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 October 2025.
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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.
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Has Sir Keir Starmer silenced his critics by taking the fight to Reform, and what's next? Newsnight looks at the prime minister’s speech and his pledge for patriotic 'national renewal'.
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29/09/2025
Insights and global interviews on the crucial news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire.
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? With Paddy O'Connell.
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.
The Ukranian president warns the United Nations that Putin must be stopped or their war will spread. But who can do that? With Victoria Derbyshire.
President Trump suddenly announces that he thinks Ukraine can win back all its land taken by Russia, weeks after suggesting it would have to cede some of its land to get peace.
President Trump urges pregnant women to stop taking paracetamol as he links the drug to autism in children. With Victoria Derbyshire.
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?
Day two of the President Trump's state visit. Putin, Gaza, Mandelson and even Jimmy Kimmel are on the agenda for Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer. With Victoria Derbyshire.
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.
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? With Paddy O’Connell.
President Trump likes to back winners, but some Labour MPs call Sir Keir Starmer an electoral loser. So how does the PM maintain his own special relationship with the president?
At the end of another bad week for Keir Starmer, his backbenchers ask whether he can survive to the next election. With Matt Chorley.
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.