewell has been meeting the high command of Libya's National Transitional Council."
2011-09-06
"Ken Clarke has blamed a \"broken penal system\" for the riots that erupted across England last month.\n\nWriting in the Guardian, he said the \"hardcore\" of those involved were known criminals whose behaviour had not been changed by previous punishments.\n\nTonight Liz MacKean reports on whether the justice secretary's assessment is correct and what can be done.\n\nAlso, former News of the World legal manager Tom Crone has told members of a House of Commons committee investigating the News of the World phone-hacking scandal that he was \"certain\" he told James Murdoch about an e-mail which indicated hacking at the paper went beyond one rogue reporter.\n\nIn a previous Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing, News Corp bosses Rupert and James Murdoch said they were not told of an email. And today James Murdoch has said that he stands by what he said.\n\nDavid Grossman will be assessing the discrepancies and whether they are likely to dim News Corporation shareholders' view of James Murdoch and his chances of one day becoming head of News Corporation.\n\nAnd Stephen Smith is looking at some of Britain's worst performing high streets, and with the help of retail adviser Mary Portas, assessing whether they can be saved and if we should even try."
2011-09-07
"Tonight we report on the growing global currency war, which escalated dramatically yesterday after Switzerland stepped in to weaken the franc in a bid to rid itself of \"safe haven\" status - how much of a threat is it and who has the political power to avert a crisis?\n\nNadine Dorries talks about her failed bid to change the law on abortion counselling to stop abortion providers giving NHS-funded counselling to women.\n\nWe speak to a young man who has been in the Syrian city of Homs, scene of some of the worst clashes between anti-government protesters and government forces, and who was shot during the unrest.\n\nPlus, how is popular culture being used to alter perceptions of Muslims? We have an interview with Dr Naif al-Mutawa, creator of The 99 - comic book superheroes based on Islamic culture and society.\n\nAnd Catrin Nye speaks to the creators of Canadian TV sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie - described as The Cosby Show for Muslims. You can read her article about that here, and watch the full report at 10.30pm."
2011-09-08
"Is the tail wagging the dog? Tonight we assess the claim that the Liberal Democrats are exercising too much control over the government on a whole range of issues.\n\nWe talk to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell in the Bush administration about 9\/11 and its impact.\n\nWe have a film from Security correspondent Gordon Corera on the way NYPD and the FBI has responded to terror threats in the years after the attacks on New York and Washington and accusations that they have engaged in entrapment tactics.\n\nAnd we have an interview with Cathy Wilson about her time as the wife of the serial killer Peter Tobin."
2011-09-09
"Tonight Kirsty Wark presents an hour-long special on the 10 years since the 9\/11 terror attacks live from New York.\n\nWe will be hearing from key US members of the Bush administration - former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld and former Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff.\n\nMark Urban has a film on the US response to the attacks and whether it was driven at times by a desire for revenge.\n\nAnd we discuss the events of 10 years ago and the effect on the decade which followed with guests including Carl Bernstein, Suzanne Vega, Christiane Amanpour and Fran Lebowitz."
2011-09-13
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to calm nerves over a possible Greek default, warning of a domino effect if Greece fails and exits the single currency.\n\nTonight Paul Mason reports on whether Mrs Merkel's attempts to allay fears will work and what is likely to happen next in the eurozone.\n\nDavid Grossman reports from the Trades Unions Congress where Labour leader Ed Miliband has delivered a key note address in which he said despite public sector worker anger at cuts it was a \"mistake\" to strike while talks were going on, and was heckled in return.\n\nMark Urban examines the Palestinian bid for statehood set to happen at the UN General Assembly, which gets under way today.\n\nAnd we speak to Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist, about the thinking behind his new book The Magic of Reality and his belief in the need to indoctrinate children with science rather than mythology."
2011-09-14
"The leaders of Greece, France and Germany will have a phone conference this evening as they seek to find a way to contain the spiralling debt crisis in the eurozone.\n\nTonight Paul Mason will explain what a Greek default might look like - could it be orderly and managed or are we looking at a Lehman type event? You can read more of Paul's thoughts on that in his blog.\n\nAs we learn that unemployment in the UK rose by 80,000 in the three months to July and unions schedule a nationwide day of strikes and demonstrations for 30 November in protest at changes to public sector pensions, David Grossman looks at the coalition's growth strategy.\n\nShadow Chancellor Ed Balls and someone from government will join us live.\n\nAnd Tim Whewell has been investigating the assassination of General Abdul Fatah Younis in Libya at the height of the campaign against Colonel Gaddafi in late July. With the murder still unsolved, there is mounting anger among members of Younes' large and powerful tribe."
2011-09-15
"Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures show that a quarter of those charged over last month's riots had committed more than 10 past offences, while three-quarters had a previous caution or conviction.\n\nTonight we have an interview with Ken Clarke about the link between re-offending and the unrest and what the justice minister thinks needs to be done.\n\nIMF chief Christine Lagarde has warned of a \"dangerous\" new economic phase in which bold, collective action is needed to prevent the major economies slipping back.\n\nPaul Mason will have full analysis of that and the latest on the crisis in the eurozone ahead of Friday's meeting of European finance ministers in Poland, which US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is also due to attend.\n\nAnd we have an authored film from one-time \"Cameron Cutie\" Charlotte Vere on whether the Tories are anti-women. Afterwards she and Angela Eagle will join Gavin in the studio to discuss."
2011-09-16
"Last night on Newsnight former chancellor Ken Clarke said that political leadership in Washington and Western Europe has suffered \"paralysis\" in the face of the financial crisis.\n\nTonight Mark Urban will be taking a closer look at this claim, assessing what is causing the inertia and its consequences.\n\nThe Guardian newspaper has said that the Metropolitan Police are seeking an order under the Official Secrets Act to force it to disclose the confidential sources of its reports on the News of the World phone hacking scandal - we will have the latest on that.\n\nAnd Susan Watts reports on an extraordinary trial in the earthquake-hit town of L'Aquila in Italy in which science itself seemed to be on trial as seismologists are charged with manslaughter for failing to predict the 2009 quake in which more than 300 people died."
2011-09-19
"Tonight's Newsnight comes live from Birmingham where the Liberal Democrats' 2011 conference is in full swing.\n\nIain Watson will be reporting from the marginal seat of Birmingham Yardley where he's asking if the Lib Dems are facing electoral meltdown, David Grossman will be auditing exactly what the party has achieved in government so far, and Jeremy will be speaking to the Business Secretary Vince Cable."
2011-09-20
"Paul Mason is in Athens today. Tonight he will bring us the latest on the crisis in the eurozone and Greek attempts to avoid a debt default.\n\nWe will also be asking whether a default is inevitable and if so why leaders aren't setting out a plan for handling it, rather than continuing down the current path.\n\nThe Liberal Democrat conference is continuing today and we will have an interview with Energy Secretary Chris Huhne. Plus Iain Watson will be looking at what the Lib Dems think now about the role Britain should play in Europe, and in dealing with the eurozone economic crisis.\n\nDavid Grossman will report on the tribes that make up the Liberal Democrat membership and look ahead to leader Nick Clegg's speech tomorrow.\n\nAnd documentarian Michael Cockerell, whose latest series The Secret World of Whitehall broadcast this month, will report for us on the allegations that an aide Education Secretary Michael Gove used a personal email account to circumvent freedom of information laws."
2011-09-21
"Tonight Iain Watson is doing our lead story on growth and will be asking if the government is wobbling on Plan A, and if the governor of the Bank of England and other central bankers might ride to the rescue.\n\nThen we have an update on an investigation from last month which uncovered evidence that the Ethiopian government is using billions of dollars of development aid as a tool for political oppression. You can read more about our initial investigation here. Now Newsnight has heard from members of the Ethiopian diaspora that there's been a concerted government backlash. We'll be hearing from the International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell.\n\nPrime Minister David Cameron has written to the National Trust to try to reassure its members who are campaigning against proposed changes to planning laws - the biggest reforms of the rules since the 1930s. Tim Whewell reports from rural Northamptonshire for us tonight, where a German-owned electricity firm has proposed building seven 410-foot (125m) wind turbines. And we'll be joined by leading businessman and peer Lord Wolfson."
2011-09-22
"There's quite a lot of sport planned for this evening's Newsnight, including from the BBC's Sports Editor David Bond who'll be telling us five ways competitors could cheat at the 2012 Olympics.\n\nThen we'll be joined live by Olympic champion and anti-corruption campaigner Michael Johnson.\n\nGavin will be meeting the Russian oligarch who bank rolls the Independent and Evening Standard newspapers, Alexander Lebedev.\n\nAnd our Diplomatic editor Mark Urban will be watching David Cameron's intervention speech at the UN later."
2011-09-23
"Our Economics editor Paul Mason has just arrived back from Greece, and tonight he will have the latest on the economic crisis both there and further afield.\n\nPlus we will be asking why, unlike in 2009, there is no sign of global leaders coming together to deal with the problem and opting instead for \"kicking the can down the road\".\n\nMark Urban will be picking over Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' decision to present the Palestinians' bid for statehood at the UN later today, despite a US promise to veto the move in the Security Council.\n\nAnd Susan Watts will have more on the experiment results which are baffling scientists at Cern, home of the Large Hadron Collider, that appear to show subatomic particles known as neutrinos have exceeded the speed of light."
2011-09-26
"Tonight Paul Mason will have the latest on the eurozone rescue plan, which is reported to be taking shape in Washington, analysis of what it means, the timetable and the likelihood that it will work.\n\nAnd we will be joined by a fantastic cast of financial experts giving us their analysis.\n\nAt the Labour party conference in Liverpool Iain Watson will focus on how the party can become economically credible again.\n\nWe aren't speaking to Ed Balls as said earlier, but we will be talking to shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.\n\nPlus David Grossman will be asking what the Labour party is for these days, and Jeremy Paxman will be taking up that theme with Lord Prescott."
2011-09-27
"Kirsty will be joined by a live studio audience at the Labour Conference in Liverpool tonight, where their leader Ed Miliband delivered a speech earlier in which he slammed big bankers, consensus politics, energy companies and benefit cheats. He said for decades our economy and society had been based on the wrong values.\n\nDavid Grossman will give us his analysis of Ed Miliband's performance later.\n\nAnd in light of John Prescott's comments on last night's programme that Ed Miliband should get rid of anyone who is \"not pulling their weight\", we'll consider if its time for a shadow cabinet reshuffle, and who might go."
2011-09-28
"On tonight's Newsnight Paul Mason will be asking whether Europe and the world banking system is on the edge of catastrophe. He'll look at fears that the so-called rescue plan for the eurozone is already in trouble and will consider what would happen if the euro ultimately broke up.\n\nWe'll be joined by the European Commission, Johanna Kyrklund from Shroders, economist and former DG of the CBI Sir Richard Lambert, and Peter Oborne from the Daily Telegraph to debate if the euro project is worth saving.\n\nWe have a film about social breakdown amid austerity in Greece, and we'll hear from our correspondent Peter Marshall in Berlin - where Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a vote tomorrow that threatens to weaken her politically and undermine her ability to manage the debt crisis.\n\nPlus we'll have an interview with Labour leader Ed Miliband."
2011-09-29
"A large majority in Germany's parliament has approved new powers for the EU's main bailout fund, despite opposition from some members of the ruling coalition.\n\nPeter Marshall is in Berlin getting under the skin of what the Germans really think about Europe and the euro, and we will be discussing the latest events in the studio.\n\nWe look at the wider implications of footballer Rio Ferdinand losing a High Court privacy action over a \"kiss and tell\" newspaper story.\n\nWe have a live interview with actor Mark Rylance about the stunning success of the play Jerusalem as it returns to London from an award-winning run on Broadway - and what it tells us about being English.\n\nPlus, as Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah overturns a court ruling sentencing a woman to 10 lashes for breaking a ban on female drivers we ask whether he can win the battle against the hardliners in his kingdom."
2011-09-30
"In our final edition of the week, Andrew Verity will be asking what if anything is wrong with the predatory capitalism that Ed Miliband called for a clampdown on at the Labour Party's conference earlier this week.\n\nTim Whewell will have more on the news that US-born suspected al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, whose death was said to have been personally ordered by US President Barack Obama, has been killed in Yemen.\n\nAnd as Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito's appeal against their convictions for the 2007 murder of Perugia student Meredith Kercher draws to a close we ask what the obsession with Knox is and has it got anything to do with Berlusconi's Italy."
2011-10-03
"Tonight's programme will come from the Tory party conference in Manchester, where Jeremy Paxman will be joined by an audience of conference attendees.\n\nJeremy will be speaking to MPs Philip Hammond, David Davis and Don Foster. Also we'll be getting the journalist's view of the conference from Fraser Nelson and Kevin Maguire.\n\nThe main topic for discussion will be the economy and Chancellor George Osborne's big speech today and David Grossman will be giving his analysis of what the chancellor said.\n\nPlus Iain Watson will be looking at the European economic crisis amid the news that Greece is likely to miss targets to cut its budget deficit.\n\nAnd as the government announces that it is going to invest \u00a350m to commercialise graphene - a carbon allotrope invented at Manchester University - we ask what is it and why is it important?"
2011-10-04
"Jeremy is in Manchester tonight with all the action and analysis from the third day of the Conservative Party conference. There has been a bit of a catflap over human rights, is it the Tories' claws four moment? (Sorry....)\n\nWe'll have the annual conference season interview with the Mayor of London (you can re-watch the interviews from 2009, and 2010 here).\n\nThis year Jeremy asks Boris if he'd consider standing for Parliament while serving as Mayor, and is offered a hand from Boris should he ever decide to give up his day job presenting Newsnight and run for leader of the Conservative party.\n\nAnd Jeremy will be joined by an audience of 70 Conservative women to discuss the reasons for the government's worsening polling with woman, and to work out what more the Conservatives could do to appeal to women."
2011-10-05
"David Cameron re-wrote his conference speech at the last minute to omit a call on households to pay off their credit cards. Tonight Newsnight picks through the detail of what stayed in and asks whether his appeal for a can-do optimism at an anxious time for the economy is likely to be heeded. \n\nPaul Mason reports on talk of a concerted move to beef up balance sheets of struggling European banks, what is needed and what is likely to happen.\n\nWe have a strong Lyse Doucet film from inside Syria about the current nature of the anti-government protests.\n\nPlus Jeremy talks to musician Brian Eno about art and music in an age of turbulence.\/"
2011-10-06
"The Bank of England has said it will inject a further \u00a375bn into the economy through quantitative easing (QE), the first time it has added to its QE programme since 2009.\n\nTonight Paul Mason will take us through the details of what is happening, why it is happening now and how the Bank hope it to aid the fragile economic recovery.\n\nWith the BBC announcing that it is planning to cut 2,000 jobs and radically change programming in order to cut 20% from its budget over the next five years, Stephen Smith will report on the wider cultural impact of a shrinking Auntie.\n\nWe look at the impact of the work done by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who has died at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer.\n\nAnd we have a report from Mark Easton on mixed race Britain including some exclusive new stats which show that the numbers of people in Britain who are mixed-race is actually much higher than previously thought."
2011-10-07
"Moody's has downgraded the credit rating of 12 UK financial firms including Lloyds TSB, RBS, Nationwide and Santander UK amid concerns that the government is now less likely to support some firms if they get into trouble.\n\nMoody's also downgraded nine Portuguese banks, blaming financial weakness.\n\nTonight Andrew Verity reports on the significance of this news and whether the belief that the days of UK government bank bail outs are over is correct. We will also be getting further analysis by studio by guests.\n\nAnd Stephen Smith has a fresh Citizen Smith report. He's had an exclusive look the first wave of community organisers who are meant to build David Cameron's big society and we talk to Civil Society Minister Nick Hurd."
2011-10-10
"Defence Secretary Liam Fox has told MPs that he met his friend Adam Werritty 22 times at the Ministry of Defence and 18 times on foreign trips. Mr Fox also said that Mr Werritty, who has no government role or national security clearance, had not been involved in defence procurement issues. Tonight, we'll examine whether the Defence Secretary is guilty of impropriety or simply made some minor errors of judgement.\n\nFollowing the violence which killed twenty-four people at a rally of Coptic Christians in Cairo at the weekend, Tim Whewell will ask if attacks against Christians in Egypt are becoming worse in post-revolutionary Egypt, and if so why. You can watch one of Tim's previous reports on this from Cairo here.\n\nAnd Rory Cellan Jones has a fascinating film about whether the education system in England and Wales is failing to produce enough polymaths and top flight computer programmers who could one day emulate the likes of Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Watch a preview clip here. We'll also be joined by the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey."
2011-10-11
"David Cameron says he wants his to be \"the greenest government ever\", but last week Chancellor George Osborne sparked anger among environmentalists when he told the Conservative Party conference the UK would cut emissions no faster than others in Europe, and environmental measures would not be taken at the expense of British business.\n\nAnd MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee have warned today that the government's \"schizophrenic attitude\" to climate change is undermining investor confidence in low-carbon industries.\n\nTonight Susan Watts examines whether the green agenda is being watered down and \n\nwe will debate the issues in the studio.\n\nUS \"supercop\" Bill Bratton, who has gained a reputation for introducing bold\n\nmeasures to reduce crime in New York, Boston and Los Angeles, is in London to take part in a government conference on how to tackle riots and disorder and has given us an interview.\n\nWe report on the jailing of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for seven years, whom a judge ruled had criminally exceeded her powers when she signed a gas deal with Russia in 2009.\n\nMrs Tymoshenko said the charges were politically motivated. And the EU said it was disappointed with the verdict, and that Kiev's handling of the case risked deep implications for its hopes of EU integration.\n\nPlus, Stephen Smith has been to talk to former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher about the Manchester riots, the coalition and the passing of Cool Britannia."
2010-10-12
"UK unemployment has risen to a 17-year high of 2.57 million, according to official figures. Tonight Joe Lynam will give us his take on those figures, the Eurozone crisis and Barroso's plan.\n\nJeremy will be joined by former Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt and editor-in-chief at The Economist, John Micklethwait. \n\nJonny Dymond will be asking members of the Mormon Church how they think they are viewed by the rest of the United States, and asseses the likelihood that one of their faithful could be elected the next president.\n\nAnd ahead of the start of Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry on phone hacking, Steve Coogan will join us live in the studio. That and more at 2230 on BBC Two."
2010-10-13
"The independent watchdog for health and social care says a fifth of NHS hospitals are breaking the law, when it comes to properly feeding and treating elderly patients.\n\nThe Care Quality Commission visited 100 hospitals, and found cause for concern at more than half of them.\n\nTonight we examine what was said and how much of this a reflection of how the elderly are treated in Britain more generally.\n\nPeter Marshall has a report looking into who are the backers who raised funds to pay for Adam Werritty to act as Defence Secretary Liam Fox's adviser, and David Grossman will have the latest developments on the story.\n\nWe have a live interview with former Barnsley MP Eric Illsley who was jailed for expenses fraud.\n\nSusan Watts reports on the new obesity strategy for England in which the government has tried to stress the importance of personal responsibility.\n\nAnd we have a report on how garments labelled \"designed in Scotland\" and sold by UK high street chain Edinburgh Woollen Mill are actually being made by North Korean labour in Mongolian factories."
2011-10-14
"The news that Liam Fox has resigned as defence secretary has changed our plans for the programme. We will no longer be running a piece on how proposed changes to planning regulations might affect urban areas and speaking to Lord Rogers about this issue.\n\nInstead the whole programme is devoted to Dr Fox's resignation, the events that led up to it, the questions that remain and where this leaves the government.\n\nWe will have analysis from our Defence editor Mark Urban and reporters David Grossman and Richard Watson.\n\nAnd we will be joined on the programme by guests including shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy, former head of the British Army General Sir Mike Jackson, and journalists Fraser Nelson and Miranda Green."
Season 2014 - Newsnight
2014-03-07
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