David Bowie speaks to Jeremy Paxman on BBC Newsnight (1999) BBC Newsnight 2016-01-11 | In this BBC Newsnight interview from 1999 David Bowie talks to Jeremy Paxman about going to meet Tony Blair in stilettos, his alter egos - and makes some incredibly accurate predictions about the potential of the internet.*****Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for highlights and bonus videos http://bbc.in/1iouM30 Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsnight for the latest updates on #newsnight Add us on Snapchat - our username is 'BBCNewsnight'And follow on Facebook for our best material, an early heads up on what's coming up, and to join in our debates facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
‘Godfather of AI’ on AI “exceeding human intelligence” and it “trying to take over” BBC Newsnight 2024-10-13 | ...
When winds get up to 50 miles an hour...we will not be sending out first responders... BBC Newsnight 2024-10-10 | Mayor Ken Welch of St. Petersburg, Florida, explains what steps he is taking to protect his city, which lies directly in the path of Hurricane Milton.
‘Godfather of AI’ on AI “exceeding human intelligence” and it “trying to take over” BBC Newsnight 2024-10-08 | The Nobel Prize winning ‘Godfather of AI’ speaks to Newsnight about the potential for AI “exceeding human intelligence” and it “trying to take over.”Geoffrey Hinton, former Vice President of Google and sometimes referred to as the ‘Godfather of AI’, has recently won the 2024 Nobel Physics Prize. He resigned from Google in 2023, and has warned about the dangers of machines that could outsmart humans.In May 2024, Faisal Islam spoke to the professor for Newsnight.Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnightX: twitter.com/BBCNewsnightTikTok: tiktok.com/@newsnightbbcInstagram: instagram.com/newsnightbbcFacebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Its been one of the worst years of my life - Amanda Abbington on Strictly complaints BBC Newsnight 2024-10-04 | Victoria Derbyshire interviews 'Strictly’ star Amanda Abbington in her first interview since the BBC apologised to her and upheld some of her complaints. BBC News has been told that while complaints of verbal bullying and harassment were upheld, claims of physical aggression were not. Newsnight understands the BBC made a finding that Giovanni Pernice more than likely than not gestured to his groin area during training but makes no finding in relation to whether he had an erectionNewsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnightX: twitter.com/BBCNewsnightTikTok: tiktok.com/@newsnightbbcInstagram: instagram.com/newsnightbbcFacebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
“[Liz Truss], why don’t you want to answer any questions?” BBC Newsnight 2024-10-01 | Victoria Derbyshire presses former PM Liz Truss on whether she bears any responsibility for claims that “the country is in decline.”Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnightX: twitter.com/BBCNewsnightTikTok: tiktok.com/@newsnightbbcInstagram: instagram.com/newsnightbbcFacebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
“We realised no one was coming to save us” - Nova Festival survivors from the 7 October Hamas attack BBC Newsnight 2024-09-28 | Victoria Derbyshire talks to two Israeli survivors of the Nova Festival terror attack on 7 October 2023Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnightX: twitter.com/BBCNewsnightTikTok: tiktok.com/@newsnightbbcInstagram: instagram.com/newsnightbbcFacebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
“I’m really proud of people who want to contribute… their money to our politics. BBC Newsnight 2024-09-23 | ...
Diane Abbott on death threats, being suspended and what she really thinks about Keir Starmer BBC Newsnight 2024-09-17 | Labour MP Diane Abbott has accused Sir Keir Starmer of treating her as a "non-person" during the row over racist comments made about her by a Tory donor Frank Hester. Abbott said the comments, which emerged in March, made her feel in danger - and she had expected "more support" from her party. In an interview with BBC Newsnight, Abbott also claimed her suspension from Labour last year over alleged antisemitic comments was a "move against me", as Sir Keir Starmer wanted to "finish his clear out of the Labour left". ‘A Woman Like Me’ by Diane Abbott is published by Viking on 19 September Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnightX: twitter.com/BBCNewsnightTikTok: tiktok.com/@newsnightbbcInstagram: instagram.com/newsnightbbcFacebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
John Legend on Elon Musk, Donald Trump and baseless claims about eating cats and dogs BBC Newsnight 2024-09-13 | John Legend talks to Newsnight about Donald Trump's baseless allegations about immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, the town where he was born. He also accuses Elon Musk of spreading lies and discusses the personal tragedy that informs his family's battle for reproductive rights in America. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnightX: twitter.com/BBCNewsnightTikTok: tiktok.com/@newsnightbbcInstagram: instagram.com/newsnightbbcFacebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
The best way to get at Donald Trump is to stand up to him and not allow him to bully you. BBC Newsnight 2024-09-11 | ...
The Treasury Minister is read letter from viewer whose elderly father will lose winter fuel payment BBC Newsnight 2024-08-28 | Victoria Derbyshire reads Treasury Minister James Murray a letter from a concerned viewer whose 80-year-old father is set to lose his winter fuel payment under the Labour government's latest plans.Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Rare TV Interview With the Britains Most Powerful Woman Sue Gray in 2021. BBC Newsnight 2024-08-17 | As rumours swirl of Downing Street fireworks involving the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Sue Gray, we’ve uncovered a rare television interview she gave to BBC Northern Ireland’s Gareth Gordon in 2021. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Astronauts stuck in space will be “thriving”, says ex-space station chief BBC Newsnight 2024-08-16 | ...
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Musk is trying to pretend that freedom of speech is some absolute right. BBC Newsnight 2024-08-10 | Keir Starmer's biographer, Tom Baldwin, says there should be more regulation of social media. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme -with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Why Does Kamala Harris’ VP Pick Keep Calling Trump “Weird”? BBC Newsnight 2024-08-07 | Tim Walz, the Democrat Vice-President pick, has gone viral for repeatedly using the word “weird" to describe Donald Trump and JD Vance. US pollster Frank Luntz doesn’t think that tactic resonates with the American people. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
When we see some of these people before courts, bursting into tears, calling for their mothers... BBC Newsnight 2024-08-06 | Former Culture Secretary Sir Ben Bradshaw says why he thinks Parliament shouldn’t be recalled over the unrest across England. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
If we give up and let those thugs walk through our door, they get away with anything they want. BBC Newsnight 2024-08-03 | Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnightInstagram: instagram.com/newsnightbbcTikTok: tiktok.com/@newsnightbbcTwitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnightFacebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
“I lost count of how many thousand ponchos.” BBC Newsnight 2024-07-27 | France 24 UK Correspondent Bénédicte Paviot and political strategist Jo Tanner give their thoughts on the Paris 2024 Olympic opening ceremony. #newsnight #shorts Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnightInstagram: instagram.com/newsnightbbcTikTok: tiktok.com/@newsnightbbcTwitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnightFacebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
“If that individual used that violence and wasn’t wearing a uniform… He would be sitting in prison. BBC Newsnight 2024-07-26 | Aamer Anwar is a human rights lawyer. He says the context surrounding the man who was kicked by a police officer at Manchester Airport is irrelevant.#newsnight #shorts Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnightInstagram: instagram.com/newsnightbbcTikTok: tiktok.com/@newsnightbbcTwitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnightFacebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Labour MP Natalie Fleet talks about the statutory rape she was subjected to when she was 15 BBC Newsnight 2024-07-24 | "I was called horrendous names... a slag, a slapper, does she know who the father is.... it was really tough. But I felt that it was my fault."Labour MP Natalie Fleet on the statutory rape she was subjected to when she was 15, after being groomed by an older man. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnightTwitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnightInstagram: instagram.com/newsnightbbcTikTok: tiktok.com/@newsnightbbc
Kirsty Wark: “The Queen of Newsnight” BBC Newsnight 2024-07-13 | “The Queen of Newsnight”Kirsty Wark has presented her final Newsnight show after 30 years.Journey back through three decades of her Newsnight journalism at the heart of the biggest stories. Hear from colleagues and those she interviewed along the way.Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Faiza Shaheen says her candidacy has been blocked by Labour BBC Newsnight 2024-05-30 | Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen says her candidacy for Chingford and Woodford Green has been blocked by the Labour Party.In the interview with Victoria Derbyshire, she describes hearing that her candidacy had been pulled over liking a series of Tweets which she claims Labour said would frustrate its campaign.There are currently known to be six candidates standing in Chingford and Woodford Green: Chris Brody for the Green Party, Josh Hadley for the Liberal Democrats, Yousaff Khan for the Workers Party of Britain, Paul Luggeri of Reform UK, Faiza Shaheen and Iain Duncan Smith of the Conservative Party. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Will the Chancellors Job Support Scheme curb the rise in unemployment? - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-24 | Will the revised Job Support Scheme - due to cost the government £300 million a month, rather than the almost £4 billion a month for furlough - staunch the rise in unemployment? Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said it is "impossible" to predict how many jobs the government's new wage subsidy scheme will save.The scheme, set to replace furlough, will see the government top up the pay of people unable to work full time and aims to stop mass job cuts after the government introduced new measures to tackle a rise in coronavirus cases.The chancellor said he hoped the plan would "benefit large numbers", but he could not say what job is "viable or not".Can the chancellor’s new package hold back the tide of unemployment? Political Editor Nick Watt reports. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Coronavirus: Could the UK adopt a German-style jobs scheme? - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-23 | Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to make an announcement about what happens after the furlough scheme expires at the end of October. Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F The move comes after mounting pressure on the government.BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says Mr Sunak has been considering different forms of wage subsidy and will announce more financial help.He is understood to be looking at options including a salary top-up scheme, similar to those already operating in France and Germany.The Treasury has also announced there would be no Budget this autumn.Newsnight Political Editor Nick Watt reports.#BBC #Newsnight #BBCNews Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
US Election 2020: Will Arizona turn its back on the Republican Party? - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-23 | The Republicans have won Arizona at almost every election since 1952 when Dwight D Eisenhower was elected - apart from Bill Clinton's 1996 win. How will the state vote in the upcoming election? Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53FAlthough it’s tempting to see the US presidential election as one big campaign, in reality it's 50 smaller battles. For challenger Joe Biden, victory will come if he manages to flip a tiny number of marginal states.One of his principal targets is Arizona, where the population is changing fast. The state that has voted for Republicans for generations - apart from the 1996 election - and returned the late senator John McCain to the Senate for three decades looks like it could be slipping out of the president’s hands. According to the polls, Latino voters are making the difference. Is the state that has voted Republican for generations slipping out of President Trump's hands?US Correspondent David Grossman reports.#USElection #BBCNews #Newsnight Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Coronavirus: Are the new measures enough to avoid a second national lockdown? - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-22 | Boris Johnson has said new coronavirus measures could be in place for up to six months and warned restrictions could be further tightened if the rules aren't followed. Are the new measures enough to avoid a second national lockdown? Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on the public to "summon the discipline and the resolve" to follow the new coronavirus rules announced across the UK on Tuesday. In a television broadcast to the country he warned that new restrictions could last six months, and that the government may go further if people do not stick to them. In England, rules on face coverings were expanded, with the fines for flouting the rules increasing to £200 on the first offence, and pubs restaurants and other hospitality venues will have to close by 10pm. Hospitality venues will also have to close early in Scotland and Wales - but Scotland has gone further, banning people from visiting other people's homes. Are these new measures enough to avoid a second national lockdown? Political Editor Nick Watt reports and Emily Maitlis is joined by former Conservative Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who now chairs the commons health select committee. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Further restrictions as the UKs #Covid19 alert level raised - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-21 | All pubs, bars, restaurants and other hospitality venues in England must have a 22:00 closing time from 24 September 2020, to help curb the spread of coronavirus. Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F The sector will also be restricted by law to table service only.The measures will be set out by the prime minister in Parliament before an address to the nation to be broadcast live at 20:00 BST on Tuesday, 22 September.It comes as the UK's Covid-19 alert level moved to 4, meaning transmission is "high or rising exponentially".The government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance warned there could be 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October without further action - which, he said, could lead to more than 200 deaths per day by mid-November.Political Editor Nick Watt reports. #Covid19 #BBCNews #Newsnight Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
James Rebanks on the future of farming - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-18 | With many of us now accustomed to working from home, some dream of quitting the rat race altogether, for what they hope will be a simpler life in the country. Perhaps this helps to explain the phenomenon of James Rebanks, a shepherd from the Lake District who has become a social media star and bestselling author of 'English Pastoral'. Our Culture Editor Stephen Smith took to the fells with James Rebanks and his flock.Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
From Brexit to coronavirus: Scotland’s changing political landscape - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-17 | As May 2021's Holyrood elections edge closer, how are Brexit and the pandemic playing into the changing Scottish political landscape? Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F When Scotland voted no to independence - who would have predicted that just six years later, if a referendum was held again now, polling suggests a ‘Yes vote’ would win out. Back in 2014, Brexit and the Covid crisis were still a way into the future and Scots voted for certainty and the status quo. That's now in flux. The UK is out of the EU, against the will of the majority of Scottish voters, who also apparently look kindly on the handling of the pandemic by Scotland's political leadership.The leader of the labour party travelled to Edinburgh today, and voiced his opposition to another referendum.The Prime Minister has already made clear he doesn't want to lose the union on his watch and has said another referendum won't be granted.Can that position hold if the SNP do well in parliamentary elections next year?Policy Editor Lewis Goodall reports on a familiar constitutional battle now facing its latest twist and turn.#Newsnight #IndyRef2 #BBCNews Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
The difficulty of international Covid-19 comparisons - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-17 | As #Covid19 cases rise again, how can we compare figures internationally when no two countries have the same testing regime? Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Everyone wants to know how well their country is tackling the coronavirus pandemic, compared with others.But there are all sorts of challenges in comparing countries, such as how widely they test for Covid-19 and whether they count deaths from the virus in the same way.Health Correspondent Deb Cohen reports on the challenges of international comparisons. #BBC #BBCNews #Newsnight Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Coronavirus: Lockdown child sexual abuse hidden by under-reporting - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-16 | A significant drop in the number of child sexual abuse cases reported to police during lockdown masks the true extent of what's happened to vulnerable children, police chiefs say. Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F National Police Chiefs Council data shows reports in England and Wales fell by 25% between April and August, compared with the same period in 2019.But officers told BBC Newsnight this does not represent the true picture.And senior officers are warning child protection referrals will now rise.Chief Constable Simon Bailey said he suspected the 25% fall was "a false and misleading picture" of what children may have experienced during those months.UK Editor Katie Razzall reports.READ: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54169197#Newsnight #Coronavirus #BBCNews Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Coronavirus: How are care homes gearing up for a potential rise in infections? – BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-15 | After being hit so badly at the beginning of the Covid pandemic, how are care homes protecting themselves from the possibility of a second spike?Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F The government has written to care homes providers in England warning them of a rise in infections in the sector. A letter from the Department of Health urged care bosses to take "necessary action to prevent and limit outbreaks". Cases were mainly among staff but risked spreading, it said. To ensure residents remain safe but still enjoy a good quality of life, care homes need regular and reliable testing.So, as autumn fast approaches, is the government doing enough to make sure we have as much testing capacity as possible? Deb Cohen reports.#Coronavirus #BBCNews #NewsnightNewsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
UK Border tensions: Anti-immigration protests on the rise – BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-15 | As increasing numbers of migrants attempt to reach the UK in small boats, anti-immigration protests targeting asylum seekers have begun to rise.Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Throughout the summer, footage of asylum seekers arriving on British shores in dinghies and small boats prompted much concern. Some were concerned about the welfare of those arriving and what they were fleeing - accusing the government of not showing enough compassion. Others worried that the numbers were reaching peaks not seen since the Brexit Referendum. This concern has brought protest onto the streets and Britain First, a pro-repatriation group, is leading the way. Yasminara Khan reports. #BBC #BBCNews #Newsnight Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Brexit: Internal Market Bill clears first hurdle in Commons - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-15 | A proposed law giving Boris Johnson's government the power to override parts of the Brexit agreement with the EU has passed its first hurdle in the Commons. Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F MPs backed the Internal Market Bill by 340 votes to 263.Ministers say it contains vital safeguards to protect Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, if negotiations on a future trade deal break down.But critics, including a number of Tory MPs, warned it risks damaging the UK by breaching international law.Although the government has a majority of 80 in the Commons, it is braced for rebellions in the coming weeks as the legislation receives detailed scrutiny.Several prominent Conservatives, including former Chancellor Sajid Javid, have said they could not support the final bill unless it is amended, with a number expected to have abstained in Monday's vote.Political Editor Nick Watt reports and in the studio Emily Maitlis is joined by Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale, who did not vote with the government, Tory Peer Lord Lilley who supports the Internal Market Bill and European Parliament Vice-President Katarina Barley.#Brexit #BBCNews #Newsnight Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Melania Trump has a transactional marriage, says ex-aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-11 | In her only UK broadcast interview, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff - Melania Trump’s former friend and aide - joins Newsnight's Kirsty Wark to discuss her relationship with the First Lady and her new tell-all book, Melania and Me. Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F A former aide to Melania Trump has written a memoir, Melania and Me, about her 15-year friendship with the US first lady.In 2018, Ms Winston Wolkoff was reportedly forced out of the White House, amid allegations that she had been profiteering from President Trump's inauguration.But the former aide has said she was "thrown under the bus".She denied claims her company received $26 million (£20 million) in payments to help plan the 2017 ceremony and surrounding events, saying her firm "retained a total of $1.62 million".The White House has denounced the book as a "bizarre twisting of the truth".#Newsnight #BBC #BBCNewsNewsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Tory rebellion looms as PM imposes stricter Covid restrictions - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-10 | Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said "we must act" to avoid another lockdown as virus cases rise in England. But how will he deal with MPs on his benches who say they are being denied a say on Covid policy? Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out a new "rule of six", restricting gatherings to a maximum of six people, enforced by police able to issue fines or make arrests.Mr Johnson also outlined a "moonshot" plan to control the virus with mass testing, possibly by next spring.The move comes after the second week in September saw cases rise from 12.5 infections per 100,000 people to 19.7 per 100,000 across the UK.But the response on the Tory back benches to the increased restrictions has been far from effusive. More than that - Newsnight has learnt there's a looming rebellion.Political Editor Nick Watt reports.#BBC #BBCNews #Newsnight Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Children should be banned from unregulated care homes - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-09 | The government should ban placing under-18s in care in unregulated homes amid concerns over sexual and criminal exploitation, the children's commissioner has exclusively told #Newsnight. Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Some vulnerable teenagers are "at risk every day of the week", Anne Longfield told BBC Newsnight.It comes after over a year of reporting on the conditions of homes where councils are putting teenagers in care. We’ve uncovered an unregulated and expanding part of the care sector and highlighted the dangers for the more than 12,000 children who have spent time in what’s called supported accommodation. 7 months ago, under pressure from charities, politicians and the police, the Government told local authorities it shouldn't place children under 16 into these homes. Now Children’s Commissioner for England has gone further - calling for all those under 18 to be banned from in care in unregulated homes.Newsnight’s UK editor Katie Razzall reports. Read more here: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54093367 #BBC #BBCNewsNewsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnightTwitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnightFacebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Ex-US ambassador ‘does not regret’ Trump criticism - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-08 | In an exclusive interview the UK’s former Ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, tells Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis he does not regret criticising Donald Trump in briefings later leaked to the media, in which he described the president’s government as "dysfunctional" and ”inept" in private letters. Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F The UK's former ambassador to the US has told BBC Newsnight he does not regret criticising Donald Trump in briefings later leaked to the media.Kim Darroch quit last year after it emerged he described the US President's government as "dysfunctional", "inept" and "divided" in private letters.But its disclosure to the media was a "vindictive" breach of trust, he said.Lord Darroch left his post in July 2019 amid a huge diplomatic row over the leaking of a series of private cables, in which he had questioned the competence of the Trump administration and its handling of major foreign policy issues, such as relations with Iran.In response to suggestions the prime minister could modify the Brexit withdrawal agreement, Lord Darroch told Newsnight “the idea that you could re-write your part of the agreement is just unacceptable” and “it’s a breach of international law." Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Fake feedback: Sellers ‘using one-star reviews to harm rivals on Amazon’ - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-08 | Between September 5 and 6, Amazon removed 20,000 fake positive reviews from its platform, but it is fake one star reviews that are now thought to be the new front of feedback forgery. Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Amazon's marketplace is being abused by independent sellers using one-star reviews to harm rivals, Newsnight has been told.Newsnight spoke to a number of those affected who believe their sales have suffered as a consequence.Every year £23bn of online shopping sales in the UK are said to be influenced by reviews - which makes them and people’s trust in them all the more important.Over the weekend Amazon removed 20,000 fake positive from its platform. But it’s not just positive reviews that are being manipulated - false one star reviews are now thought to be the new front of feedback forgery. How is it affecting businesses on the platform? And how straightforward is it to remove fake reviews?James Clayton reports. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
What happened to Boris Johnson’s ‘oven-ready’ Brexit deal? - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-08 | Is the government getting ready to tear up a treaty its already signed to get the Brexit it wants? Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Ministers are planning new legislation that could override a key part of last year's EU withdrawal agreement.The move could change the nature of new Northern Ireland customs arrangements intended to prevent a return to checks at the border with the Irish Republic.Downing Street said it was a standby plan in case EU-UK trade talks fail.Boris Johnson said that, if a trade deal is not reached by 15 October, both sides should "move on", which would still be a "good outcome".Is this an attempt to torpedo the whole process? And is this bluff or a declaration of intent?Political Editor Nick Watt reports. Mark Urban is joined by chair of the committee on the future relationship with the EU Hilary Benn, member of the European parliament's UK coordination group Philippe Lamberts and chair of the pro-Brexit group Lawyers for Britain Martin Howe QC. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
HS2: Could a lasting shift towards home-working make it obsolete? - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-07 | As construction work on HS2 officially begins, are infrastructure projects like high speed rail the boost the economy needs or is it a relic from a pre-Covid era? Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Construction work on HS2 officially began on September 4, with companies behind the controversial high-speed rail project expecting to create 22,000 jobs in the next few years.Prime Minister Boris Johnson said HS2 would "fire up economic growth and help to rebalance opportunity". But has Covid-19 changed the equation? Now there may be a shift towards remote working after coronavirus, do we still need the extra capacity HS2 provides?Business Editor Helen Thomas reports. Joining Kirsty Wark is Senior Vice President of the Institute of Civil Engineers Rachel Skinner, former Deputy Mayor of London Baroness Jenny Jones, who represents the Green Party in the House of Lords, and Adrian Quine from the Adam Smith Institute. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Margaret Atwood on the US election, Trump and The Testaments - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-04 | Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments, discusses her work, the upcoming US election and how Covid19 has changed us with BBC Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark. Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F The Canadian author Margaret Atwood has always been able to take us into other worlds in her fiction, but none as disturbing as The Handmaid's Tale which came out in 1985. It has variously been made into a film, a graphic novel, an opera, and a hugely successful TV series, but as we await the fourth season, Atwood revisited Gilead, with a sequel, The Testaments, as the repressive regime, fifteen years on starts to rot from within.Here, she speaks to presenter Kirsty Wark.#BBC #Newsnight #BBCNews Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Scottish Independence: Sturgeon revives plans for indyref2 - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-03 | The Scottish government is to set out its plans for a second independence referendum in a draft bill at Holyrood. But where does Westminster stand and can Boris Johnson really keep saying no to Nicola Sturgeon? Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F At the start of September Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made her demands for another independence referendum crystal clear – based on the SNP’s expected success at the Scottish elections next May.So far Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s strategy has been to say the one word Sturgeon will not accept: No.But if the SNP storm the polls – can the man who boasts of respecting the will of the people really ignore what’s happening north of the border?But what is the current strategy on both sides? Political Editor Nick Watt reports.#IndyRef2 #BBCNews #Newsnight Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Coronavirus: Is mass testing the answer? - BBC Newsnight BBC Newsnight 2020-09-03 | Some say that if we're going to live with #Covid19 but reduce the chances of continued lockdowns, mass testing is critical. But how straightforward is it? Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F Increased coronavirus testing in areas of the UK with higher numbers of cases has led to shortages elsewhere.But public health experts say this strategy could mean that big rises in numbers in other places are missed.Testing people and then tracing the contacts of those who are infected - is considered vital to stop coronavirus from spreading. Deb Cohen reports and in the studio Kirsty Wark is joined by by former Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell.#BBC #BBCNews #NewsnightNewsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: bbc.co.uk/newsnight Twitter: twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
