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 September 2025.
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At the end of another bad week for Keir Starmer, his backbenchers ask whether he can survive to the next election. With Matt Chorley.
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After its most high-profile political murder in decades, how dangerous is this moment for the US? With Katie Razzall.
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?
As Israel escalates its war into Qatar, Hamas claims its leadership survived the strikes on the country's capital, Doha. Where does this leave the ongoing peace process? With Paddy O’Connell.
MPs are jostling for votes as they prepare to crown a new deputy leader. But who will it be? And Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says the UK is heading towards an IMF bailout. With Paddy O’Connell.
Angela Rayner gives up the fight for her job after she's found to have broken the Ministerial Code. As the PM reshuffles, how damaged is his government? With Matt Chorley and Paddy O'Connell.
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.
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner is having to explain how she failed to pay £40,000 in stamp duty. Can she keep her job? With Victoria Derbyshire.
The government's long-term borrowing costs reach a 27-year high. How would new Green Party leader Zack Polanski square that with his party's pledge to increase spending?
Why is Sir Keir Starmer's Downing Street shake-up a big deal? The prime minister says his staff reshuffle will allow him to drive through his priorities. Will it work? With Victoria Derbyshire.
August 2025
Victory for the government over housing refugees at the Bell Hotel, but will it end up feeling like a defeat? And just how controversial is England’s national flag?
Two Green leadership hopefuls debate the issues ahead of the party's leadership election. In which political direction is the party going?
The leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey says he'll boycott President Trump's state visit next month - will others follow suit? With Victoria Derbyshire.
Nigel Farage says the only way to stop the boats is to detain and deport anyone who enters the UK illegally. Is he right? Victoria Derbyshire speaks to Reform's deputy leader Richard Tice.
John Bolton gets raided by the FBI. Who ordered it and why? And Yvette Cooper launches an appeal against the decision to evict asylum seekers from a hotel in Epping. With Nick Watt.
A US congressional committee will finally see Justice Department investigation files relating to the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. What might they reveal? With Nick Watt.
The government is scrambling for migrant housing solutions after the local council in Epping won its case to close the Bell Hotel. Can other councils do the same? With Paddy O'Connell.
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?
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.