Newsnight

John Galliano's anti-Semitic remarks could have turned into a full scale diplomatic crisis. Why? Because, as any fashionista knows, Dior - …

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi have moved into eastern areas for the first time since towns there fell to protesters…

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has been given government approval for its controversial bid to take over BSkyB. The green light follows …

Mishal Husain is presenting tonight and she's been speaking exclusively to Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen about how his organ…

Tonight we have an amazing film from Jackie Long about Sarah Palin. Jackie has been to Alaska and got more than just a quick doorstep inter…

What are the options for western intervention over Libya? Should we arm the rebels? The idea is being considered by the White House but how…

The big hitters in government have appeared before the Defence Select Committee today at a time when it is being asked whether defence cuts…

Unions have reacted angrily to a major report by Lord Hutton proposing a radical overhaul of public sector pensions which would see million…

Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami. Tonight our Science edi…

Engineers are racing to cool down a third reactor at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant, after a second blast rocked the facility. To…

Tonight we're devoting much of the programme to examining the middle class under pressure. For the first time in years this group - who ha…

The British Foreign Office is now "suggesting that British nationals currently in Tokyo and to the north of Tokyo should consider leaving t…

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-fly zone …

The focus of the programme will be the Libya conflict. Events are moving fast following last night's UN Security Council resolution authori…

Mark Urban reports on the strength of the coalition against Libya and who is doing what in the operation, and assesses whether Colonel Muam…

Tonight's programme will, unsurprisingly, focus on the conflict in Libya. We'll look at tensions within the hastily assembled multi-nation…

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 Osborne an…

Portugal's parliament has rejected an austerity budget, prompting the resignation of Prime Minister Jose Socrates. An international bail-o…

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 what used …

As the rebels continue advancing west in Libya, our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban will bring us up to date on the latest Coalition air raids…

Strikes on Libya will continue until Col Gaddafi meets UN terms, stops attacking civilians and pulls back his forces, the US's Hillary Clin…

Tim Whewell talks to General Suleiman Mahmoud of the Libyan rebel forces who tells him the rebels need weapons if they are to overthrow Col…

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 he playe…

Tim Whewell has managed to secure a rare interview with the Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil. He says they'll accept a ceasefire if …

Tonight as President Obama reshuffles his cabinet we look at the implications for the Arab Spring. A battle over defence cuts is expected …

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 of Newsn…

Tonight our Diplomatic editor Mark Urban will be asking where the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden by US forces leaves the war on…

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 terror bo…

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 bombings recou…

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 political ed…

Nick Clegg has said that protecting the NHS is now his number one priority, claiming that "no bill is better than a bad bill". Meanwhile, o…

Tomorrow marks the first anniversary since the UK coalition government came to power. Tonight, we look at how the relationship between the…

If it ever came to fruition we are still a long way from Scottish Independence, but if it did happen what would an independent Scotland loo…

Tonight on Newsnight we will be joined live in the studio by UK Chancellor George Osborne and French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as …

Every day this week there seems to have been a big story in the news about the relationship between openness and personal privacy. Tonight…

The head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is appearing in court in New York to face charges of sexual assault. Mr Strauss-Kahn, who had …

What would have happened if Osama Bin Laden had been captured rather than killed? Tonight we'll hear the case against Bin Laden, and we'll…

Recent polling by Lord Ashcroft suggested that there is a growing rift between the Conservative party and the public on the issue of crime.…

We learned today that the Coalition has decided against introducing a Privacy Act to address concerns about injunctions, and that hot topic…

Tonight, we lead on the news that a professional footballer has obtained a disclosure order against the social networking site Twitter. Th…

An MP has defied the judiciary today by naming Ryan Giggs as the married footballer at the centre of a media gagging order. David Cameron …

President Barack Obama has met Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace at the start of his state visit to Britain. Later he will have a brief …

Barack Obama and David Cameron have said Colonel Gaddafi will ultimately be forced out of power and Libya's people allowed to "choose their…

Tonight we lead on the news that Ratko Mladic, wanted for genocide during the Bosnian war in the 1990s, has been arrested in Serbia and tha…

Sharon Shoesmith, the former director of children's services for Haringey, North London, has won her Court of Appeal battle over her sackin…

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

Nato's Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's departure from power is "only a matter of time…

With more doubts raised today on the government's ability to control immigration, one group who are being targeted are students who wish to…

Panorama's programme detailing the abuse of residents in a Bristol care home and the news that Southern Cross has slashed its rent payments…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded that no changes are needed to UK economic policy. It said weak economic growth and risi…

Tonight we're leading on NHS reforms and we'll be hearing from key players in the coalition and public and private health practitioners. T…

Richard Watson has the latest on the story that the Crown Prosecution Service has opened an inquiry after claims prosecutors withheld under…

The Crown Prosecution Service has launched an independent inquiry following Newsnight's revelations last night that they didn't disclose ma…

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 plans for t…

Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates has pledged $1bn to help vaccinate children around the world against preventable diseases like pneumonia. He's…

The government has agreed to make the main changes to its controversial NHS reforms in England that were recommended by an independent revi…

Which will have a bigger impact on the 21st Century, the global financial crisis or the Arab Spring? And can the events even be separated o…

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is set to announce a new cabinet amid tough austerity measures, as MPs from his party convene an eme…

Paul Mason is still in Greece this morning and is out and about gauging response to Prime Minister George Papandreou's attempt to push thro…

Tonight on the programme we have an exclusive report from inside Syria by one of our reporters, who has just returned from a week undercove…

Tonight Sue Lloyd-Roberts goes undercover in the Syrian capital Damascus to speak to opposition activists there about the anti-government p…

Tonight we'll be hearing testimony from the British Syrian commnunity who say that protesters outside the embassy in London are being threa…

Michael Crick is in Brussels for us tonight where the threat of a Greek debt default undermining the euro is overshadowing an EU summit. P…

Tonight, we have an exclusive with hacking collective LulzSec, who have been explaining their agenda to Susan Watts. And off the back of t…

Tonight David Grossman will be asking where public opinion is on the planned strikes over pensions that are due to take place on Thursday, …

A planned shake-up of higher education in England, being set out to MPs, aims to increase competition and give consumer powers to students.…

Greek MPs have voted in favour of unpopular austerity measures aimed at saving the country from defaulting on its debt. So is that the end…

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers have gone on strike across the UK over planned pension changes. Tonight David Grossman, who…

On the day that the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari meets Prime Minister David Cameron, Richard Watson considers how secure Pakistan's…

In a special edition of Newsnight tonight we're exploring different attitudes towards the notions of Britishness and national identity, and…

Tonight on Newsnight, Richard Watson has new information on the latest hacking allegations being laid at the News of the World's door. We …

Are the News of the World phone hacking allegations the equivalent for journalists of the MPs expenses scandal and a watershed moment for t…

This Sunday's issue of the News of the World will be the last edition of the paper, News International has said. Will the bombshell announ…

On Newsnight tonight we ask if this is a watershed moment for British journalism with guests including writer Will Self, Heat magazine's Bo…

Another day of fast moving developments on the News of the World hacking story as Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says he is seeking fresh ad…

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

Jeremy Paxman will be joined tonight by a live studio audience, all of whom describe themselves as 'undecided voters'. He'll be asking the…

Tonight on Newsnight with Kirsty Wark we have an exclusive interview with His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud…

The fallout from the phone hacking scandal continues and tonight we'll have the very latest on the events of the day. Met Police Assistant…

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 World whil…

Prime Minister David Cameron has said that "with hindsight" he would not have hired ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his communi…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have hammered out a common position on the euro debt crisis ahead of a…

Coming up at 2230 on BBC Two, new allegations about phone hacking at a weekend tabloid - which suggests illegal practices weren't just rife…

Norwegian police are investigating claims by Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted carrying out Friday's twin attacks in Norway, that he…

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 some oth…

Tonight, we take another look at the situation in Libya. While Libyan rebels remain locked in battle with pro-Gaddafi forces, the UK steps …

On tonight's programme, Paul Mason retraces the epic journey from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to the Californian promised land taken by migrant …

Two newspapers have been fined a total of £68,000 for breaking the law when reporting the investigation into landscape architect Jo Yeates'…

Syrian forces are pushing towards the centre of the town of Hama as they continue an offensive in which scores of people have died. Tim Whe…

Tonight, we will be leading on our exclusive report on fresh allegations of phone-hacking at Mirror Group Newspapers. Heather Mills has to…

Newsnight tonight investigates allegations that billions of dollars of long-term development aid money is being used as a tool of political…

Just five days ago, international investors were considering the possibility that the US government might default on its debt. That fear ha…

Home Secretary Theresa May is meeting police chiefs about rioting in London with new violence erupting in Hackney. Skirmishes broke out be…

Some 16,000 officers are policing London's streets after three days of violence, with rioters warned they will feel the "full force of the …

David Cameron said this morning that parts of Britain are not just broken but "sick". Tonight we will discuss whether he is right and if so…

Tonight we will report on the emergency parliamentary session, which was called in response to the riots. Will the debate and the measures…

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 English citi…

Tackling the "broken society" is back on the agenda following last week's riots. David Grossman reports tonight as Cameron and Miliband dra…

MPs have today released a letter from a journalist jailed for phone hacking, former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman, alleging …

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, official figure…

Stock markets have seen falls of about 5%, and some bank shares have plunged 10%, as the negative mood which has caused recent turmoil take…

Tonight we will be looking at the attack on the British Council office in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in which armed insurgents seized contr…

The battle for Tripoli seems to be in its final stages tonight, with rebels taking over Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's fortified compound in the…

The situation in Libya remains chaotic with Tripoli seeing running battles between rebel fighters and Gaddafi loyalists, new Nato air strik…

"I was buzzing me, just smashing windows and police cars and stuff... a big massive buzz." Tonight we have a film from Donal MacIntyre who…

Tonight we will have the latest on Libya from our correspondent Tim Whewell, who is currently in Benghazi, which for now remains home to th…

Seven people have been shot dead by security forces during anti-government protests in Syria at the start of the festival of Eid al-Fitr, a…

Paul Mason will report on the shake-up of British banks, which government sources have indicated may not come into force for several years.…

Senior diplomats are meeting in Paris for a major international conference on Libya's future. What should that future look like, and will t…

Tonight we look into the rendition claims made by a Libyan rebel military commander, which if true would suggest a closer than expected rel…

Tonight on Newsnight Richard Watson examines if Britain was turning a blind eye to maltreatment and colluding with the Gaddafi regime to ar…

Ken Clarke has blamed a "broken penal system" for the riots that erupted across England last month. Writing in the Guardian, he said the "…

Tonight we report on the growing global currency war, which escalated dramatically yesterday after Switzerland stepped in to weaken the fra…

Is the tail wagging the dog? Tonight we assess the claim that the Liberal Democrats are exercising too much control over the government on …

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 hearing fro…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to calm nerves over a possible Greek default, warning of a domino effect if Greece fails and exi…

The leaders of Greece, France and Germany will have a phone conference this evening as they seek to find a way to contain the spiralling de…

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures show that a quarter of those charged over last month's riots had committed more than 10 past offences, wh…

Last night on Newsnight former chancellor Ken Clarke said that political leadership in Washington and Western Europe has suffered "paralysi…

Tonight's Newsnight comes live from Birmingham where the Liberal Democrats' 2011 conference is in full swing. Iain Watson will be reportin…

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 debt default…

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 governor of th…

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 telling us f…

Our Economics editor Paul Mason has just arrived back from Greece, and tonight he will have the latest on the economic crisis both there an…

Tonight Paul Mason will have the latest on the eurozone rescue plan, which is reported to be taking shape in Washington, analysis of what i…

Kirsty will be joined by a live studio audience at the Labour Conference in Liverpool tonight, where their leader Ed Miliband delivered a s…

On tonight's Newsnight Paul Mason will be asking whether Europe and the world banking system is on the edge of catastrophe. He'll look at f…

A large majority in Germany's parliament has approved new powers for the EU's main bailout fund, despite opposition from some members of th…

In our final edition of the week, Andrew Verity will be asking what if anything is wrong with the predatory capitalism that Ed Miliband cal…

Tonight's programme will come from the Tory party conference in Manchester, where Jeremy Paxman will be joined by an audience of conference…

Jeremy is in Manchester tonight with all the action and analysis from the third day of the Conservative Party conference. There has been a …

David Cameron re-wrote his conference speech at the last minute to omit a call on households to pay off their credit cards. Tonight Newsnig…

The Bank of England has said it will inject a further £75bn into the economy through quantitative easing (QE), the first time it has added …

Moody's has downgraded the credit rating of 12 UK financial firms including Lloyds TSB, RBS, Nationwide and Santander UK amid concerns that…

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 foreign tr…

David Cameron says he wants his to be "the greenest government ever", but last week Chancellor George Osborne sparked anger among environme…

UK unemployment has risen to a 17-year high of 2.57 million, according to official figures. Tonight Joe Lynam will give us his take on thos…

The independent watchdog for health and social care says a fifth of NHS hospitals are breaking the law, when it comes to properly feeding a…

The news that Liam Fox has resigned as defence secretary has changed our plans for the programme. We will no longer be running a piece on h…