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 247 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2025.
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16/12/2025
Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire.
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Health secretary calls this week's resident doctors' strike 'probably the worst thing the [BMA] has done since they marched against the foundation of the NHS in 1948... given the patient safety risks'
'The shadow of war' hangs over Europe - and Britain needs to prepare, warns a government minister about Russia. What does it mean for us all? With Faisal Islam.
The NHS risks collapse if doctors strike during the superflu crisis, so says the health secretary tonight. Is he fighting the flu or the medical profession?
A dramatic escalation of tensions as President Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. Where could this confrontation lead?
How worried should we be by rising cases of the virulent H3N2 flu strain, as people with symptoms are told to wear a mask? We ask to a top virologist.
As European leaders meet in Downing Street to save Ukraine, President Trump hails the idea he's sidelined them. Is Europe now on its own? With Nick Watt.
Donald Trump finally gets his peace prize, from the world of... football. But how does that fit with his military threats to Venezuela? With Matt Chorley.
Vladimir Putin was ultimately responsible for the 2018 Salisbury poisonings that killed Dawn Sturgess, a public inquiry finds.
President Trump has ramped up his threats of military action against drug traffickers in Venezuela, threatening to carry out strikes against them on land.
President Putin warns Europe he is ready for war as he meets Donald Trump's son-in-law in Moscow. Where next for the Ukraine peace process?
President Trump hosts a key meeting on Venezuela as a dozen warships and 15,000 troops mass in the region. Here, the budget fall-out claims its first scalp, but questions remain for the chancellor.
November 2025
Why did Rachel Reeves warn the country to brace for the worst when she knew her figures already added up? And Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana kick off the first conference of their party.
Has the government broken its manifesto on workers' rights? And the culture secretary tells Newsnight that there is a 'problem' with political appointees on the BBC board. With Paddy O'Connell.
What does the budget mean for you, the UK economy, and the positions of the prime minister and chancellor? Newsnight speaks to some of the world's leading economists. With Victoria Derbyshire.
With the Budget just hours away, we look at the economic and political pressures on the government, and some of the announcements likely to be in the speech tomorrow.
President Trump says 'something good may just be happening' with his peace plan for Ukraine, but just who is it good for? With Victoria Derbyshire.
Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, is jailed for corruption over a pro-Russian influence scheme in the European Parliament. How much of a problem is it for Reform UK?
Comments by Democrats on the use of the US military are 'seditious behaviour, punishable by death!', claims President Trump on Truth Social. With Paddy O’Connell.
Is President Trump about to impose a peace plan on Ukraine to end Russia's war in Putin's favour? With Victoria Derbyshire.