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PM's Brexit offer: 'This might be last chance for a deal' - BBC Newsnight
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- PM's Brexit offer: 'This might be last chance for a deal' - BBC Newsnight
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- 9:04
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Boris Johnson's Brexit plan, which includes plans to replace the Irish backstop, has been delivered to the EU.
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Chairman of the ERG Steve Baker - who voted against Theresa May's Brexit deal three times - says the government's latest Brexit proposals "have a chance" and could result in a deal he "could proudly vote for".
The Conservative MP says the government will not ask for an extension beyond the 31 October Brexit deadline, even if it were to get the deal passed.
Mr Baker tells Emma Barnett that having had conversations with ministers, he is "clear" they have a way to legally leave the EU without a deal, despite the Benn Act which forces the government to ask for an extension to the Brexit deadline.
Under the law - designed to stop Boris Johnson pushing through a no-deal Brexit on 31 October - the prime minister is required to request a three-month Brexit delay by 19 October...
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- Brexit proposals: Jonathan Powell on NI backstop and ‘identity’ - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:46
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The government's final Brexit proposals will include customs checks on the island of Ireland.
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Jonathan Powell, former chief of staff to Tony Blair and one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement, speaks to Emily Maitlis about how the ability to feel Irish or British or both "will be destroyed” if a customs border is put in in Northern Ireland.
#Brexit
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- Hong Kong: Violence intensifies as protester shot by police - BBC Newsnight
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- 12:40
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- An activist involved in anti-government protests in Hong Kong has been shot in the chest by police during a clash.
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The protester was shot as thousands of people demonstrated in defiance of a protest ban for the 70th anniversary of Communist rule in China. Though people have been shot by rubber bullets in previous protests, this is the first injury from a live round.
In the Chinese capital Beijing, 15,000 soldiers paraded with advanced military hardware to mark the anniversary.
Nearly four months of protests in Hong Kong have challenged Chinese President Xi Jinping's vision of national unity.
International editor Gabriel Gatehouse and cameraman Jack Garland report from Hong Kong. In the studio Emily Maitlis is joined by MP Bob Seely and Steve Tsang, director of the China institute at SOAS.
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- Conservative conference: Nicky Morgan defends Boris Johnson - BBC Newsnight
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- 8:06
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- As the Conservative Party conference begins, shrouded by allegations against the prime minister, Emily Maitlis sits down with Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
#Brexit #CPC19
Nicky Morgan once said she would refuse to serve in a Boris Johnson government. She was an outspoken critic of a no-deal Brexit, one of 14 Tories to vote against it.
She called proroguing parliament madness and swore to actively campaign against anyone who voted against the withdrawal agreement.
Now, she’s the culture secretary who believes in Brexit whatever the cost.
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- Brexit: Could Scotland back independence to stay in the EU? - BBC Newsnight
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- 7:47
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Newsnight explores how #Brexit could impact the union between Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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#IndyRef2
Newsnight begins a series looking at the four corners of the UK and exploring how questions of identity and nationhood are being shaken and reshaped by the EU referendum result.
UK editor Katie Razzall reports from Scotland.
Produced by Mihret Yohannes.
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- Nish Kumar on Naga Munchetty BBC racism row – BBC Newsnight
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- 4:20
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The BBC has said it is not impartial on racism, after a backlash over its decision to uphold a complaint against BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty was found by the BBC's Editorial Complaints Unit to have breached the corporation's guidelines by criticising US President Donald Trump's motives after he said four female politicians should "go back" to "places from which they came".
The corporation said its editorial guidelines "do not allow for journalists to... give their opinions about the individual making the remarks or their motives for doing so - in this case President Trump".
Munchetty was not found in breach for "calling out racist comments, which is perfectly acceptable where things are clearly framed in racist language", the BBC's head of editorial standards has said.
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- Has British politics gone beyond satire? - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:12
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Has politics gone beyond parody?
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If so, spare a thought for the cartoonists, who are supposed to lampoon it all.
Gerald Scarfe documented the foibles and failings of our leaders for 50 years in a weekly cartoon for the Sunday Times newspaper.
In a new memoir, ‘A Long Drawn Out Trip’, he reflects on taking a razor-sharp nib to the political class. He talks to our culture correspondent Stephen Smith.
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- Is Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy damaging the Conservative Party? - BBC Newsnight
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- 15:22
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Former Conservative Prime Minister John Major has said Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy is "profoundly un-Conservative". But is it doing permanent damage to the Tories?
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Boris Johnson has been heavily criticised for the language he has used in the House of Commons. The prime minister has also been urged to apologise after he said the best way to honour Jo Cox, the MP murdered during the EU referendum campaign, was to "get Brexit done".
Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell, expelled Conservative MP Dominic Grieve and The Brexit Party’s Ann Widdecombe - all once members of the same party - join Mark Urban.
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- Parliament hits boiling point over Brexit - BBC Newsnight
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- 17:43
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- MPs have engaged in angry exchanges over the government's unlawful decision to suspend Parliament - but where do the rowdy scenes and angry exchanges in the Commons leave us?
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MPs have returned to work after the Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks was unlawful. Boris Johnson told MPs the Supreme Court was "wrong" to make a judgement on a political matter.
Despite calls for the prime minister to moderate his language during the heated Commons debate, Boris Johnson refused despite criticism from MPs.
Emily Maitlis is joined by Conservative MP and leading Brexiteer Bernard Jenkin, the Lib Dem's Layla Moran, Labour's Barry Gardiner and the former Conservative MP Antoinette Sandbach.
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- President Trump: Will Ukraine transcript lead to impeachment? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 11:42
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The US Democratic Party has begun a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over allegations that he pressured a foreign power to damage a political rival. But will Donald Trump be impeached?
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The high-stakes move by House Speaker Ms Pelosi, prompted by allegations that Mr Trump pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate his leading political rival Joe Biden, lays the groundwork for a potentially hugely consequential confrontation between Democrats and the president ahead of the 2020 election.
US correspondent David Grossman reports and Emily Maitlis is joined by former White House director of communications Anthony Scaramucci and the Republican National Committee's national spokesperson Liz Harrington.
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- Supreme Court ruling: What now for Boris Johnson? - BBC Newsnight
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- 11:02
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled.
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Judges have said it was wrong for the prime minister to suspend parliament and stop MPs carrying out duties in the run-up to the Brexit deadline on 31 October.
Boris Johnson, who has faced calls to resign, said he "profoundly disagreed" with the ruling but would "respect" it.
In the studio Emily Maitlis is joined by Dinah Rose QC, a barrister specialising in public law and human rights, and the SNP's Joanna Cherry QC.
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- Labour conference: Keir Starmer 'disappointed' by Brexit vote - BBC Newsnight
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- 10:28
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The shadow Brexit secretary joins Emily Maitlis on the third day of the Labour Party Conference. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
Keir Starmer tells Newsnight he is "disappointed" by the outcome of a vote which saw Labour members decide against committing the party to back Remain in a future referendum on Brexit.
Joining Emily Maitlis at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, Keir Starmer said there would be another public vote on Brexit within six months of a Labour government, with both Remain and a "credible" Leave option on the ballot.
He also discusses privilege, after members voted to commit the party to integrate private schools into the state sector.
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- Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on the battle of the streaming giants – BBC Newsnight
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- 5:20
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Netflix CEO Reed Hastings sits down with Kirsty Wark.
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After losing subscribers for the first time in July this year, Netflix has announced a £400m investment in British productions as it gears up for a battle against a plethora of well-funded new rivals.
But will that be enough?
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- Global Climate Strike: Millions protest around the world - BBC Newsnight
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- 13:47
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Millions of people - overwhelmingly children and teenagers – have taken to the streets around the globe, calling on their governments to take serious action to tackle climate change.
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The climate strike rallies have been led by schoolchildren and was sparked by campaigner Greta Thunberg - the Swedish teenager who inspired a global climate movement with her solitary protests last year.
Protesters across continents waved placards and chanted slogans in what could be the biggest ever demonstration over global warming caused by humans. Gabriel Gatehouse reports.
In the studio Katie Razzall is joined by former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres and the UK Student Climate Network's Lola Fayokun.
#ClimateStrike #GlobalClimateStrike
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- Brexit: Will Remain vote threaten traditional Tory seats? - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:38
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Chipping Barnet has returned a Conservative MP in every election since the constituency was created in 1974 - but is Brexit testing old party loyalties?
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Chipping Barnet voted to Remain in 2016 EU referendum, but is represented by Conservative MP Theresa Villiers - who has a majority of 353 votes - and who is committed to delivering Brexit.
UK correspondent Elizabeth Glinka reports.
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- Paul McCartney on Brexit and remembering Linda - BBC Newsnight
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- 12:01
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Sir Paul McCartney has said the Brexit referendum was "probably a mistake" and he'll "be glad when it's over".
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The ex-Beatle, who didn't vote in the 2016 referendum, said he "didn't see anybody saying anything sensible enough".
He said the current situation was "a mess", but added: "I think we'll come through it, we always do."
Sir Paul was speaking to BBC Newsnight as he - with daughters, Stella and Mary - released a book of personal photos, taken by his late wife, Linda.
The book - 'Linda McCartney. The Polaroid Diaries' - compiles more than 200 photographs from her private collection and offers a glimpse into the family's life in Scotland and southern England.
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- Richard Dawkins: Religion shouldn't be passed from parents to children - BBC Newsnight
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- 8:47
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Ahead of the publication of his latest book 'Outgrowing God', Professor Richard Dawkins makes the case for outgrowing God.
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Professor Richard Dawkins talks to Mark Urban about religious beliefs, the teaching of evolutionary theory in the US and how he believes we need to "break the cycle" of passing religion on from one generation to the next in a hereditary fashion.
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- Brexit: Who's really in control? – BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 16:40
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The UK Supreme Court is hearing two appeals to determine whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted lawfully in suspending parliament. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
Earlier this month, the Scottish court ruled the five-week suspension was "unlawful", but Lord Keen QC, for the government, said the decision was not one for the courts.
Lord Pannick QC, for campaigners against the move, said it was done to "silence" MPs in the run-up to Brexit.
The Supreme Court is hearing two appeals relating to the decision by Boris Johnson to prorogue Parliament.
So where does the power really lie? Elizabeth Glinka reports and Emily Maitlis is joined by Lord Falconer, Gisela Stuart, James Meek and John Sergeant.
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- Kids in care ‘easy victims’ for crime gangs - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 9:46
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Local authorities are unwittingly becoming "recruiting sergeants" for drugs gangs, by sending thousands of children in care in England to live outside their home area, a report finds.
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The All Party Parliamentary Group for Missing Children says 6 in every 10 children in care homes are sent to live away from their own local area. It says these placements escalate the risk of children being exploited and has called on the government to "slash the number" of sent-away children.
The government said it was gathering evidence "to better understand" how out-of-area placements were used.
The report follows Newsnight’s special series of reports - Britain’s Hidden Children’s Homes – on the unregulated accommodation being used to house older children, aged 16 plus.
Our UK editor Katie Razzall went to North Wales to hear from someone running one of these homes.
Newsnight is...
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- Brexit deadlock: Who is running the country? - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:11
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The prime minister? Judges? The people? Who exactly is in charge of the country?
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The UK is a constitutional monarchy, with parliament being the supreme legal authority, but Brexit has thrown up profound questions about our democracy. Is British political tradition under threat and does the country need a written constitution?
Economics Editor Ben Chu reports.
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- How to buy the drugs the NHS can't afford - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:36
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The Scottish government has struck an agreement with a pharmaceutical company to make two "life-changing" cystic fibrosis (CF) drugs available to patients in Scotland.
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The five-year agreement has been reached with pharmaceutical company Vertex over the use of Orkambi and Symkevi. The drugs improve lung health but were rejected for NHS use in August 2019 because they were not deemed cost-effective.
The medication normally costs £100,000 per patient, per year. The Scottish government said it had secured a "confidential discount" from the manufacturer.
Patients in other parts of the UK are still not able to access the treatment, with campaigners calling for an end to the "postcode lottery".
In June, Deborah Cohen met up with patients and their parents who were banding together to import generic copies of CF drugs.Now, Deborah speaks to the parents who have travelled 7,000 miles ...
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- US election 2020: Can any Democratic frontrunner beat Trump? - BBC Newsnight
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- 14:49
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Ten of the 20 Democratic candidates for the 2020 US election are meeting in Texas for the third Democrat debate.
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Frontrunners which include the former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, will share a stage for the first time.
Newsnight’s US correspondent David Grossman is in Houston ahead of the debate and Katie Razzall speaks to Lissa Muscatine, former speech writer to Bill and Hillary Clinton, and political analyst and pollster Scott Rasmussen to ask, who can beat Trump?
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- Brexit: What is Labour’s election strategy? - BBC Newsnight
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- 15:25
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Jeremy Corbyn has promised a further referendum on Brexit, if Labour win the next general election. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
However, deputy Labour leader Tom Watson has said Parliament must attempt to secure a public vote on Brexit before holding a general election. If an election comes before a referendum, Watson says Labour should ‘"unequivocally back Remain".
Emily Maitlis is joined by Labour MP Catherine McKinnell and Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS).
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- Brexit: Scottish judges rule parliament suspension unlawful DISCUSSION - BBC Newsnight
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- 12:34
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled that Boris Johnson's suspension of the UK Parliament is unlawful.
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The judges said the prime minister was attempting to prevent Parliament holding the government to account ahead of Brexit.
A UK government appeal against the ruling is set to be heard by the Supreme Court in London.
Downing Street said it has been "consistent throughout" on the suspension, a decision formally taken by the Queen earlier on the advice of the prime minister. Former Conservative MP Dominic Grieve has said that if the government has misled the Queen, Mr Johnson should resign.
Emily Maitlis is joined by Labour's Hilary Benn, the SNP's Ian Blackford and Tory MP Tobias Ellwood who also discuss the release of the government's no-deal plans, known as Operation Yellowhammer.
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- Is Brexit changing the UK's political landscape? - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:58
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Grimbsy has returned a Labour MP in every general election since 1945 - is that about to change?
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Stephen Smith is in Grimsby, where 70% of people voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum. But has Brexit caused an irrevocable shift in longstanding political allegiances?
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- Trump sacks national security adviser John Bolton - BBC Newsnight
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- 9:50
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- US President Donald Trump has announced he fired his hard-line National Security Adviser John Bolton, saying he disagreed "strongly" with him.
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However, Mr Bolton has insisted he quit his post.
The former adviser had disagreed with the president on a number of foreign policy challenges from Afghanistan to Iran.
Mr Bolton, who had served since April 2018, was Mr Trump's third national security adviser after Michael Flynn and HR McMaster.
Emily Maitlis is joined by The Atlantic's David Frum and Jenna Ellis Rives from the Trump 2020 Advisory Board.
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- Russian election: Putin's United Russia suffers losses - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:03
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Russia's ruling United Russia party has suffered major losses in the election to the Moscow city parliament.
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Vladimir Putin's party lost nearly a third of the seats, but remains on course to retain its majority with about 26 seats.
United Russia - for years the dominant force - has become so unpopular it fielded candidates as “independents”.
With most opposition candidates disqualified, there were large scale protests in the run up to the election.
International editor Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Moscow on election weekend.
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- Is Boris Johnson working on a Brexit deal? – BBC Newsnight
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- 4:57
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The prime minister has met Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during his first visit to Dublin since moving into Number 10.
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A no-deal Brexit would be a failure that both the British and Irish governments would be responsible for, Boris Johnson has said.
So does that mean there is a deal in sight?
And could it mean a border in the Irish Sea - confining the backstop to Northern Ireland only?
Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports.
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- Brexit: Westminster turns Wild-West - BBC Newsnight
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- 13:07
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Five days can be a long time in politics.
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In an extraordinary week in Westminster, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expelled a host of former ministers, was spurned by his own brother and declared he would never accept an extension of Article 50.
So, what next?
Ben Chu reports and Labour MP Emma Dent Coad and Conservative MP Chris Philp join Kirsty in studio.
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- Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's ex-president, dies - BBC Newsnight
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- 3:23
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Robert Mugabe, the man who liberated Zimbabwe after decades of white minority rule only to earn the moniker of tyrant and dictator after holding onto power for 37 years, has died.
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Mugabe oversaw the failure of the economy, used his personal militia against opponents and insisted that "only God who appointed me, will remove me."
But the army did remove him in 2017 and he died in Singapore where he was receiving medical treatment.
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- Boris Johnson’s first week back in Parliament: Is it going wrong? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:47
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Universities minister Jo Johnson, brother of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned as an MP and minister.
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He cited "unresolvable tension" between family loyalty and the national interest.
Has the prime minister painted himself into a corner?
Our Political Editor Nicholas Watt reports.
Kirsty Wark speaks to Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns.
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- What sort of country will post-Brexit Britain be? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:58
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Emily Maitlis speaks to Lord William Waldegrave, former Conservative Chief Secretary to the Treasury and author of Three Circles into One.
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He says Britain must be “realistic” about the sort of country it is now.
“Why can’t we be a middle-ranking, proud country?" he asks, before adding that he believes the UK could live in or out of Europe “perfectly well”.
Lord Waldegrave is Provost of Eton College, the school that Boris Johsnon and fellow Conservatives David Cameron, Jacob Rees Mogg and Rory Stewart all attended.
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- Brexit: Parliamentary chaos as Conservatives forced out of party - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 11:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- MPs have cleared the first hurdle in an attempt to pass a law to prevent a no-deal Brexit.
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Emily Maitlis is joined by joined by the former Conservative Chief Whip Mark Harper, Ken Clarke, Father of the House and MP Nicholas Soames
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- Brexit: Who would win a general election? – BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 2:57
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Are we likely to see an election soon? And if so, how would the battle unfold?
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Why is everyone talking about a general election?
Boris Johnson has insisted he does not want an election and he’s urged MPs not to vote for "another pointless delay" to Brexit.
But the BBC understands the prime minister would seek to call an October 14 election, if MPs block no-deal.
Tory ex-ministers are joining forces with Labour to stop the UK leaving the EU on 31 October without an agreement.
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- Title
- How to write a TV theme tune - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:10
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- How do you write music for a story that changes every day?
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George Fenton has composed for numerous BBC news programmes and ahead of Newsnight’s 40th birthday he let us into his studio to explain how you write the ultimate television theme tune.
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- Title
- Brexit: What could happen in Parliament next week? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 15:52
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- How will opponents of the Prime Minister's Brexit approach move next week? Can Boris Johnson fight off those who want to wreck his Brexit plans?
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Ben Chu reports.
Mark Urban speaks to Labour MP Hilary Benn and Conservative MP Pauline Latham
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- Title
- Brexit: Gaming the next 8 weeks in UK Parliament - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 13:59
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The shockwaves from Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament are still reverberating around the UK. But what can still happen before 31 October?
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We ask four political experts to map out their predictions of what could happen on the famous Newsnight whiteboard.
Kirsty Wark is joined by Polly Mackenzie, Chief Executive of Demos, Helen Thomas from Blonde Money , The New Statesman’s Political editor Stephen Bush and Tom Harwood from Guido Fawkes.
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- Title
- No-deal Brexit: Flu vaccine delays 'likely' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:14
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Doctors and NHS leaders have warned that a no-deal Brexit would make it "likely" there will be a delay in flu vaccine supply this year.
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They say the EU departure date coincides with the winter season in a way that creates "a perfect storm for the NHS".
Deborah Cohen reports.
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- Proroguing Parliament and Brexit - HUH??! – BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 9:40
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- What does proroguing Parliament mean and how does it affect Brexit?
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Former Supreme Court Justice, Jonathan Sumption discusses with Kirsty Wark the prime minister’s plan to suspend parliament, which many believe will make blocking a no-deal Brexit much more difficult.
Critics have called the controversial decision a “constitutional outrage” but how exactly do you prorogue parliament?
Parliament will be suspended just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a Queen's Speech would take place after the suspension, on 14 October, to outline his "very exciting agenda".
Elizabeth Glinka reports.
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- Title
- Amazon fires: How can the inferno be stopped? – BBC Newsnight- BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:02
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- How can the fires in the Amazon be stopped when the president has a policy of deforestation?
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out accepting a G7 offer of $22m in aid to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest unless he gets an apology from his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.
Mr Macron said France would not ratify a huge trade deal with South American nations unless Brazil did more to fight fires in the Amazon.
Is this an issue of national sovereignty or the interests of humanity?
Mark Urban reports.
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- Title
- Lord Carlile on Prevent: 'Everything is up for discussion including scrapping it'- BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 9:13
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The government's Prevent strategy has faced intense criticism over the years.
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In his first broadcast interview since being appointed to review Prevent, Lord Carlile says anything is possible, including that he recommends scrapping the scheme
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- Title
- Amazon rainforest: 'Our lungs are on fire'- BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:35
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The "lungs of our planet" are on fire, Green MEP Magid Magid tells Newsnight, adding that "we need to wake up".
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The Amazon rain forest is burning, as anger grows against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the rate of deforestation. Mr Bolsonaro has said his government lacks the resources to fight the record number of fires.
Economics editor Ben Chu reports.
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- Title
- Hong Kong: Cathay Pacific staff speak of climate of fear - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 8:01
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Growing pressure from China is manifesting into suspicion between colleagues, students and even friends.
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As the tensions in Hong Kong continue, many people have been watching the Chinese security forces building up on the border, waiting to see whether they will cross into the territory to crush the pro-democracy movement.
But there are other ways of putting pressure on the protesters and their foreign friends.
The arrest of a worker at the British consulate could be seen as one, the stepping up of efforts to prosecute activists another. That's leading to suspicion between workmates, students or friends, as our International editor Gabriel Gatehouse has been finding out.
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- Title
- Merkel's challenge to UK: An alternative backstop - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 15:11
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said it's down to the UK to come up with an alternative to the Irish backstop in the next 30 days.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson accepted the challenge, but can it be done?
The backstop aims to prevent a hard Irish border after Brexit and has been a key Brexit sticking point.
Chief correspondent David Grossman reports from Berlin. And Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP and a leading figure in the Leave campaign and Sir Simon Fraser, former head of the diplomatic service who since leaving has spoken in favour of remaining in the EU, discuss the path ahead.
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- Title
- Scunthorpe steel: The environmental cost - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 11:22
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A subsidiary of a Turkish military pension fund has been selected as the preferred bidder to buy British Steel.
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It appears the main plant in Scunthorpe, which employs 3,500 people, might be saved – although there have been reports of planned job cuts.
The company has said it would seek UK taxpayer support for investment in “green” steel-making, which raises questions about the environmental cost of the town's employment.
In the latest in our Rust and Revival series following the fate of Scunthorpe and the steelworks, Maya Rostowska asks the town’s residents: what’s more important to them?
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- Title
- Jeffrey Epstein’s former lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, on his client - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 8:41
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Alan Dershowitz, the former attorney of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, distances himself from his former client’s “Lolita Express Plane”.
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Professor Dershowitz is embroiled in sexual allegations involving one of his late client’s victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
Giuffre claims Dershowitz was a participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation and that she had sex with Dershowitz several times – something he vehemently denies.
He says he is prepared to fully cooperate with inquiries.
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- Hong Kong protests: 'When we are afraid, we start losing' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 7:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- International editor Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Hong Kong after the 11th consecutive weekend of anti-government protests.
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It followed chaotic demonstrations that led to violent clashes at Hong Kong airport between police and protesters a week earlier.
This time, activists were determined to remain peaceful.
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- How much trouble is Jeffrey Epstein's death for the Royal Family? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 7:22
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Prince Andrew is appalled by sex abuse claims about his ex-friend Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace has said.
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It comes after the Mail on Sunday published footage that claimed to show the Duke of York inside the financier's Manhattan mansion in 2010 - two years after Epstein's first conviction.
A Buckingham Palace statement said: "The Duke of York has been appalled by the recent reports of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes. His Royal Highness deplores the exploitation of any human being and the suggestion he would condone, participate in or encourage any such behaviour is abhorrent."
But what was the Duke of York doing at Epstein's house?
Jeffrey Epstein, 66, took his own life in a jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in New York.
Kirsty Wark speaks to former BBC Royal Correspondent, Michael Cole.
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- Title
- Who could lead an emergency government? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 14:47
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Jo Swinson has rejected Jeremy Corbyn's proposal that he should be caretaker PM if he wins a vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson's government.
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Could someone other than Jeremy Corbyn command a temporary majority?
David Grossman reports.
Mark Urban speaks to former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell.
The Sun's Political Editor Tom Newton Dunn and The Observer's Chief leader writer are in the studio.
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- Are we heading for a global recession? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 9:01
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Financial markets have flashed a warning sign about the world economy.
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This week it became cheaper for the US and the UK governments to borrow for 10 years than for two years - something that has not happened since the run up to the financial crisis a decade ago.
We speak to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
Economics editor Ben Chu reports.
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