BBC Politics
How should the UK deal with a stateless Islamic State? - BBC Newsnight
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- How should the UK deal with a stateless Islamic State? - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:23
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- The impending end of the IS caliphate creates a moral and diplomatic dilemma for the UK
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Now the UK government must decide what its policy is towards ISIS, and to the men and women who supported the terror group, and their children. Mark Urban reports.
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- Will 'El Chapo' conviction lead to less drugs on the streets? - BBC Newsnight
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- 16:58
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- What does drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's conviction mean for the global drugs trade?
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High profile Mexican drug cartel boss Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman has been found guilty on ten counts.
What will the US ‘War on Drugs’ look like with El Chapo behind bars?
We’re joined by David Weinstein, a lawyer who ran the narcotics unit for the Miami US Attorney's Office, Associated Press reporter Claudia Torrens and Douglas Century, co-author of Hunting El Chapo: Taking Down the World’s Most Wanted Drug Lord.
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- Salman Rushdie fatwa: 30 years on - BBC Newsnight
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- 13:58
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- It’s been 30 years since a fatwa was issued against Salman Rushdie over his novel, The Satanic Verses.
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How did that seismic event change perceptions of Islam and the debate around free speech?
His lawyer at the time, Geoffrey Robertson QC, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and Dr Farzana Shaikh join Emily Maitlis.
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- Lung cancer health checks: Do they work? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:24
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- A new lung cancer screening service is being rolled out in England, targeting those at high risk.
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NHS England has announced a £70 million project which will see lung cancer scanning trucks operating from supermarket car parks and offering people on the spot chest scans.
But concerns have been raised over the tests' accuracy and potential harms.
Consultant respiratory physician Professor David Baldwin and Professor Carl Heneghan join Emily Maitlis.
Newsnight's Deborah Cohen reports.
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- Social media and suicide: What is the evidence? - BBC Newsnight
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- 3:35
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- There is growing concern about the impact of social media content on self-harm, anorexia, and suicide.
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Instagram has pledged to remove graphic images of self harm from its site and the UK's Chief Medical Officer has recommended devices be banned from meal times and bedrooms for the sake of youngsters' mental health.
But how much solid evidence exists of such a link, particularly in terms of suicide? Our technology editor, David Grossman, reports.
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- Is England's asylum system in crisis? - BBC Newsnight interviews Andy Burnham
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- 9:26
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
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- We have more on Katie Razzall's exclusive story on England's asylum seekers. We get reaction from Greater Manchester's Labour Mayor Andy Burnham.
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Watch the first film on where asylum seekers are being housed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qlEUtfIUB8
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- Huawei: 'We would never hurt any other country' - BBC Newsnight
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- 11:37
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Huawei tells Newsnight it is not state-owned, amid fears China is using the company to spy on rival nations.
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The Chinese communications giant is facing continued scrutiny from around the world.
Australia and New Zealand have joined the US in banning the use of Huawei products in their 5G mobile networks.
Huawei says it has never and would never spy for China, but could take up to five years to address security issues raised by the UK government. So how should Britain respond?
Our technology editor David Grossman reports and Huawei’s Western Europe Vice-president Tim Watkins joins Kirsty in the studio.
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- Where are England's asylum seekers living? - BBC Newsnight
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- 10:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Exclusive figures reveal high numbers of asylum seekers are being housed in some of England's most deprived areas.
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Newsnight has seen exclusive figures that reveal the extent to which high numbers of asylum seekers are being housed in some of the country's most deprived areas. There are currently forty thousand asylum seekers housed under the government’s dispersal scheme across much of the country, but the reality is that the majority are placed in some of the poorest parts – often in towns in the midlands and north. An agreement that the number of asylum seekers in a local authority doesn’t exceed 1 in 200 of the overall population is meant to ensure a fair spread. But figures shown exclusively to Newsnight paint a different picture. Katie Razzall reports on the situation in Yorkshire.
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- Trump's State of the Union speech: What's changed? - BBC Newsnight
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- 13:07
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Which side of the US President will we see during his State of the Union address?
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A few hours before President Trump was due to give his State of the Union speech, Newsnight was joined by former US Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, Amy Pope and political conservative speaker, Paris Dennard to discuss what to expect.
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- Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon on his 'Haiku' lyrics INTERVIEW - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The 80s' pop star discusses the inspiration behind some of his most memorable lyrics.
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‘The King of Rock 'N' Roll’ Paddy McAloon, from Prefab Sprout, talks to Stephen Smith about song-writing and remaking music ahead of a new reworked album.
Music video copyright: Sony
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- Is Venezuela headed towards civil war? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 17:14
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Pressure is intensifying on President Nicolas Maduro.
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More than half of the countries which make up the European Union have joined the US in recognising Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim leader.
It follows the rejection of a deadline set by the UK, France, Germany, Spain and others for President Maduro to call new elections.
But with the majority of the military still standing with Maduro, is the country stumbling towards civil war?
Kirsty Wark talks to Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Andres Mejia - who heads the National Assembly commission - and Eric Farnsworth, a former US State department official and now the Vice President of the Council of the Americas. Mark Urban reports.
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- Is nuclear disarmament set to self-destruct? - BBC Newsnight
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- 8:45
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The US is withdrawing from a key Cold War-era nuclear arms control treaty with Russia.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced the US is leaving the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. What effect will the move have?
Kirsty Wark is joined by Thomas Countryman, former US Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation and Chairman of the Arms Control Association.
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- Is social media turning us into fakes? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 10:35
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- As Facebook approaches its 15th birthday, we ask if social media is turning us all into fakes.
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David Grossman investigates how social media has changed the way we interact with the world, from curating the perfect feed to the way we design restaurants.
Kirsty Wark is joined by joined by Oxford University’s Amy Orben and journalist and influencer Katherine Ormerod.
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- Are the Lords holding up Brexit? - BBC Newsnight
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- 12:32
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Parliament has a lot to do before the UK leaves the EU but the Lords has been moving slowly. We asked Lord Adonis and Lord Lilley about allegations of filibustering.
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David Grossman investigates the slow progress of Brexit legislation in the House of Lords.
Mark Urban asks Lord Adonis if he is working to prevent Brexit, but he says he is simply doing his job of scrutinising legislation.
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- Fast fashion: The environmental and social cost - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:19
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- What are leading UK fashion retailers doing to reduce the environmental and social impact of the clothes and shoes they sell?
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The Commons Environmental Audit Committee has named and shamed the high street retailers with the worst record.
Mark Urban is joined by Natasha Pearlman, former deputy editor of Elle magazine, and the writer Lucy Siegle.
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Correction: Natasha Pearlman is the former deputy editor of Elle and the former editor of Grazia. Apologies.
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- 'British politics is becoming poisoned' says Yanis Varoufakis - BBC Newsnight
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- 10:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- “British politics is becoming poisoned, the British constitution is in a state of disrepair,” says Greek former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
Can Theresa May rescue British politics from the Brexit debacle?
The prime minister hopes to prise open the withdrawal agreement and change the backstop, all while preserving her red lines. But the EU insists there will be no more negotiating…
Kirsty Wark is joined by Irene Lozano, a junior foreign minister in Spain, and Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister.
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- 'There will be no re-negotiation (on Brexit deal)' - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- German politician and chair of the German Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Norbert Röttgen tells Newsnight that Europe has been absolutely clear - Brexit negotiations will not be re-opened.
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No sooner had the prime minister made her plans clear, about re-opening her negotiations with Europe, than Brussels showed that door to be firmly shut. So what's next? Our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban explains, followed by an interview with the chairman of the German Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, Norbert Röttgen.
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- Can Brexit deliver a new form of economy? - BBC Newsnight
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- 20:23
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Globalisation has changed the country's towns and villages - what's their post-Brexit future?
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John Sweeney is in Grimethorpe asking what people in the former mining village expect Brexit to deliver for them. Grimethorpe voted to Leave during the 2016 referendum.
In the studio, Emily Maitlis is joined by author Kevin O'Rourke, Professor Matthew Goodwin, Executive Director of The Equality Trust Wanda Wyporska and Alex Brummer of the Daily Mail.
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- Is Afghanistan's 17-year war coming to an end? - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:50
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- US and Taliban negotiators have agreed a draft peace deal.
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Both the Taliban and US officials have said "progress" was made in the latest set of talks in Qatar, and despite continuing violence on the ground in Afghanistan, there seems to be a growing momentum to the peace negotiations. But is this really the end of the 17-year conflict in Afghanistan?
Emily Maitlis is joined by joined by former Army Colonel and former US Department of Defense advisor Chris Kolenda.
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- The Brexit bar crawl with Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:12
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The man behind the UK's well-known pub-chain meets punters to discuss Brexit.
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Brexit campaigner and Wetherspoons chairman Tim Martin is touring 100 of his 900 pubs, talking to customers about the merits of leaving the EU without a deal on 29 March.
Newsnight joins the crawl in Burnley and Preston.
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- President Trump, the US shutdown and the Mueller probe - BBC Newsnight
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- 11:14
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- What will hurt President Trump more, the US shutdown or the Mueller probe?
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David Grossman reports on the end of the US shutdown and the indictment of political strategist Roger Stone, a long-time ally of President Trump.
In the studio, Mark Urban is joined by Sidney Blumenthal, a former senior adviser to the Clintons, and Paris Dennard, a former staffer for President George Bush and republican communications strategist.
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- The big Brexit roadtrip: The A1 to Hitchin - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:12
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Where we attempt to go from border to British border, talking about Brexit.
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In the latest instalment of Steve Smith's Not Quite The Hitchhiker's Guide to Brexit, Steve is hitching down the A1 to, well, to Hitchin.
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- ‘Influencers’ and how the workforce has changed - BBC Newsnight
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- 6:29
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Influencers didn't exist until recently but now they're a multi-billion dollar industry.
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It's one of many new jobs created by what is sometimes called the fourth industrial revolution, or the digital age.
But the role of social media influencers has come under the spotlight recently, with the competition and markets authority telling a range of bloggers, vloggers and celebrities to be more transparent when they're endorsing a product for money.
Emily is joined by Timandra Harkness, author ‘Big Data: does size matter?’ and David Graeber anthropologist and author of ‘Bullshit Jobs’.
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- Freida Pinto on 'Love Sonia' and international sex-trafficking - BBC Newsnight
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- 7:21
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Actor Freida Pinto discusses her film Love Sonia - a story of international sex-trafficking.
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Sex trafficking and human slavery is a 32 billion dollar global industry in which the individual stories of the, mainly, women it entraps often get lost.
"Love Sonia" is inspired by true events in a country which finds it hard to admit it has a huge problem.
The character of Rashmi, a long time sex worker, is played by Hollywood star Freida Pinto.
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- Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell on Brexit - BBC Newsnight
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- 15:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell says Yvette Cooper’s Brexit amendment is “sensible” and it’s “highly likely” Labour would back it. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F
It would give time for a bill to suspend the Article 50 process for leaving the EU, if a new deal has not been agreed with Brussels by the end of February.
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- Pierre Bonnard 'the painter of happiness' at Tate Modern - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 4:09
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- French artist Pierre Bonnard gets his first major UK show for two decades.
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The twentieth century painter, famous for his use of colour, became known as "the painter of happiness".
Newsnight's Stephen Smith gets a tour of The Colour of Memory, opening at Tate Modern this January.
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- Zimbabwe crackdown: 'Nothing has changed' - BBC Newsnight
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- 13:29
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Has Zimbabwe swapped one brutal authoritarian leader for another?
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As a deadly crackdown on violent protests forces Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa to cut short a trip in Europe, Newsnight asks what happened to the reforms promised after Robert Mugabe’s reign ended.
Alex Magaisa - former advisor to the opposition leader Morgan Tsangarai - and Xavier Zavare, a spokesperson for the governing party Zanu-PF, join Emily Maitlis.
John Sweeney and Andrew Harding report.
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- Craig Unger: 'Trump Russia scandal is starting to unravel' - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:04
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The inquiry into possible collusion with Russia by the Trump campaign has yielded a new allegation.
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Online news magazine Buzzfeed has reported that Donald Trump asked his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
Craig Unger, author of 'House of Trump, House of Putin' speaks to Newsnight from New York.
Responding to the latest allegations, he says “Sometimes the cover-up is worse than the crime itself...this appears to be a string that is starting to unravel the Trump Russia scandal”.
Mr Mueller's office said the report by Buzzfeed was "not accurate".
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- No-deal Brexit 'must be avoided at all costs' - Irish Senator - BBC Newsnight
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- 13:13
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Should no-deal Brexit be taken off the negotiating table?
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As the UK's prime minister faces pressure to rule out a no-deal Brexit, Kirsty Wark is joined by Neale Richmond, chairman of the Irish Brexit Committee, Conservative peer Lord Lamont and Children's Minister Nadhim Zahawi.
Mr Richmond tells Newsnight why he isn't preparing for a hard border with Northern Ireland, saying a no-deal scenario should be avoided.
Meanwhile, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Lamont, who campaigned to leave the EU, told us that while it's not his preferred option, he believes no-deal is "perfectly workable".
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- Adam McKay on Vice: The story of Dick Cheney - BBC Newsnight
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- 5:33
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- American film director Adam McKay discusses his latest film Vice, the story of former US Vice President Dick Cheney.
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Adam McKay's Oscar-tipped film plots former US Vice President Dick Cheney's rise from Yale dropout to ultimate Washington insider.
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- Political personalities: May Vs Corbyn DISCUSSION - BBC Newsnight
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- 7:21
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- How do the personalities of Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn affect their politics?
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Joining Emily Maitlis to discuss what drives Prime Minister Theresa May and the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn is Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland and author Lionel Shriver.
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- 'Park the unicorns,' Emily Maitlis tells cabinet minister on Brexit - BBC Newsnight
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- 7:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Newsnight asks what the UK government's best hope of getting Brexit through Parliament is.
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As Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal is rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in history - Newsnight asks Health Secretary Matt Hancock how the EU might be able to win round all those who rejected it.
MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain's exit from the EU on 29 March.
This prompted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to table a vote of no confidence in the government, which could trigger a general election.
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- Brexit: The view from Margaret Thatcher's hometown - BBC Newsnight
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- 3:59
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Newsnight goes to Margaret Thatcher's birthplace, Grantham.
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Katie Razzall reports from Grantham. Though it voted 60% in favour of leaving the European Union, its MP Nick Boles, will vote for Theresa May's Brexit deal.
He is behind a move to make sure that if the vote is defeated in Parliament that MPs can take hold of the Brexit process and pursue a Norway style deal, something that has led to calls for him to be deselected.
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- Brexit vote: What are the choices ahead? - BBC Newsnight
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- 4:22
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Two and a half years after the referendum, the House of Commons is set to vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal.
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MPs were scheduled to vote on Tuesday, 11 December. However, the prime minister delayed the vote, admitting that "widespread and deep concern" over the Northern Ireland backstop meant the deal would have been rejected "by a significant margin".
Nick Watt takes a look at what choices lie ahead for both Brexit and Theresa May.
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- Brexit: The four parliamentary tribes - BBC Newsnight
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Stephen Bush looks at how Brexit has divided Parliament.
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The New Statesman's political editor, gives his take, explaining that Parliament is no longer divided along Leave-Remain lines, but into four 'political tribes'.
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- Title
- Where next for Theresa May's deal? DISCUSSION - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 9:45
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- David Grossman looks at the various options for what could happen with Brexit.
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Theresa May's deal involves two parts, a legally binding Withdrawal Treaty on the terms of Britain's departure from the EU, and a non-binding Political Declaration setting out hopes for the future relationship after Brexit.
In the studio, Kirsty Wark is joined by MEP Patrick O’Flynn and columnist Jenni Russell who discuss where Theresa May's deal could be headed next.
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- Title
- Amber Rudd on universal credit, Brexit and The Bodyguard - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:03
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Amber Rudd has said she'd like to see a tax cut for low-paid workers.
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Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd told Newsnight that she favours calls to cut the "earnings taper".
This the rate at which benefits are reduced when claimants earn more money. Ms Rudd indicated support for the taper to be reduced from 63% to 60%.
Amber Rudd also spoke to Nick Watt about Brexit and the BBC series, The Bodyguard.
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- Title
- Mary Queen of Scots director: 'Women don’t often get to make period dramas' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Josie Rourke discusses her debut film Mary Queen of Scots.
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The director joins Kirsty Wark to talk about her transition from stage to screen, colour-blind casting and power and womanhood in her new film.
Returning to the throne in 16th Century Scotland at the age of 18, Mary Queen of Scots (played by Saoirse Ronan) is engaged in a rivalry with England’s Queen Elizabeth I, portrayed by Margot Robbie.
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- Title
- How united are the Labour Party? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 17:23
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Jeremy Corbyn believes Brexit cannot be stopped.
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Nick Watt reports on what Labour really wants and asks if the party are united in their approach to Brexit.
In the studio, Kirsty is joined by Labour MPs Chris Williamson and Gareth Snell, Momentum and Labour activist Alena Ivanova and historian Brian Brivati.
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- Title
- Brexit amendments - what now? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 19:39
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Commons Speaker, John Bercow, broke with precedent to allow a vote on a Brexit amendment. But what does it all mean?
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Political editor Nicholas Watt, Justice Minister Rory Stewart, Jill Rutter from the Institute of Government, Nikki Da Costa who is a former director of legislative affairs at Number 10, and Conservative MP Dominic Grieve join Mark Urban in studio.
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- Title
- Brexit deal explained: What's in it? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 3:34
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Raphael Hogarth takes a closer look at the Brexit deal Theresa May is offering to the House of Commons.
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As MPs prepare to vote on the prime minister's Brexit deal, Newsnight examines what's actually in it and what politicians have been saying about it.
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- Title
- MP harassment: 'Brexit is being treated as a special case' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 16:12
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Police have launched a review into the harassment of MPs.
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David Grossman reports on the levels abuse MP receive and whether Brexit has exacerbated the problem.
Conservative MP Anna Soubry was subjected to Nazi chants by protesters while doing a live TV interview in Westminster.
The MP has called for the protesters to be prosecuted under public order laws, prompting a review on how the Metropolitan Police respond to such abuse.
Emily Maitlis is joined by anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller, Conservative peer and Times' columnist Daniel Finkelstein, Labour MP Kate Hoey and Danny Lockwood, publisher of The Press.
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- Title
- Why doesn’t Northern Ireland have a government? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The devolved nation has been without a ruling executive for two years.
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- Title
- Rowan Williams: I would like to see Article 50 revoked - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 7:57
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Former Archbishop of Canterbury says he’d like to see Article 50 revoked.
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The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, joins Emily Maitlis to discuss Brexit, British identity and Universal Credit and says he’d like to see Article 50 revoked as he believes “we cannot arrive at a reasoned, sensible conclusion with the timetable we've got"
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- Title
- Romania's Foreign Minister challenged on amnesty for corrupt politicians - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 3:35
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Romania has just taken on the EU presidency, for the first time since joining the EU 12 years ago.
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But is the country best placed to hold the presidency at this crucial time?
Romania's foreign minister Teodor Meleșcanu tells Newsnight that pardoning his country's corrupt politicians may be "an alternative solution" to relieve their overcrowded prisons.
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- Title
- Health secretary: 5,000 fridges ready for no-deal Brexit - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 7:55
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock says he must prepare for all Brexit eventualities.
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Mr Hancock says that although a no-deal Brexit would be a mistake, he must prepare for all possible outcomes.
Confirming that 5,000 industrial sized refrigerators have already been paid for, he adds that the Health Department pay for a lot of contingencies that they don’t want to happen.
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- Title
- 2019: What's next for British politics? DISCUSSION - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 12:57
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- What role will the UK play in a post-Brexit world?
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Brexit may have dominated the political conservation in 2018, but what does 2019 hold?
Kirsty Wark is joined by LBC Presenter Iain Dale, Host of the Guardian Today in Focus podcast Anushka Asthana, Professor of colonial history Olivette Otele and Professor of cultural history Robert Colls.
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- Title
- Universal Credit: Is the system working? - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 6:38
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Universal Credit was supposed to simplify the benefits system - has it worked?
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Universal credit is a benefit for working-age people, replacing six benefits and merging them into one payment. The government's overhaul of the welfare system was intended to simplify the system and encourage people to stay in work. However the roll out has been controversial, with critics claiming it could leave millions worse off.
Newsnight travelled to Northumberland to assess the impact Universal Credit is having on one community.
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- Title
- Kirsty Wark on Lockerbie: 'I remember the smell and the silence' - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 2:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Newsnight's Kirsty Wark was among the first journalists to arrive at Lockerbie on 21 December 1988.
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On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York exploded 38 minutes after take-off over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
The 259 people on board were killed, along with 11 people on the ground.
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- Title
- ARCHIVE: Lockerbie Bombing 1988 - BBC Newsnight
- Runtime
- 30:41
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York exploded 38 minutes after take-off.
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Donald MacCormick presents a Newsnight special on 22 December 1988, after a Pan Am plane crashes into the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
The 259 people on board were killed, along with 11 people on the ground.
At the time of broadcast, the cause of the crash was still unknown.
Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the bombing in 2001.
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