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 246 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2025.
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06/08/2025
Insights and global interviews on the crucial news stories of the day. With Katie Razzall.
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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?
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.
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.
Diane Abbott is suspended from the Labour Party for a second time. Plus, will anyone be held accountable for the massive Afghan data breach? With Victoria Derbyshire.
Broadcaster and journalist Fiona Phillips was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s aged 61. Her husband Martin Frizell speaks to Newsnight about her condition.
A massive data breach by UK officials puts thousands of Afghans at risk. Do fears of Taliban reprisal justify a cover-up? With Katie Razzall.
With the UK is gripped by the third heatwave in recent weeks, is it time to start overhauling our homes, offices and cities to better cope with spiralling temperatures?
As Emmanuel Macron concludes his state visit to the UK by agreeing to a ‘one in, one-out’ migrants deal, the two nations also sign up to a new nuclear pact. With Paddy O’Connell.