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 July 2025.
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14/07/2025
Insights and global interviews on the crucial news stories of the day. With Faisal Islam.
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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.
Reaction to the most high profile Tory defection to Reform yet: former Chairman of the Conservative Party, Sir Jake Berry heads to Nigel Farage's party. With Victoria Derbyshire.
As TV host Gregg Wallace is sacked from MasterChef over alleged misconduct, we ask what it means for the wider industry. We hear from Baroness Kennedy.
In the week of a key Anglo-French summit, Newsnight goes to Calais to see the small-boats situation on the ground. With Keir Starmer's plans under scrutiny, can anything smash the gangs?
The government tells the UK's AI safety institute to refocus on defence, one year into Starmer's premiership, and can Britain rediscover the swagger and optimism of 1997's Britpop summer?
As President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill clears Congress, who are the winners and losers, and why is it such a big deal? Plus, Wes Streeting on his new 10-year plan for the NHS. With Paddy O'Connell.
Will the mood within Labour improve before the party marks one year since returning to power? And verdicts are reached in the trial of rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. With Paddy O’Connell.
After more concessions, the government gets its welfare bill through - but at what cost for the prime minister and his authority? With Victoria Derbyshire.
June 2025
Only a few days after the government announced major concessions to its own Labour MPs, are Sir Keir Starmer's welfare reforms in trouble again tonight? With Victoria Derbyshire.
Keir Starmer marks his first year in office by listing what's gone wrong. As he enters his second year, Newsnight asks a political panel: can things only get better? Matt Chorley presents.
The government strikes a deal with the 127 Labour rebels prepared to oppose the welfare reform bill. But how costly is another U-turn for Labour not yet a year into taking power? With Paddy O’Connell.
The prime minister shrugs off his own MPs' criticisms of his flagship welfare cuts as 'noises off', but can he avoid a further U-turn? Insight and interviews with Faisal Islam.
A Newsnight special on the British nuclear tests scandal in the Pacific in the 1950s and 60s. Also, how unease over the government's benefit cuts has reached the cabinet. With Victoria Derbyshire.
After Iran targets US air bases, President Trump says 'Congratulations World, it's time for peace'. Is this a sign of de-escalation? With Katie Razzall.
MPs vote to allow assisted dying of the terminally ill in a historic vote, but not with the thumping majority that some expected. Does that matter? With Matt Chorley
A government whip quits over disability cuts. How is the PM responding? Also, diplomatic efforts to pre-empt a B2 bomber raid on the key Iranian nuclear facility at Fordow. Paddy O'Connell presents.
"I may do it, I may not do it." President Trump keeps the world guessing as he pressures Tehran to make a nuclear deal. Is he bluffing?
A momentous week in parliament as MPs vote to decriminalise abortion, and a vote expected on assisted dying. And, will the US join Israel's air strikes? With Victoria Derbyshire.