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Lord Sacks: 'Today's politicians are too political' - BBC Newsnight
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- Lord Sacks: 'Today's politicians are too political' - BBC Newsnight
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- 8:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Philosopher, author and former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks reflects on the state of UK politics and the politicians we need for the future.
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With a political crisis and a Brexit stalemate, do we have a moral imperative to compromise?
And what have we done to deserve our current crop of politicians?
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- Brexit: Will MPs back Theresa May’s 'new deal'? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 20:32
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Theresa May says MPs will get a vote on whether to hold another referendum if they back her bill.
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The prime minister said MPs have "one last chance" to deliver Brexit, urging them to back what she called a "new deal".
Emily Maitlis asks Justice Secretary David Gauke about how many minds he believed the prime minister had changed with her new proposition.
In studio, Emily is joined by Labour MP for Redcar Anna Turley, Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin, who sits on the executive of the 1922 Committee and the DUP’s Westminster leader Nigel Dodds to discuss whether anyone is tempted by her new offer.
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- European elections: Plaid Cymru 'riding a Remain wave' - BBC Newsnight
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price joins Emily Maitlis ahead of the European elections.
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Adam Price tells Emily why his party are "riding a Remain wave", despite Wales voting leave in the EU referendum.
Plaid Cymru have pledged to "beat Brexit" in their European election campaign.
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- Britain’s hidden children’s homes - BBC Newsnight
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- 22:06
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Thousands of teenagers in care are living in unregulated homes and being "abandoned to organised crime gangs", Newsnight is told.
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As part of a special series of reports, Newsnight has learned that - according to figures from the Department for Education - around 5,000 looked after children in England are living in so-called 16+ supported or semi-supported accommodation - up from 2,900 ten years ago.
This type of accommodation is not subject to statutory inspection or registered, even though residents are in the care of the state.
Police forces have raised concerns, saying criminals see the premises as an easy target for recruitment.
Children and families minister Nadhim Zahawi said: "Local authorities are required to make sure that children in care and care leavers are given suitable accommodation to meet their needs, including that they are safe and secure which is why I rec...
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- How much would it really cost to renationalise the National Grid? - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:13
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The Labour party plans to re-nationalise the National Grid, the largest transmitter of electricity and gas in Britain. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
Labour has published its policy blueprint for how it would go about it.
But there’s a big disagreement about how much this nationalisation would cost.
Newsnight's economics editor Ben Chu takes a closer look at the numbers.
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- Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: Madonna will 'do anything for money' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:22
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The rock band's frontman speaks to Kirsty Wark ahead of a new greatest hits album.
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Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie recalls what went into the classics that became anthems of a generation.
A prominent campaigner for the rights of Palestinians, Gillespie said Madonna was a “total prostitute” and will “do anything for money”, over her decision to perform during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Earlier, Madonna said: “I’ll never stop playing music to suit someone’s political agenda nor will I stop speaking out against violations of human rights wherever in the world they may be.”
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- European Elections: Green Party on the environment and Brexit - BBC Newsnight
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- 3:37
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Kirsty Wark interviews Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP.
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With the European Parliament elections around the corner, Green MEP Molly Scott Cato says the Green Party are pro-Remain and are “the future for Europe”.
Kirsty Wark asks Molly Scott Cato about climate change, environmental policies and Brexit.
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- European Elections: Can social democracy survive? - BBC Newsnight
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- 15:51
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- When Europe Goes to the polls on 23 May, the right-wing campaign spearheaded by Italy's Matteo Salvini - leader of The League - could change the shape of European politics.
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Salvini is trying to create a nationalist bloc that would be the second biggest force in the European parliament.
But where would that leave the centre-left or social democrats, who for decades were a natural party of government across Europe?
Three former leaders - Tony Blair, Matteo Renzi and Helle Thorning-Schmidt - offer their thoughts.
Our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports.
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- European Elections: Richard Tice on Brexit Party launch - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:36
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice tells Newsnight "the current crop of politicians have led this country to be humiliated on the international stage".
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With the European Elections just around the corner, Tice says the UK's Brexit Party offers voters an alternative and a fresh approach.
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- European Elections: SNP on Brexit and second Scottish Independence Referendum - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:36
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Emma Barnett interviews Tommy Sheppard, SNP MP and spokesperson.
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With the European Parliament elections around the corner, Tommy Sheppard SNP MP and spokesperson says the SNP are asking voters to stop Brexit and for Scottish public opinion to be heard.
Emma Barnett asks Tommy Sheppard about policies, Brexit, and a second Scottish independence referendum.
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- Sex education: The clash of LGBT and religious rights – BBC Newsnight
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- 11:38
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- How do we balance the secular norms of an inclusive society with religious freedoms?
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LGBT and religious rights are both protected by law - so what happens when they clash?
A change in the law is about to make it tougher for parents to remove their kids from relationship and sex education classes on religious grounds so, whose rights are more important?
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- European Elections: Conservative's Liz Truss on a no-deal Brexit - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:30
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- How does the Chief Secretary to the Treasury think we'd fare with a no-deal Brexit?
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Liz Truss tells Newsnight's Emily Maitlis that if it came down to a straight choice of revoking Brexit and a no deal, then she would choose no-deal.
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- European Elections: Labour’s Richard Burgon on Brexit and anti-Semitism - BBC Newsnight
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- 10:39
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Emma Barnett interviews Richard Burgon, the shadow justice secretary.
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With the European Parliament elections around the corner, Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon says the Labour Party is appealing to both Leavers and Remainers.
Emma Barnett speaks to shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon.
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- European Elections: UKIP Deputy Leader defends party defections - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 7:31
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Emily Maitlis interviews Mike Hookem, UKIP deputy leader, on the European Parliament elections.
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With the European Parliament elections around the corner, UKIP under the leadership of Nigel Farage was putting the wind up the establishment parties ahead of the last European Elections, in 2014, when they ended up getting more than 25% of the vote.
This year, they have had many defections under the current leader, Gerard Batten.
Emily Maitlis asks deputy leader Mike Hookem, in studio, about the defections, policies, and accusations of Islamophobia.
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- Is our democracy broken? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:35
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Is our democracy broken? And if so, how do you give power to those who feel they have none?
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- Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt defends taxation, China and staff walk outs - BBC Newsnight
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- 8:03
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- With employee walkouts, China deals and low corporate taxation, is Google doing "the right thing"?
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‘Don’t be Evil’ was famously the Google motto, now it's ‘Do the Right Thing’.
Emily Maitlis joins Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt and former Senior Vice President Jonathan Rosenberg as the pair publish their new book, Trillion Dollar Coach.
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- Post-war Iraq: Coping with the country’s mental health crisis - BBC Newsnight
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- 7:50
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- There is only one psychiatrist for every 300,000 people in Iraq.
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After three major wars, two invasions and the atrocities of Islamic State, how do the people of Iraq come to terms with the mental health crisis gripping their nation?
This is a film by BBC Arabic's Namak Khoshnaw.
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- Danny Baker: Was his sacking inevitable? DISCUSSION - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 7:23
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- BBC broadcaster Danny Baker tweeted a photo with racist connotations and has since been fired from his job at Radio 5 Live.
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Was his sacking inevitable? Can an apology suffice? Danny Baker denies his intentions were racist.
In this discussion, Emma Barnett is joined by William Sitwell and Henry Bonsu.
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- 40 years after Thatcher: Can UK regions get their power back? - BBC Newsnight
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- 13:03
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Can the future of the UK’s economy be more regionally balanced?
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Forty years after Margaret Thatcher came to power, Newsnight asks if the UK economy is at another sea-change moment.
In the second of our series, we look at regional inequality.
Economics editor Ben Chu joins economist Lord O'Neill, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine, chief secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss and former governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King.
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- Brazil dam collapse: Was Brumadinho a disaster waiting to happen? - BBC Newsnight
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- 23:12
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- On 25 January 2019, a dam at an iron ore mine in Brumadinho collapsed. It caused a huge landslide that buried everything in its path.
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More than 300 people were killed or are still missing.
Vale – which owns the mine - is the world’s biggest producer of iron ore. It was the second mining disaster in the region since 2015, when a nearby dam co-owned by Vale also collapsed.
Vale says the Brumadinho dam was assessed as safe by inspections over the years.
Newsnight’s Gabriel Gatehouse went to Brazil in March, as bodies were still being pulled from the mud.
He found a story not just about an industrial accident, but about a system of economic development and a way of life built upon the ever increasing extraction of finite natural resources.
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- Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:30
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Two journalists jailed in Myanmar for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis have been freed.
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Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released after a presidential amnesty. They spent more than 500 days in prison.
Their jailing was seen as an assault on press freedom and raised questions about Myanmar's democracy.
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, has faced international condemnation over her treatment of Rohingya people.
Gabriel Gatehouse reports.
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- European elections: How do Conservatives fight for a parliament they want to leave? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:29
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Prime Minister Theresa May’s deputy has confirmed the Conservative Party will fight the European elections on May 23.
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So what happens now? How do the Tories fight for seats in a parliament they ultimately want to leave? And will the grassroots stand for it?
Newsnight's David Grossman reports.
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- Local elections meet Brexit: 'Trust is gone' DISCUSSION - BBC Newsnight
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- 10:44
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The English local elections deliver a blow to the government and indicate a shift in British politics.
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Conservatives lost 1,334 councillors, with prime minister Theresa May saying voters wanted the main parties to "get on" with Brexit.
But the strongly pro-EU Lib Dems gained 703 seats, with the Greens and independents also making gains. Labour meanwhile, lost 82 seats.
Where does this leave the state of UK politics and democracy and what does it say about the upcoming European elections?
Polly MacKenzie, former special adviser to Deputy PM Nick Clegg, Suzanne Evans, spokesperson for Leavers of Britain, Laura Trott, former special adviser to David Cameron and Labour list editor Sienna Rodgers discuss the significance of the results.
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- Tackling climate change: An economic threat or an opportunity? - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:04
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Does the emissions target present an opportunity for UK business?
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Newsnight’s Economics Editor Ben Chu looks at the potential opportunities for UK businesses from the proposed 2050 zero emissions target from the UK's Committee on Climate Change.
We speak to leading climate economist Lord Stern and Tony Martyn of Dearman - a company that develops clean engine technologies.
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- Gavin Williamson: The rise and fall of a defence secretary – BBC Newsnight
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- 2:31
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Gavin Williamson has been sacked as defence secretary following an inquiry into a leak from a top-level National Security Council meeting.
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Downing Street said Theresa May had "lost confidence in his ability to serve" and Penny Mordaunt has been appointed in Williamson’s place.
The inquiry followed reports over a plan to allow tech firm Huawei limited access to help build the UK's new 5G network.
Mr Williamson, who has been defence secretary since 2017, "strenuously" denies leaking the information.
This report by Michael Cockerell.
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- Libyan conflict: Suspected war crimes shared online - BBC Newsnight
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- 15:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A Newsnight / BBC Arabic investigation into the conflict in Libya has uncovered evidence of suspected war crimes being widely shared on Facebook and YouTube.
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Our investigation has also identified some of those suspected of committing these crimes.
Dozens of images and videos on social media platforms show the mutilation of bodies by men loyal to the Libyan National Army - led by General Haftar - who is currently attempting to take the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
The mutilation and desecration of bodies is prohibited under international humanitarian law and can be prosecuted as a war crime.
A warning: this investigation contains extremely shocking images right from the start.
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- 40 years after Thatcher: The future of work - BBC Newsnight
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- 12:49
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Forty years after Margaret Thatcher came to power, is the UK once again on the brink of a sea change?
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In the first of a series of three films about the direction of the UK, our economics editor Ben Chu looks at the future of the world of work.
He's joined by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, chief secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss and former Bank of England governor Lord King.
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- Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson on reparations for slavery - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:14
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Activist DeRay Mckesson says black Americans should get reparations for slavery.
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DeRay Mckesson spent 400 days on the streets as part of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2014, after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri.
Thousands demonstrated about police tactics and brutality.
Here he talks about why America's politicians should be offering reparations for slavery and the impact of the Black Lives Matter protests.
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- Spanish election: On the campaign trail with Vox - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:54
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Vox are hoping to win their first seat in the Spanish parliament.
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The far-right party claim to want to “make Spain great again” but critics have described its ideology as a throwback to the dictatorship of Franco.
Newsnight’s James Clayton is in Valencia ahead of polling day.
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- 1986's Chernobyl disaster - FROM THE ARCHIVE - BBC Newsnight
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- 15:00
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- It has been 33 years since the Chernobyl disaster - the worst nuclear catastrophe in human history.
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In the early hours of 26 April 1986, one of four nuclear reactors at the Chernobyl power station exploded. Chernobyl is north of Kiev, Ukraine.
Since the explosion an area of more than 4,000 square kilometres has been abandoned.
There is no official account of how many died and suffered as a result of the meltdown, and the health implications of the disaster have long been debated.
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- What’s next for the UK's relationship with China? - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:32
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The next decade will be critical for the UK’s relationship with China.
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It's a critical but complex relationship – human rights and security issues versus new investment and trade deals. So is the economy or security more important?
Ben Chu reports.
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- FROM THE ARCHIVE: Boris Yeltsin interview 1988 - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 14:24
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Boris Yeltsin went on to be the first elected president of Russia.
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Newsnight interview with Boris Yeltsin from May 1988.
In 1987, Yeltsin became the first member of the Politburo to resign.
He was president of Russia from 1991-1999.
He died in 2007.
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- Lyra McKee: What does her murder mean for Northern Ireland? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:41
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The journalist, 29, was shot while observing rioting in Londonderry. A dissident republican group, the New IRA, has said its members killed her.
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The funeral of Lyra McKee saw friends, family and politicians from all sides gathering in Belfast to pay their respects.
But what does her tragic death mean for Northern Ireland’s political stability?
David Grossman reports.
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- Trump's UK state visit: Should the president address parliament? - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:03
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- US President Trump will make a state visit to the UK in June.
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It has sparked heated debate on both sides, but addressing Parliament is not automatic.
Should the UK extend the courtesy? Or do President Trump’s values put him at odds with the UK and her parliament?
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and Conservative MP Adam Holloway join Emily Maitlis in the studio to discuss.
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- Brexit vs Scottish independence - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 3:50
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Harry and Peter are young and Scottish, but their similarities end there.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said Scotland is being dragged out of the EU against its will and has floated the possibility of a second independence referendum after Brexit.
But is there any appetite for another referendum on Scottish independence?
Newsnight brings together two voters from opposite ends of the political spectrum to see if they can can convince each other to see things differently.
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- Change UK launch election campaign - Chuka Umunna interview - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 10:03
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Emily Maitlis interviews Chuka Umunna, from Change UK.
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With the European Parliament elections a month away, Britain's newest political party Change UK - formerly the Independent Group - launched its campaign in Bristol.
The pro-Remain party who back another referendum on Brexit said it was "the home of the Remain alliance".
Our political editor Nicholas Watt joins the launch in Bristol and Change UK MP Chuka Umunna is with Emily Maitlis in studio.
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- Mueller report: What next for President Trump? - BBC Newsnight
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- 11:34
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Special Counsel Mueller's redacted report into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election has been released.
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Mr Mueller's report says he found no criminal conspiracy between Mr Trump's campaign and Russia, but could not reach a concrete legal conclusion on whether Mr Trump tried to obstruct the investigation.
The report also reveals that Mr Mueller examined 10 actions by the president in regards to obstruction of justice, which he said largely "took place in public view."
Kirsty Wark is joined by Chatham House’s Amy Pope, former adviser at the Department of Homeland Security, Lauren Claffey and Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste.
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- UK porn ban: What is it and will it work? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 10:51
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- An age-check scheme to stop under-18s viewing pornographic websites is about to come into force.
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Websites that fail to comply will face being blocked by internet service providers.
Critics say teens may find it relatively easy to bypass the restriction or could simply turn to porn-hosting platforms not covered by the law.
In the studio, Emma Barnett is joined by Assistant Director of Barnardo's Amanda Naylor and Obscenity Lawyer Myles Jackman.
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- Brexit: 'EU could decide no-deal is the right solution' - BBC Newsnight
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- 8:30
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Sir Ivan Rogers, former UK ambassador to the EU, on Brexit and the EU.
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Sir Ivan Rogers resigned a few months after the 2016 referendum and just before the Brexit negotiations began.
His farewell email to his fellow civil servants was promptly leaked. In it he urged them to challenge politicians’ ‘ill-founded arguments and muddled thinking’. But who was he talking about specifically - and why did he resign 9 months earlier than he needed to?
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- Extinction Rebellion: Will climate change protests force a response? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 13:42
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of activists have been arrested in London.
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As climate change activists Extinction Rebellion end their third day of protests, Newsnight asks if their tactics - which have caused mass disruption to travel networks - are a fair and effective way to get change.
Elizabeth Glinka reports and presenter Emma Barnett is joined in the studio by lawyer and activist Farhana Yamin and Lord Barker, former minister for climate change.
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- The patients priced out of orphan drugs - BBC Newsnight
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- 7:33
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Orphan drugs can make some peoples lives a lot better. But many are not available on the NHS.
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Louise Moorhouse, has a rare genetic condition called phenylketonuria or PKU, which severely affects diet. She took life-changing drugs for three years as part of a clinical trial, but was then denied further access.
Kuvan reduced the levels of phenylalanine in many people with PKU. But for NHS patients, it wasn't available because of the £70,000 price tag from its producer BioMarin.
Deborah Cohen investigates.
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- US election 2020: Who will challenge Trump? - BBC Newsnight
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- 14:18
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- How might the Democrats take on Donald Trump in the next election?
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Emily Maitlis is joined by The Atlantic's David Frum, who is former speechwriter for George W Bush, Amanda Renteria, political director of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, and Paris Dennard, Trump 2020 campaign advisory board member.
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- 'Broken people': 20 years on from the London nail bombings - BBC Newsnight
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- 14:27
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- WARNING: This film contains graphic images in the aftermath of the attacks and far-right imagery.
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In April 1999, a bomber carried out three attacks targeting London's black, Bangladeshi and gay communities.
The three nail bombs killed three people and injured 140.
Newsnight's James Clayton looks back on the attacks.
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- When child asylum seekers are wrongly classified as adults - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:21
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Since January 2018 Newsnight has uncovered 90 cases where child asylum seekers have been incorrectly classified as adults.
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This means many vulnerable child asylum seekers are denied the protections they are entitled to.
Katie Razzall and Jake Morris investigate the extent of the problem.
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- Amritsar massacre: Should the British government apologise? - BBC Newsnight
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- 8:22
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- On the 13th April 1919, British troops opened fire on civilians in the walled gardens of Jallian Bagh in Amritsar, India. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
Estimates vary, but hundreds were killed and many more injured in the massacre. Indian society was shaken - and so was the British Empire. The following year, Winston Churchill expressed his outrage at the mass killing. But the British Government still hasn't made a formal apology - should it?
Joining Kirsty in the studio are two leading authorities on the atrocity – journalist Sathnam Sanghera and historian Kim Wagner.
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- Title
- Brexit: National humiliation or just embarrassing? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 9:49
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Are UK politics now a global laughing stock?
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In these divided times, there may be one thing that many on both sides of the Brexit debate can agree on: that this is a national humiliation.
But can an entire nation be humiliated?
David Grossman reports.
Dr Priyamvada Gopal, author of Insurgent Empire: Anticolonialism and British Dissent and Professor Richard Tombs from the University of Cambridge, join Katie Razzall in discussion.
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- Why has Wikileaks' Julian Assange been arrested? - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:38
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested in London.
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Mr Assange has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police for "failing to surrender to the court" over a warrant issued in 2012.
Julian Assange took refuge in the embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been dropped.
Mr Assange faces US federal conspiracy charges related to one of the largest ever leaks of government secrets.
The UK will decide whether to extradite Assange, in response to allegations by the Department for Justice that he conspired with former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to download classified databases.
He faces up to five years in US prison if convicted on the charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion.
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- Brexit: Divided opinions in Liverpool – BBC Newsnight
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- 4:16
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- A former European Capital of Culture, and a beneficiary of millions of pounds in EU investment - in 2016 the city of Liverpool was an island of remain in a sea of leave.
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Almost three years on, and with the Brexit endgame still uncertain, Elizabeth Glinka went to both sides of the Mersey to gauge opinion.
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- Brexit: Will UKIP benefit from the Brexit delay? - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:37
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Last time the European elections were fought, UKIP were victorious.
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But they’ve changed direction under new leader Gerard Batten.
With the possibility of European elections soon, could they benefit from leave voters frustrated by the Brexit delay?
Or could others, including Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party, take away votes?
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- Edvard Munch: Are we living in 'scream time'? – BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 5:48
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Author Karl Ove Knausgård has written a book on his fellow Norwegian, the artist Edvard Munch – who is best known for “The Scream”.
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‘Edvard Munch, Love and Angst’ is the title of an exhibition opening at the British Museum this April.
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