Newsnight - 27/05/2026

Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire.

The Labour leadership contest has kicked off. With Matt Chorley.

Net migration hits its lowest level in five years; who are the political winners & losers?

Will the chancellor's measures on the cost of living make a difference in your life?

Should Channel 4 ever have broadcast Married at First Sight UK?

President Putin heads to Beijing under pressure. Is the tide turning against him?

Who is the 'King of North'? With Matt Chorley.

Rivals circle the PM, and Andy Burnham plots his route back to parliament.

How will Keir Starmer respond to Wes Streeting's leadership challenge?

Has the prime minister seen off the Labour leadership challengers... for now?

Will Sir Keir Starmer's top team try to bring him down at Tuesday's cabinet meeting?

Keir Starmer says he is not going to walk away, but will his party let him stay?

The polls are closed and the counting is underway. Your election night starts right here.

How hopeful should we be this time of a peace deal between the US and Iran?

We hear why Labour is nervous about the London council elections.

Sir John Major tells Newsnight it's not a good idea to keep changing prime ministers.

After the horror in Golders Green, today came the PM's response. With Paddy O'Connell.

Another terrorist attack on Jewish people in the UK. How safe is the UK for British Jews?

Discussion of politically charged messages in King Charles's address to the US Congress.

What are the risks for the UK and US on the King's state visit?

Heading to the USA, is The King flying into a diplomatic storm over the Falkland Islands?

Criminals selling cocaine and cannabis at convenience stores alongside crisps and sweets.

Is President Trump in danger of getting stuck in a 'forever war'?

What is the state of Sir Keir Starmer's authority - with his party and the country?

Does Sir Keir Starmer’s explanation in the Commons draw a line under the Mandelson saga?

More questions for the PM: what did he know, what didn't he know, and why didn't he ask?

How was the prime minister kept in the dark? With Nick Watt.

Possible UK food shortages by the summer, in a worst-case scenario of the Iran conflict.

Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire.

Hours into his blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Trump claims Iran 'want to make a deal'.

How is the new space race shaping up? With Nick Watt.

What prompted Melania Trump to make her statement about Epstein? Why now?

Iran warns it will respond if Israel's attacks across Lebanon don't stop immediately.

President Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz expires.

Trump fires Pam Bondi, responsible for handling the release of the Epstein files.