March 1, 2011
John Galliano's anti-Semitic remarks could have turned into a full scale diplomatic crisis. Why? Because, as any fashionista knows...Read more
March 2, 2011
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi have moved into eastern areas for the first time since towns there fell to p...Read more
March 3, 2011
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has been given government approval for its controversial bid to take over BSkyB. The green light...Read more
March 4, 2011
Mishal Husain is presenting tonight and she's been speaking exclusively to Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen about how ...Read more
March 7, 2011
Tonight we have an amazing film from Jackie Long about Sarah Palin. Jackie has been to Alaska and got more than just a quick doors...Read more
March 8, 2011
What are the options for western intervention over Libya? Should we arm the rebels? The idea is being considered by the White Hous...Read more
March 9, 2011
The big hitters in government have appeared before the Defence Select Committee today at a time when it is being asked whether def...Read more
March 10, 2011
Unions have reacted angrily to a major report by Lord Hutton proposing a radical overhaul of public sector pensions which would se...Read more
March 11, 2011
Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami. Tonight our Sc...Read more
March 14, 2011
Engineers are racing to cool down a third reactor at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant, after a second blast rocked the faci...Read more
March 15, 2011
Tonight we're devoting much of the programme to examining the middle class under pressure. For the first time in years this group...Read more
March 16, 2011
The British Foreign Office is now "suggesting that British nationals currently in Tokyo and to the north of Tokyo should consider ...Read more
March 17, 2011
A draft United Nations Security Council resolution is to be put to a vote in New York tonight. If adopted it would authorise a no-...Read more
March 18, 2011
The focus of the programme will be the Libya conflict. Events are moving fast following last night's UN Security Council resolutio...Read more
March 21, 2011
Mark Urban reports on the strength of the coalition against Libya and who is doing what in the operation, and assesses whether Col...Read more
March 22, 2011
Tonight's programme will, unsurprisingly, focus on the conflict in Libya. We'll look at tensions within the hastily assembled mul...Read more
March 23, 2011
Tonight's Newsnight will be on for a full hour - from 10.30pm to 11.30pm - as we pick over the details of what Chancellor George O...Read more
March 24, 2011
Portugal's parliament has rejected an austerity budget, prompting the resignation of Prime Minister Jose Socrates. An internation...Read more
March 25, 2011
We look at what the fresh unrest in Syria and Yemen and the ongoing conflict in Libya means for al-Qaeda and militant Islam, and w...Read more
March 28, 2011
As the rebels continue advancing west in Libya, our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban will bring us up to date on the latest Coalition ...Read more
March 29, 2011
Strikes on Libya will continue until Col Gaddafi meets UN terms, stops attacking civilians and pulls back his forces, the US's Hil...Read more
March 30, 2011
Tim Whewell talks to General Suleiman Mahmoud of the Libyan rebel forces who tells him the rebels need weapons if they are to over...Read more
March 31, 2011
We will take a closer look at Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa's decision to come to the UK - and at the man himself and role...Read more
April 1, 2011
Tim Whewell has managed to secure a rare interview with the Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil. He says they'll accept a ceas...Read more
April 28, 2011
Tonight as President Obama reshuffles his cabinet we look at the implications for the Arab Spring. A battle over defence cuts is ...Read more
April 29, 2011
Friday's nuptials may have meant an extra day off for many, but not for Kirsty Wark who will be presenting a royal wedding edition...Read more
May 3, 2011
Tonight our Diplomatic editor Mark Urban will be asking where the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden by US forces leaves t...Read more
May 4, 2011
We have the second in our series of extraordinary films on the 7/7 terror attacks in London, in which people caught up in the 7/7 ...Read more
May 5, 2011
We have the third in our series of extraordinary films on the 7/7 terror attacks in London, in which people caught up in the bombi...Read more
May 6, 2011
In a special hour-long programme at 10.30pm, we'll be analysing the results of the UK local, Welsh, Scottish and AV polls. Our pol...Read more
May 9, 2011
Nick Clegg has said that protecting the NHS is now his number one priority, claiming that "no bill is better than a bad bill". Mea...Read more
May 10, 2011
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary since the UK coalition government came to power. Tonight, we look at how the relationship be...Read more
May 11, 2011
If it ever came to fruition we are still a long way from Scottish Independence, but if it did happen what would an independent Sco...Read more
May 12, 2011
Tonight on Newsnight we will be joined live in the studio by UK Chancellor George Osborne and French Finance Minister Christine La...Read more
May 13, 2011
Every day this week there seems to have been a big story in the news about the relationship between openness and personal privacy....Read more
May 16, 2011
The head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is appearing in court in New York to face charges of sexual assault. Mr Strauss-Kahn,...Read more
May 17, 2011
What would have happened if Osama Bin Laden had been captured rather than killed? Tonight we'll hear the case against Bin Laden, ...Read more
May 18, 2011
Recent polling by Lord Ashcroft suggested that there is a growing rift between the Conservative party and the public on the issue ...Read more
May 19, 2011
We learned today that the Coalition has decided against introducing a Privacy Act to address concerns about injunctions, and that ...Read more
May 20, 2011
Tonight, we lead on the news that a professional footballer has obtained a disclosure order against the social networking site Twi...Read more
May 23, 2011
An MP has defied the judiciary today by naming Ryan Giggs as the married footballer at the centre of a media gagging order. David...Read more
May 24, 2011
President Barack Obama has met Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace at the start of his state visit to Britain. Later he will have...Read more
May 25, 2011
Barack Obama and David Cameron have said Colonel Gaddafi will ultimately be forced out of power and Libya's people allowed to "cho...Read more
May 26, 2011
Tonight we lead on the news that Ratko Mladic, wanted for genocide during the Bosnian war in the 1990s, has been arrested in Serbi...Read more
May 27, 2011
Sharon Shoesmith, the former director of children's services for Haringey, North London, has won her Court of Appeal battle over h...Read more
May 31, 2011
The Football Association and the Scottish Football Association have called for Fifa to postpone its presidential election. Current...Read more
June 1, 2011
Nato's Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's departure from power is "only a matte...Read more
June 2, 2011
With more doubts raised today on the government's ability to control immigration, one group who are being targeted are students wh...Read more
June 3, 2011
Panorama's programme detailing the abuse of residents in a Bristol care home and the news that Southern Cross has slashed its rent...Read more
June 6, 2011
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded that no changes are needed to UK economic policy. It said weak economic growth...Read more
June 7, 2010
Tonight we're leading on NHS reforms and we'll be hearing from key players in the coalition and public and private health practiti...Read more
June 8, 2011
Richard Watson has the latest on the story that the Crown Prosecution Service has opened an inquiry after claims prosecutors withh...Read more
June 9, 2011
The Crown Prosecution Service has launched an independent inquiry following Newsnight's revelations last night that they didn't di...Read more
June 10, 2011
Tonight we'll be looking at the future of the Labour Party under Ed Miliband. How is he shaping up as a leader and what are his pl...Read more
June 13, 2011
Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates has pledged $1bn to help vaccinate children around the world against preventable diseases like pneumon...Read more
June 14, 2011
The government has agreed to make the main changes to its controversial NHS reforms in England that were recommended by an indepen...Read more
June 15, 2011
Which will have a bigger impact on the 21st Century, the global financial crisis or the Arab Spring? And can the events even be se...Read more
June 16, 2011
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is set to announce a new cabinet amid tough austerity measures, as MPs from his party conve...Read more
June 17, 2011
Paul Mason is still in Greece this morning and is out and about gauging response to Prime Minister George Papandreou's attempt to ...Read more
June 20, 2011
Tonight on the programme we have an exclusive report from inside Syria by one of our reporters, who has just returned from a week ...Read more
June 21, 2011
Tonight Sue Lloyd-Roberts goes undercover in the Syrian capital Damascus to speak to opposition activists there about the anti-gov...Read more
June 22, 2011
Tonight we'll be hearing testimony from the British Syrian commnunity who say that protesters outside the embassy in London are be...Read more
June 23, 2011
Michael Crick is in Brussels for us tonight where the threat of a Greek debt default undermining the euro is overshadowing an EU s...Read more
June 24, 2011
Tonight, we have an exclusive with hacking collective LulzSec, who have been explaining their agenda to Susan Watts. And off the ...Read more
June 27, 2011
Tonight David Grossman will be asking where public opinion is on the planned strikes over pensions that are due to take place on T...Read more
June 28, 2011
A planned shake-up of higher education in England, being set out to MPs, aims to increase competition and give consumer powers to ...Read more
June 29, 2011
Greek MPs have voted in favour of unpopular austerity measures aimed at saving the country from defaulting on its debt. So is tha...Read more
June 30, 2011
Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers have gone on strike across the UK over planned pension changes. Tonight David Gros...Read more
July 1, 2011
On the day that the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari meets Prime Minister David Cameron, Richard Watson considers how secure P...Read more
July 4, 2011
In a special edition of Newsnight tonight we're exploring different attitudes towards the notions of Britishness and national iden...Read more
May 7, 2011
Tonight on Newsnight, Richard Watson has new information on the latest hacking allegations being laid at the News of the World's d...Read more
July 6, 2011
Are the News of the World phone hacking allegations the equivalent for journalists of the MPs expenses scandal and a watershed mom...Read more
July 7, 2011
This Sunday's issue of the News of the World will be the last edition of the paper, News International has said. Will the bombshe...Read more
July 8, 2011
On Newsnight tonight we ask if this is a watershed moment for British journalism with guests including writer Will Self, Heat maga...Read more
July 11, 2011
Another day of fast moving developments on the News of the World hacking story as Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says he is seeking...Read more
July 12, 2011
More on the hacking story tonight, as senior Metropolitan police officers tell MPs News International deliberately tried to thwart...Read more
July 13, 2011
Jeremy Paxman will be joined tonight by a live studio audience, all of whom describe themselves as 'undecided voters'. He'll be a...Read more
July 14, 2011
Tonight on Newsnight with Kirsty Wark we have an exclusive interview with His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaz...Read more
July 18, 2011
The fallout from the phone hacking scandal continues and tonight we'll have the very latest on the events of the day. Met Police ...Read more
July 19, 2011
Rupert Murdoch has said he was "appalled and ashamed" to learn that the phone of Milly Dowler had been hacked by the News of the W...Read more
July 20, 2011
Prime Minister David Cameron has said that "with hindsight" he would not have hired ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson as hi...Read more
July 21, 2011
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have hammered out a common position on the euro debt crisis a...Read more
July 22, 2011
Coming up at 2230 on BBC Two, new allegations about phone hacking at a weekend tabloid - which suggests illegal practices weren't ...Read more
July 25, 2011
Norwegian police are investigating claims by Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted carrying out Friday's twin attacks in Norway...Read more
July 26, 2011
Growth in the UK economy slowed in the three months to 30 June, partly because of the extra bank holiday in April, and also due to...Read more
July 27, 2011
Tonight, we take another look at the situation in Libya. While Libyan rebels remain locked in battle with pro-Gaddafi forces, the ...Read more
July 28, 2011
On tonight's programme, Paul Mason retraces the epic journey from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to the Californian promised land taken by...Read more
July 29, 2011
Two newspapers have been fined a total of £68,000 for breaking the law when reporting the investigation into landscape architect J...Read more
August 2, 2011
Syrian forces are pushing towards the centre of the town of Hama as they continue an offensive in which scores of people have died...Read more
August 3, 2011
Tonight, we will be leading on our exclusive report on fresh allegations of phone-hacking at Mirror Group Newspapers. Heather Mil...Read more
August 4, 2011
Newsnight tonight investigates allegations that billions of dollars of long-term development aid money is being used as a tool of ...Read more
August 5, 2011
Just five days ago, international investors were considering the possibility that the US government might default on its debt. Tha...Read more
August 8, 2011
Home Secretary Theresa May is meeting police chiefs about rioting in London with new violence erupting in Hackney. Skirmishes bro...Read more
August 9, 2011
Some 16,000 officers are policing London's streets after three days of violence, with rioters warned they will feel the "full forc...Read more
August 10, 2011
David Cameron said this morning that parts of Britain are not just broken but "sick". Tonight we will discuss whether he is right ...Read more
August 11, 2011
Tonight we will report on the emergency parliamentary session, which was called in response to the riots. Will the debate and the...Read more
August 12, 2011
David Grossman will be bringing us the news of the day and will be looking back at what's been a tumultuous week of rioting in Eng...Read more
August 15, 2011
Tackling the "broken society" is back on the agenda following last week's riots. David Grossman reports tonight as Cameron and Mil...Read more
August 16, 2011
MPs have today released a letter from a journalist jailed for phone hacking, former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman, ...Read more
August 17, 2011
Tonight we lead on the surprise rise in UK unemployment, which rose in the three months to June, by 38,000 to 2.49 million, offici...Read more
August 18, 2011
Stock markets have seen falls of about 5%, and some bank shares have plunged 10%, as the negative mood which has caused recent tur...Read more
August 19, 2011
Tonight we will be looking at the attack on the British Council office in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in which armed insurgents sei...Read more
August 22, 2011
Robin Denselow will have the latest on the battle for control of Tripoli, where troops loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi are battling r...Read more
August 23, 2011
The battle for Tripoli seems to be in its final stages tonight, with rebels taking over Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's fortified compou...Read more
August 24, 2011
The situation in Libya remains chaotic with Tripoli seeing running battles between rebel fighters and Gaddafi loyalists, new Nato ...Read more
August 25, 2011
"I was buzzing me, just smashing windows and police cars and stuff... a big massive buzz." Tonight we have a film from Donal MacI...Read more
August 26, 2011
Tonight we will have the latest on Libya from our correspondent Tim Whewell, who is currently in Benghazi, which for now remains h...Read more
August 30, 2011
Seven people have been shot dead by security forces during anti-government protests in Syria at the start of the festival of Eid a...Read more
August 31, 2011
Paul Mason will report on the shake-up of British banks, which government sources have indicated may not come into force for sever...Read more
September 1, 2011
Senior diplomats are meeting in Paris for a major international conference on Libya's future. What should that future look like, a...Read more
September 2, 2011
Tonight we look into the rendition claims made by a Libyan rebel military commander, which if true would suggest a closer than exp...Read more
September 5, 2011
Tonight on Newsnight Richard Watson examines if Britain was turning a blind eye to maltreatment and colluding with the Gaddafi reg...Read more
September 6, 2011
Ken Clarke has blamed a "broken penal system" for the riots that erupted across England last month. Writing in the Guardian, he s...Read more
September 7, 2011
Tonight we report on the growing global currency war, which escalated dramatically yesterday after Switzerland stepped in to weake...Read more
September 8, 2011
Is the tail wagging the dog? Tonight we assess the claim that the Liberal Democrats are exercising too much control over the gover...Read more
September 9, 2011
Tonight Kirsty Wark presents an hour-long special on the 10 years since the 9/11 terror attacks live from New York. We will be he...Read more
September 13, 2011
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to calm nerves over a possible Greek default, warning of a domino effect if Greece fail...Read more
September 14, 2011
The leaders of Greece, France and Germany will have a phone conference this evening as they seek to find a way to contain the spir...Read more
September 15, 2011
Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures show that a quarter of those charged over last month's riots had committed more than 10 past off...Read more
September 16, 2011
Last night on Newsnight former chancellor Ken Clarke said that political leadership in Washington and Western Europe has suffered ...Read more
September 19, 2011
Tonight's Newsnight comes live from Birmingham where the Liberal Democrats' 2011 conference is in full swing. Iain Watson will be...Read more
September 20, 2011
Paul Mason is in Athens today. Tonight he will bring us the latest on the crisis in the eurozone and Greek attempts to avoid a deb...Read more
September 21, 2011
Tonight Iain Watson is doing our lead story on growth and will be asking if the government is wobbling on Plan A, and if the gover...Read more
September 22, 2011
There's quite a lot of sport planned for this evening's Newsnight, including from the BBC's Sports Editor David Bond who'll be tel...Read more
September 23, 2011
Our Economics editor Paul Mason has just arrived back from Greece, and tonight he will have the latest on the economic crisis both...Read more
September 26, 2011
Tonight Paul Mason will have the latest on the eurozone rescue plan, which is reported to be taking shape in Washington, analysis ...Read more
September 27, 2011
Kirsty will be joined by a live studio audience at the Labour Conference in Liverpool tonight, where their leader Ed Miliband deli...Read more
September 28, 2011
On tonight's Newsnight Paul Mason will be asking whether Europe and the world banking system is on the edge of catastrophe. He'll ...Read more
September 29, 2011
A large majority in Germany's parliament has approved new powers for the EU's main bailout fund, despite opposition from some memb...Read more
September 30, 2011
In our final edition of the week, Andrew Verity will be asking what if anything is wrong with the predatory capitalism that Ed Mil...Read more
October 3, 2011
Tonight's programme will come from the Tory party conference in Manchester, where Jeremy Paxman will be joined by an audience of c...Read more
October 4, 2011
Jeremy is in Manchester tonight with all the action and analysis from the third day of the Conservative Party conference. There ha...Read more
October 5, 2011
David Cameron re-wrote his conference speech at the last minute to omit a call on households to pay off their credit cards. Tonigh...Read more
October 6, 2011
The Bank of England has said it will inject a further £75bn into the economy through quantitative easing (QE), the first time it h...Read more
October 7, 2011
Moody's has downgraded the credit rating of 12 UK financial firms including Lloyds TSB, RBS, Nationwide and Santander UK amid conc...Read more
October 10, 2011
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has told MPs that he met his friend Adam Werritty 22 times at the Ministry of Defence and 18 times on f...Read more
October 11, 2011
David Cameron says he wants his to be "the greenest government ever", but last week Chancellor George Osborne sparked anger among ...Read more
October 12, 2010
UK unemployment has risen to a 17-year high of 2.57 million, according to official figures. Tonight Joe Lynam will give us his tak...Read more
October 13, 2010
The independent watchdog for health and social care says a fifth of NHS hospitals are breaking the law, when it comes to properly ...Read more
October 14, 2011
The news that Liam Fox has resigned as defence secretary has changed our plans for the programme. We will no longer be running a p...Read more