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 245 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2025.
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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 follow?
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High noon at the White House as a new Nato-style security guarantee is unveiled for Ukraine. Will Putin really accept it? With Paddy O'Connell.
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. With Katie Razzall.
On the eve of the Alaska summit, can Trump close a deal with Putin and Zelensky? And why are Afghans who helped the British and fled the Taliban being deported back to Afghanistan? With Adam Fleming.
It's the most important week for European security since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 - and today Europe's leaders told Trump: don't sell us out to Putin. With Victoria Derbyshire.
European leaders have a final chance to stop Trump doing a Ukraine deal above their heads with Putin. Can the White House can be swayed ahead of the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska?
President Trump deploys the National Guard to the capital to crack down on what he describes as ‘violent gangs’. Is this a power grab, or a legitimate move to tackle crime?
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?
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?
Wildfires in southern France have scorched an area larger than Paris, with thousands evacuated. Is this the new normal? With Katie Razzall.
The government moves ahead with its ‘one-in-out-out’ small boats agreement with France. Does the policy match the scale of public anger?
Keir Starmer says he’ll 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 he keep his promise?
A war of words between Donald Trump and a Russian politician has seen the US president deploy two nuclear submarines. Will the move further strain President Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin?
July 2025
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? With Adam Fleming.
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? With Adam Fleming.
The battle to keep children safe online becomes an extraordinary war of words offline. Plus, Sir Keir Starmer says the UK could recognise the state of Palestine within weeks.
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?
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?
The night before Trump flies to Scotland, fresh developments emerge about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Newsnight speaks to a lawyer who has represented both Trump and Epstein.
Another night of protests and counter-protests at a London hotel set to house asylum seekers. What is being done right now to try to prevent that disorder from taking place?