Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Live News,19 Jun 2025,30 mins

Government resignation

Newsnight

Available for over a year

Tonight, a government whip quits over disability cuts. How is the PM responding? And diplomatic efforts to pre-empt a B2 bomber raid on the key Iranian nuclear facility at Fordo. Can the bunker busters be avoided? Donald Trump says he might wait a fortnight before pressing the button. What would that mean for the unfolding war? Paddy O'Connell presents.

Programme Website
More episodes