Newsnight
Newsnight is a current affairs & news bulletin on BBC2. Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories. The popular program has been available since 2024. A total of 247 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2024.
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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.
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New Labour mastermind Peter Mandelson is heading to Washington as the UK’s ambassador to the US. Can he cut deals with Donald Trump? With Paddy O’Connell.
The mother of a girl operated on by a now-disgraced surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital says her daughter has been let down. She accuses the children's hospital of 'gaslighting' her.
Sir Keir Starmer says that millions of women who lost out by changes to the state pension won't get compensation. His predecessor Jeremy Corbyn tells Newsnight he's 'shocked'.
As thousands of Syrians take to the streets to celebrate the end of the Assad regime, what next for the region - for diplomacy and for millions of refugees around Europe?
Is the prime minister's plan for closer post-Brexit relations with the European Union more far-reaching than we thought? With Faisal Islam.
Ten-year-old Sara Sharif was murdered by the people who were supposed to be looking after her. Why does this little girl's story feel like one we have heard before?
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? With Katie Razzall.
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?
The prime minister sets out his Plan for Change. If his six milestones aren’t met, is he setting up the civil service to take the blame? With Adam Fleming.
A ghostwriter who penned the memoir of MasterChef’s Gregg Wallace, tells Newsnight she was sexually harassed by him. Mr Wallace “denies any sexual misconduct”. Contains graphic sexual language.
Sir Keir Starmer tells the City that the UK is free to pick and choose its future between Europe and the US. But are we really inured to the financial crisis unfolding in France?
November 2024
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?
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.
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.
Ahead of parliamentary debate on the assisted dying bill, Newsnight speaks to one of the most high-profile opponents of the bill and gleans insight from panellists for it.