good evening, and welcome at last to newsnight.hundreds of members of the media who swarm around the prime minister, follow her every move, and the idea from the conservatives point of view is to get the best possible exposure on the tv news that evening. we seem to have been the first i westerners here and felt the blast of much pent up bitterness. she said, "they killed my brother. my house is gone. it's everything. we don't want saddam doing everything". mr duncan smith, are you frightened of michael portillo? are you frightened of mr portillo? thank you. aren't you taking this quiet man business a bit far? gkids was officially earmarked for closure last summer. it will be replaced initially by two regional hubs. newsnight has now learned there are concerns over several people appointed to a key role in training the new cohort of staff who will work in the regional hubs. well, the ceo of bbc news, deborah turness, has written a blog post about changes proposed to newsnight and bbc news as a whole. you can find that online, but h

why do that to newsnight?e'll always be space for what one of your members of your audience described as a highbrow programme. it's a know what he means by that. it's a good word, intelligent, well moderated discussion about some of the issues that most news programmes are not getting to. that will be the heart of newsnight. last week, newsnight�*s former political editor, michael crick, told us that the centralised reporting is not going to work. you lose the editorial distinctiveness that drives investigations on a programme, and one might mention the hannah barnes story and the tavistock clinic, for example. which was brilliant. and indeed, on the day we announced the changes, there was a really good investigation on newsnight about the culture in the nhs and how it affects patient care. the thing is, we want that sort of investigation to be available to the millions of people who come to us all day, whether whether it's on radio, television or online. so if you look at investigations that we've done away f

well, i'd say it's an error at the moment to leave newsnight as, roger, if not newsnight, where wouldnt content it's producing. and i would say this as journalist, but it's news, not survivor. michael, what would you cut then? well, it's very difficult to know without having access to the figures, which i've never had. but i would agree with roger, really, that the preserving news and news related content is vital. i mean, we have a role really in a democracy, a liberal democracy, in holding people to account, holding powerful people to account. now, you know, i would clearly go for cuts in terms of light entertainment, sports contracts and so on. but quite whether they work or not or whether there's income for the bbc from doing those kind of deals is way beyond what i've looked at. but news and that role we play in news and have played, i say we i'm no longer here, but is vital, and i think we ought to evaluate. it's the people who don't like being held to account that are going to be pleased with this announcement. michael crick, roger mosey, thank you both. thank you for all your

also tonight, after newsnight�*s revelations this week about allegations of a "mafia—like" culture at trust, the boss of that trusts responds. joe's here with the latest. and in dubai, rishi sunak and keir starmer compete over climate change at the cop talks, but is the road to election success paved in green? plus, one of the most influential women in the modern feminist movement, gloria steinem, tells us how feminism has changed and the impact of cancel culture. we should not submit to cancel culture. it is social pressure as censorship, and it is definitely not a good thing. good evening. hostilities have resumed, prisoners and hostages are no longer being exchanged, the bombing has restarted and civilians are now dying again in gaza as israel tries to finish off hamas after its attacks on october seventh. a barrage of rockets from hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments including the uk, landed in israel early this morning. civilians in the south of gaza, including those already displaced from the north, are now being told in leaflets dropped from th

but last night, the us republican senator ronjohnson, who is an ally of donald trump, told newsnightr in ukraine is a settlement between zelensky and putin. is that your view? we're going to continue until we achieve our goals. our goal is clear. we need security guarantees. and we will get it on a battlefield or by negotiations. even if those negotiations meant that president zelensky would remain in power? who is mr zelensky? would you tell me? he don't have economy, he don't have people, he don't have army. hejust has... he doesn't have, i'm sorry. he hasjust american and uk money, american and uk weapons, and he hasjust tired people who wants to end this war. he's supported by the majority of people in his country. i'm not sure about this. he is lying to you. let me come back to democracy. the biggest threat, the biggest thorn, i should say, in president putin's side is alexei navalny. is alexei navalny dead? i don't know. he'd beenjailed because he made an economic crime and he is injail. but we don't know where he is. it's not, it's your problem, but it's not a problem for russ

newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two, with victoria derbyshire.bbc one, time for the news where you are. goodnight. on bbc london, a ulez camera has been blown up in south—east london. is the home office confirmed the night at the cost of the rwanda scheme has doubled to 290 million tones of not one salesperson centre, rishi sunak tries to sell his own legislation to mps today. is he yet another conservative prime minister —— doubled to £290 million, with not one person sent there. mr sunak is trying to save his rwanda plan — and his premiership. can he get enough votes to get his latest legislation through? we'll talk to two conservatives — one who supports it, one who doesn't. also tonight, as an inquest rules an ofsted inspection contributed to the death of headteacher, we bring together a former ofsted boss and a teacher who's been through 20 school inspections. six former met police officers are given suspended sentences after newsnight revealed racist whatsapp messages. and our tribute to benjamin zephaniah, who's died at the age of 65. iam

thank you very much for talking to newsnight. heads up the one nation conservatives group on the left of the party. i asked whether there's another battle coming at the next stage of this bill. i think one of the significant things, the most significant thing that's happened today is that the government won quite big. it's been one of those febrile, gossipy, exciting days in westminster, but actually at the end the government held a majority of 44, which is pretty solid. but today was the easy day, really. it was about the principle of the thing. yeah, but the principle thing is important. and just looking at there was a labour amendment first and then the government vote, for the labour amendment, which of course all conservatives would vote against. there were 337 for the government vote, there were 313. so that means 24 of my colleagues decided to abstain. that's not that many. that's fewer than people thought. but how is the prime minister going to bring together, reconcile the two sides of the party? because people on the ri

newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two.e, it's time tojoin our under way on bbc two. colleagues for the news where you are — goodnight. a wave of mental health illness has hit the workforce — now the single biggest reason among the under—44s for not seeking work. it's now become an economic problem, but is this here to stay? on the day that the economy showed again its inability to grow, a key problem remains the size of the workforce. i'm in bed most of the day, because i'm in bed most of the day, because i have nothing to do, nothing to achieve. so, yes, iwould say i have nothing to do, nothing to achieve. so, yes, i would say the employment side is much better, if i was in it. we have an exclusive investigation from ben and talk to the experts. also tonight... the un children's boss who hasjust returned from gaza on the day rains turn palestinian tent cities into fields of mud. after newsnight revealed that british—trained afghan special forces now face deportation to the taliban regime, mps demanded answers today in the

cnn "newsnight" with abby phillip starts now. >>> read it and wait. that is tonight on "newsnight". >> ♪ >> good evening, i am abby phillip in washington. tonight, just one sentence from the supreme court may trigger eight train reaction for jack smith, donald trump, and every single voter in the 2024 election. the nine justices only required 11 words to turn down special counsel's request to rush and provide an answer to any central question. is donald trump ultimately immune from prosecution? the high court's decision to take special counsel case off the fast track ushers in a world of uncertainty. the special counsel now must go through the regular process. he and trump's lawyers will make their arguments before the d.c. circuit in january. on january 9th, just six days before the iowa caucuses. now, today's choice by the justices almost certainly guarantees that the trial, scheduled for march 4th -- a day before super tuesday, mind you -- will like and are we on schedule. and if the supreme court decides to take the case, and no one knows of cours

now, newsnight�*s heard that rental bidding wars are making it even tougher.said, "i don't think this is worth 950 without bills." he said, "there are six people after you — someone will take it." this is in my baby's room... you don't have to go far to hear some of the horror stories that renters in the uk are facing at the moment. issues with mould, rising rents and wrongful evictions. and the windows inside are drenched... but there's something else. unfortunately, we made an offer more than the asking price and we did not get it. bidding wars. it's commonplace if you're buying a property. but it's hitting the private rental market, too. people are going up against each other to offer more rent than is being advertised in order to find somewhere to live, and in bristol the message is clear... chanting. this community organisation is just some of those calling for a ban on bidding wars for renters in the uk. in the last year, acorn has targeted letting agents, asking them to commit to their pledge to stop it from happening in the city. so we have had people

let's look at it through newsnight�*s global tracker lens. biggest hit, with gdp falling by 22%. and here's the relative performance of the g7 in deaths per million. again, the uk seems to come out worst. 3,438 deaths per million people. put the two measures together and you have this — the uk in the top left — worst on deaths and also worst on gdp performance. some attribute this double whammy to the uk's delay in locking down. and look at the downward sloping trend. you might look at this and conclude that countries that did better on reducing deaths also did better on protecting the economy, so there was indeed no trade off between the two. but we need to be careful aboutjumping to such strong conclusions from cross country statistical comparisons like this. first, because there is the uncertainty about how comparable the economic data is between countries. second, because the performance on deaths depends on many complex factors, such as the underlying health of the population and the state of the health service. not just the stringency a

newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two with kirsty wark.

on newsnight at 10:30pm, "enough is enough" says the home secretary, as he aanounces what he calls thest reduction in immigration on record. but what would a cut of 300,000 mean for everything from care homes to construction? good evening. there's to be a tightening of restrictions on legal migration into the uk — which will affect people on work and student visas, and their dependants. the government says it will mean a reduction in numbers of more than 300,000. at the moment, foreign workers must earn a minimum of £26,200 to get a skilled worker visa. that will nowjump to over £38,000. people working in health and social care — who make up the bulk of visas — will be exempt from the minimum salary rise. but those same workers will be banned from bringing dependants into the uk. the head of the union unison called the plans cruel — and said they spelled disaster for the nhs and the care sector. the home secretary said immigration policy must be fair and sustainable. with a look now at the detail — and at the political pressures on the government — here's our political editor, chris ma

on bbc london: tributes to lianne gordon — on newsnight at10:30pm, on newsnight at 10:30pm, we go deepere headlines and talk to key players from today's major stories. plus a first look at today's major papers. in a major blow to the prime minister tonight, the minister responsible for immigration, robertjenrick, has resigned — at the very moment legislation on asylum seekers was being announced to the commons. his resignation came over a bill attempting to enable the government's policy of sending some migrants to rwanda to go ahead after the supreme court ruled it unlawful. mrjenrick said it didn't go far enough and it would not end what he called "the merry go round of legal challenges which risked paralysing the scheme." our political editor chris mason is here. a huge embarrassment this for rishi sunak? it this for rishi sunak? is a huge embarrassment. bu quite it is a huge embarrassment. but quite the thing to do so in the very week that you are attempting a reset on, yes, you guessed it, immigration policy. on monday we had government plans to cut legal immigration adjuster the ho

six former metropolitan police officers have been given suspended sentences after bbc newsnight revealedhomophobic whatsapp messages. deputy chief magistrate tan ikran said they had harmed public our correspondent tom symonds has been following the story, tom, tell us more. well, apologies, the audio there on that line to tom, is problematic. so hopefully we can restore that line and return to tom symonds who is following that case in the next little while. the uk has accused russia of running a cyber—hacking campaign targeting politicians and public figures, including an mp who had his emails stolen. the government says a group working for the russian security service, the fsb, has been stealing data for years, and making some of it public. russia has always denied such activity. our securtity correspondent gordon corera has been explaining what's been going on. it's a pretty serious allegation, they have been trying to interfere in british life by trying to hack into the e—mails of public figures. in mpi i spoke to earlier this year he wrote believed russian intelligence had hacked his

there's no, the whole of newsnight devoted at one point to martin bashir.slightly similar thing with hugh edwards, i think. and so i do think, unlike actually many newspapers, the bbc really does take reporting on itself and holding itself to account quite seriously. whether it always does that at the right time and to the right degree, i think is very much up to the question. jane mortensen, thank you so much for coming on newswatch. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media email newswatch at bbc.co.uk or you can find us on ecs, formerly known as twitter at newswatch bbc. you can call us on 0370106676 and do have a look at our website for previous interviews. bbc.co.uk slash newswatch. that's all from us for 2023. thank you forjoining us. do you think about getting in touch and perhaps even coming on the programme? we'll be back on the 5th of january to hear more of your thoughts about how the bbc covers the news. until then, merry christmas a

you know, if you're newsnight, bbc news, you do newsnight, your bbc news, you do want to take risks fromtime. worst thing you want time. the worst thing you want to is producing boring to be doing is producing boring tv, nobody about. tv, which nobody talks about. um, but i think on some this um, but i think on some of this other this agatha other stuff, this agatha christie for instance, or christie story for instance, or the stuff, mean, the slave trade stuff, i mean, look, hugely important , the look, it's hugely important, the slave trade, the history of the slave trade, the history of the slave it also this slave trade, but it also this country doing country stopped doing it. the best of centuries ago. best part of two centuries ago. >> actually were >> yeah. we actually were responsible for stopping in >> yeah. we actually were resrfirstble for stopping in >> yeah. we actually were resrfirst place' stopping in >> yeah. we actually were resrfirst place and)ping in >> yeah. we actually were resrfirst place and stoppedn >> yeah. we actually were resrfirst place and stopped it. the fir

that's tonight on "newsnight." good evening. i'm abby phillip in washington. and today a not so gentle nudge from the leader of the free world to the only democracy in the middle east. watch where your bombs drop. >> i want them to be focused on how to save civilian lives, not stop going after hamas, but be more careful. >> today's warning from the president to his israeli counterpart makes what he told the world less than two months ago seem, frankly, a world away. >> i come to israel with a single message. you're not alone. you're not alone. as long as the united states stands, and we will stand forever, we'll not let you ever be alone. >> right now the two nations are no longer in lockstep. biden administration officials have advised israel that their campaign of overwhelming force needs to end and end soon, within weeks. it's not quite an ultimatum. sources made that clear. but the united states is now more willing to say that quiet part out loud. they believe that israel is simply killing too many palestinian civilians, and far too many palestinian childr

and on newsnight at 10:30...ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow's front pages. good evening. the prime minister has won a crucial vote in parliament on his plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda — despite threats of a rebellion from the right of his party. rishi sunak spent the day trying to persuade conservative mps to back him. if he'd lost tonight — it would have significantly dented his authority. in total, 313 mps voted in favour of the bill and 269 mps voted against it, meaning the government had a majority of 44 votes. no conservatives mps voted against the bill, but 37 did not vote. chris mason is in westminster. a day ofjeopardy and a day of jitters and the government deploying every tool of persuasion and mathematics, so the phone calls and the snatched conversations in the corridors, the more formal meetings, and on the mathematical side making sure everyone who could vote for the government was here in order to vote

and now see newsnight getting and now we see newsnight getting cut funding. because cut its funding.iners is destroying it. that's fact in industry. >> we know it in industry and there's massive noise in industry about headliners industry about what headliners has newsnight. industry about what headliners has i newsnight. industry about what headliners has i wasiewsnight. industry about what headliners has i was joking. ht. industry about what headliners has i was joking. that's not >> but i was joking. that's not really it's not the real reason, but i wanted to create. you went with it? >> yeah, i wanted to create it. >> yeah, i wanted to create it. >> had to clarify. so we don't get sued. louis, is it the centralisation everything centralisation of everything and the something? the death of something? yeah. >> well, it is the same. >> well, it is the same. >> it's what happens when was >> it's what happens when it was centralised at one time, and it's decentre closed. it's becoming decentre closed. and is what's happened and this is what's happened is that used have to that people

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that's tonight on "newsnight." good evening. i'm abby phillip in washington. today, an era has come to an end. the locks have been changed, and his name has been removed from the halls of congress. george santos goes back to wherever he came from. more on his exit and his lies in a few minutes. >>> first, the constitution versus donald trump. two separate legal lawsuits say that the former president does not have immunity. breaking tonight, a federal judge tossed a motion to make election subversion charges against donald trump disappear. judge tonya chutkan ruling with precision, quote, the court cannot conclude the constitution cloaks former presidents with absolute immunity for any federal crimes they committed while in office. also today, a ruling on the former president and the january 6th violence that he unleashed. it's a decision that may set off a chain reaction for our democracy. today a federal appeals panel says lawsuits filed against the former president, they can move forward. the lawsuits were filed by members of congress, police officers, and o

newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two, with kirsty.bbc one, its time tojoin our colleagues for the news where you are, goodnight. this programme contains some strong language. i never hacked a phone or told anybody else to hack a phone, and nobody has produced any actual evidence to prove that i did. but today a court ruled piers morgan did know about phone hacking when he was editor of the daily mirror. prince harry won the day — the verdict, he was hacked by the mirror group — but morgan, named 68 times by the judge, came out swinging. so what will be the impact of today's judgment on both victims of hacking, and the press? we'll bejoined byjacqui hames, from the hacked off group, graham johnson, sunday mirror journalist who previously pled guilty to phone hacking, and paul connew, former editor of the sunday mirror. also tonight... more revelations about the plight of former afghan special forces, now in danger from the taliban. british army officers tried to vouch for them but were never contacted by the mod. and... i will grind re

and now see newsnight getting and now we see newsnight getting cut funding. because cut its funding.iners is destroying it. that's fact in industry. >> we know it in industry and there's massive noise in industry about headliners industry about what headliners has newsnight. industry about what headliners has i newsnight. industry about what headliners has i wasiewsnight. industry about what headliners has i was joking. ht. industry about what headliners has i was joking. that's not >> but i was joking. that's not really it's not the real reason, but i wanted to create. you went with it? >> yeah, i wanted to create it. >> yeah, i wanted to create it. >> had to clarify. so we don't get sued. louis, is it the centralisation everything centralisation of everything and the something? the death of something? yeah. >> well, it is the same. >> well, it is the same. >> it's what happens when was >> it's what happens when it was centralised at one time, and it's decentre closed. it's becoming decentre closed. and is what's happened and this is what's happened is that used have to that people

and we'll be discussing the the bbc's newsnight the cuts.e bbc's newsnight show and whether there's a worrying decline of programmes of that nature and of course, i've got wonderful panel to i've got a wonderful panel to here answer questions our here answer questions from our studio panel this studio audience. my panel this evening comedians chris evening are the comedians chris cressida and frances cressida wetton and frances foster . welcome, both. has it foster. welcome, both. has it been a good week for you.7 >> been a good week for you? >> no. >> no. okay. >> no. okay. i'm >> no. okay. i'm glad >> no. okay. i'm glad you >> no. okay. i'm glad you came along. i was actually in spain a couple of days ago. the food is terrible there for vegetarian. do you know this? no, i didn't. they don't really believe in vegetarianism. i ordered a dish which had no meat and they put prawns put prawns prawns in. they just put prawns in. going on? in. what's going on? >> therefore they in. what's going on? >> feel therefore they in. what's going on? >> f

why do that to newsnight?puts — our podcasts, our linear programmes, ourwebsite. they reach far more people. and in the end, ourjob is to get thatjournalism to the maximum range of audiences we can. former bbc news executive roger mosey was also on newsnight last week, and he said the bbc should be cutting some of the fluff from other parts of his output, like daytime, rather than making these cuts to the news content, which is the heart of the bbc�*s reputation. i think the bbc�*s reputation does rest a lot on what the public service bit that the bbc does, and news is at the forefront of that. i saw roger's interview and i saw michael couric�*s interview on the programme last week. i think if you had representatives of other parts of the bbc sitting with me today, whether it's daytime or entertainment or comedy or drama or sport or whatever, they would also... we've tightened our belts, too, over the years. there's very little original programming in parts of daytime, now, for example, on bbc two, and other p

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and welcome out to a bonus hour of cnn newsnight. a new filing this hour from jack smith, putting donald trump on notice. that is tonight on "newsnight". 314 days to go until americans hit the polls to elect that next president of the united states. with the shadow of what happened the last time hanging over just about everything. and as we face a collision of politics and the law like nothing we have ever seen in our history. now, presidential candidate, the republican front runner, is campaigning while he's facing 91 -- 91 -- criminal charges across four different cases. and everything may hinge on donald trump's federal election subversion trial in washington. prosecutors and special counsel jack smith's office are trying to prevent trump from spreading false information in court, and claiming to be a victim of a political persecution as part of his defense. writing in a new court filing today, the court should not permit the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates irrelevant disinformation and should r

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. >> oh, the bbc newsnight set . >> oh, the bbc newsnight set. >> oh, the bbc newsnight set. >> i do.. i have to confess, i only watched the first episode and i ought to be watching it all because, of course, i've written a book about nigel farage and need catch farage and i need to catch up with doing. i with what he's been doing. i have whether the people have no idea whether the people who've left a bottlers all i would say is you wouldn't get me jumping aeroplane as jumping out of an aeroplane as they to in the first episode they had to in the first episode or climbing down skyscraper. or climbing down a skyscraper. terrifying things. i wouldn't have any problems about eating a kangaroo's penis or whatever , or kangaroo's penis or whatever, or insects , but the. yeah, i insects, but the. yeah, i understand if people can't can't keep it up but i think farage will will do well out of this. i mean he's coming across from what i gather as a, you know, a genial person, you're getting people are getting to see the other side of farage. i mean, farage can be side the back side i >> -- >>

newsnight s international correspondentjoe inwood has the story.s the triples. initially set up to tackle the opium trade, they soon became specialists in fighting the taliban. translation: at first we carried out thousands of operations _ to destroy the drugs trade. then after 2007, when the taliban networks gradually started their activities, we carried out operations against them whenever they were. ali spent nearly two decades on front lines. this is him with members british special forces. the triples were at the front end of the uk—supported counter—terrorism operation, they did the most dangerous, the most difficult, the most important missions accompanied by british soldiers and did many things that british soldiers didn't do. now ali is in hiding in pakistan. he shows us around the single room where he and his family have barely left for three months. along with hundreds of his colleagues, ali couldn't get on evacuation flights when the taliban returned, so he headed to pakistan where he assumed he would get help from the uk's afghan reloc

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and on newsnight at 10:30pm... go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players the truce is over, but with thousands of civilian casualties, or israel's western allies now changing their town? israel's western allies now changing theirtown? —— changing israel's western allies now changing their town? —— changing their tone? good evening and welcome to the news at ten. israel resumed its deadly bombardment of gaza today, as a seven—day ceasefire with hamas came to an end. the israeli military says it struck more than 200 of what it called "terror targets". hamas, which is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the uk government, says at least 178 people were killed. before the pause in fighting, israel's military had focussed on the north of gaza, including places like gaza city. this morning, israeli jets dropped leaflets near the city of khan younis, telling people to get out immediately and seek shelter in rafah in the south of the territory, near the egyptian border. but israel's military has hit

and on newsnight at 10:30pm, we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today'sus, we take a first look at what's on tomorrow's front pages. good evening. european leaders have agreed to open eu membership talks with ukraine — a decision hailed by president zelensky as a victory for his country and for europe. ukraine, along with moldova, applied to join the eu after russia launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine in february 2022. these are the battle lines as they currently stand. today, president putin, speaking in his first news conference since the war, said there will be no peace in ukraine until russia achieves its objectives there. in a moment, we'll have more from moscow, and also from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. but first our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov reports from the front line in bakhmut in the east of ukraine, where troops are under pressure because of a dwindling supply of military hardware. in the bitter cold of winter, this deadly war grinds on, and big guns, provided by western partners, still play a crucial role. ukraine's 93rd bri

on bbc london, the momentjust before two police officers on newsnight at10:30pm, we go deeper behindhe headlines and talk to key players from today's major stories. plus a first look at tommorrow�*s front pages. good evening. an attempt at the united nations to agree a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza has failed tonight, as the us opposed the proposal. the uk abstained from the vote. this was the scene in new york earlier. despite 13 nations voting for a ceasefire, the united states�* veto means the resolution failed to pass. earlier, the un secretary—general warned that the people of gaza are at breaking point. israel says any ceasefire would cement hamas�* control of gaza. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by many countries, including the uk. meanwhile, more video has emerged showing dozens of palestinian men detained by israel. the footage, verified by the bbc, shows them stripped to their underwear, kneeling on the ground and being guarded by israeli soldiers. it's understood that some of the men have since been released. we'll speak to our correspondent at the united na

newsnight�*s international correspondentjoe inwood has the story.the triples. initially set up to tackle the opium trade, they soon became specialists in fighting the taliban. translation: at first we carried out thousands of operations _ to destroy the drugs trade. then after 2007, when the taliban networks gradually started their activities, we carried out operations against them whenever they were. ali spent nearly two decades on front lines. this is him with members british special forces. the triples were at the front end of the uk—supported counter—terrorism operation, they did the most dangerous, the most difficult, the most important missions accompanied by british soldiers and did many things that british soldiers didn't do. now ali is in hiding in pakistan. he shows us around the single room where he and his family have barely left for three months. along with hundreds of his colleagues, ali couldn't get on evacuation flights when the taliban returned, so he headed to pakistan where he assumed he would get help from the uk's afghan relocat

and barbie leads the way with nominations at the golden globes — but are the awards still and on newsnight0... we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow's front pages. good evening. on the eve of a crucial vote for the prime minister on his plan to send illegal migrants to rwanda — various factions of conservative mps have been meeting and giving their opinions on whether the plan will work — and by extension whether they are likely to vote for it. and in an indication of how divided the party is over the issue, the opinions vary widely. some have given it their backing as long as it doesn't change — others say it has to change — or be junked altogether. others say it has to change — or be junked altogether. our political editor chris mason is in westminster. this plan is something that rishi sunak has made central to his premiership but he's struggling to get his party to back it. he really is. that's the reality tonight. there are few more awkward places for a prime minister to find themselves than one where

and on newsnight at 10:30... we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus, we take a first look at what's on tomorrow's front pages. good evening. the united nations climate summit in dubai has broken fresh ground on trying to limit harmful emissions. for the first time, the deal at cop28 calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels. but it does stop short of asking them to phase them out completely. experts say this is crucial if humanity is to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre—industrial levels. but island nations, which are hardest hit by climate change are not happy. they say their way of life is being threatened because there's not enough focus on cutting emissions in the short term. our climate editorjustin rowlatt reports from dubai. we waited and we waited and then... hearing no objection, it is so decided. ..with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just go

on newsnight at10:30pm, we go deeper behind the headlines and talk to key players from today's majortories. plus a first look at tommorrow�*s front pages. good evening. images have emerged today from gaza which appear to show dozens of palestinian men on their knees, stripped to their underwear, being held by israeli defence forces. it's not clear if they have surrendered or if they have been taken by the military. israel has not said who the men are, but it has confirmed that its forces are making arrests in gaza. the new images come as tens of thousands of palestinians are streaming into rafah city, near the gaza strip�*s southern border with egypt, trying to escape intense fighting elsewhere. the head of humanitarian affairs for the united nations says there is no longer any humanitarian operation worthy of that name in the south of gaza. from jerusalem, here's our international editor, jeremy bowen. a warning — you may find some of the images upsetting. video emerged this afternoon off palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town in northern gaza and we

on newsnight at10:30...r told anyone else to hack a phone and nobody has produced any actual evidence to prove that i did. that wasn't the ruling delivered by high courtjudge today. good evening. earlier this year prince harry became the first senior royal of modern times to give extensive evidence in court in person — today he was awarded over £140,000 after a judge ruled he was the victim of phone hacking by mirror group newspapers — who published the daily mirror, the sunday mirror and the people. the prince hailed the decision as "a great day for truth" and accountability. the judge also said the former editor of the mirror, piers morgan, knew about the practice — a finding mr morgan vigorously rejected — saying he had never hacked a phone or ever asked anyone to do so. the company which now owns the papers has apologised unreservedly. here's our media editor katie razzall. a significant victory. in 15 articles about prince harry in all three mirror titles, the newspaper group has been found to have inte

on bbc london, the momentjust before two police officers on newsnight at10:30pm, we go deeper behind in gaza has failed tonight, as the us opposed the proposal. the uk abstained from the vote. this was the scene in new york earlier.

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that is tonight on newsnight. good evening, i'm abby philip in washington.president is reportedly caught on tape, yet again, and just moments i will speak live with the michigan secretary of state after it has been revealed that trump allegedly pressured more state officials to not certify the 2020 vote. and, the tape includes a surprise accomplice, but first, let's keep in mind that this comes as colorado is kicking trump off the ballot for his role in the insurrection. he's on a bender, ripping the state's decision which is ironic because frankly donald trump is usually usually the head cheerleader for teams disqualification. he did it as a birther with the bogus argument that barack obama was not eligible for the presidency. he did it with ted cruz in 2016,

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