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01/03/2011
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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

02/03/2011
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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

03/03/2011
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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

04/03/2011
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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

07/03/2011
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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

08/03/2011
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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

09/03/2011
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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

10/03/2011
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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

11/03/2011
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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

14/03/2011
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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

15/03/2011
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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

16/03/2011
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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

17/03/2011
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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

18/03/2011
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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

21/03/2011
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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

22/03/2011
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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

23/03/2011
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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

24/03/2011
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March 24, 2011

Portugal's parliament has rejected an austerity budget, prompting the resignation of Prime Minister Jose Socrates. An internation...Read more

25/03/2011
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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

28/03/2011
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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

29/03/2011
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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

30/03/2011
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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

31/03/2011
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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

01/04/2011
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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

28/04/2011
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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

Royal Wedding Special
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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

03/05/2011
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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

04/05/2011
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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

05/05/2011
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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

06/05/2011
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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

09/05/2011
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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

10/05/2011
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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

11/05/2011
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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

12/05/2011
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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

13/05/2011
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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

16/05/2011
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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

17/05/2011
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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

18/05/2011
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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

19/05/2011
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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

20/05/2011
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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

23/05/2011
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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

24/05/2011
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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

25/05/2011
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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

26/05/2011
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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

27/05/2011
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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

31/05/2011
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May 31, 2011

The Football Association and the Scottish Football Association have called for Fifa to postpone its presidential election. Current...Read more

01/06/2011
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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

02/06/2011
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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

03/06/2011
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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

06/06/2011
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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

07/06/2011
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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

08/06/2011
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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

09/06/2011
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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

10/06/2011
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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

13/06/2011
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June 13, 2011

Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates has pledged $1bn to help vaccinate children around the world against preventable diseases like pneumon...Read more

14/06/2011
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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

15/06/2011
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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

16/06/2011
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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

17/06/2011
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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

20/06/2011
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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

21/06/2011
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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

22/06/2011
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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

23/06/2011
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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

24/06/2011
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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

27/06/2011
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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

28/06/2011
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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

29/06/2011
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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

30/06/2011
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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

01/07/2011
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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

Scottish Independence
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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

05/07/2011
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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

06/07/2011
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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

07/07/2011
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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

08/07/2011
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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

11/07/2011
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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

12/07/2011
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July 12, 2011

More on the hacking story tonight, as senior Metropolitan police officers tell MPs News International deliberately tried to thwart...Read more

13/07/2011
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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

14/07/2011
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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

18/07/2011
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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

19/07/2011
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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

20/07/2011
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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

21/07/2011
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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

22/07/2011
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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

25/07/2011
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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

26/07/2011
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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

27/07/2011
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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

28/07/2011
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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

29/07/2011
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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

02/08/2011
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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

03/08/2011
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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

04/08/2011
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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

05/08/2011
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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

08/08/2011
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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

09/08/2011
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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

10/08/2011
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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

11/08/2011
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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

12/08/2011
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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

15/08/2011
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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

16/08/2011
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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

17/08/2011
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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

18/08/2011
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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

19/08/2011
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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

22/08/2011
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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

23/08/2011
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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

24/08/2011
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August 24, 2011

The situation in Libya remains chaotic with Tripoli seeing running battles between rebel fighters and Gaddafi loyalists, new Nato ...Read more

25/08/2011
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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

26/08/2011
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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

30/08/2011
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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

31/08/2011
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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

01/09/2011
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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

02/09/2011
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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

05/09/2011
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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

06/09/2011
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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

07/09/2011
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September 7, 2011

Tonight we report on the growing global currency war, which escalated dramatically yesterday after Switzerland stepped in to weake...Read more

08/09/2011
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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

09/09/2011
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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

13/09/2011
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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

14/09/2011
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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

15/09/2011
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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

16/09/2011
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September 16, 2011

Last night on Newsnight former chancellor Ken Clarke said that political leadership in Washington and Western Europe has suffered ...Read more

19/09/2011
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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

20/09/2011
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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

21/09/2011
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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

22/09/2011
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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

23/09/2011
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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

26/09/2011
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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

27/09/2011
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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

28/09/2011
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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

29/09/2011
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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

30/09/2011
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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

03/10/2011
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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

04/10/2011
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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

05/10/2011
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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

06/10/2011
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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

07/10/2011
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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

10/10/2011
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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

11/10/2011
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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

12/10/2011
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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

13/10/2011
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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

14/10/2011
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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