BBC Newsnight

The best insights and exclusive interviews - Friday #Newsnight moves to 7pm on BBC Two from September 18th. Newsnight remains at 10.30pm Monday to Thursday. Here's what you can expect:

"They [carry out] hoaxes, and hope that led to a lowering of security because people were tired of responding - and then do something." Host of The Rest Is Classified Gordon Corera on the potential strategy behind this week's bomb threats across Europe. #Newsnight

"He is petulant, he is childish, he will not deal with this set of results very well" Shehab Khan, Political Editor of Zeteo UK, says President Trump could shift to a "viscerally negative set of policies" after Republican defeats in the midterms. #Newsnight

“They are weak and woke.” “There is room certainly for being more woke.” Sunday Times columnist Matthew Syed and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee Emily Thornberry MP debate which direction the US Democratic Party should take. #Newsnight

"It's absolutely consistent with [Russia's] behaviour" Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Dame Emily Thornberry MP suggests a wave of bomb hoaxes in Europe could have been carried out by Russia. #Newsnight

“Russia wants to destroy the West.” Matthew Syed of the Sunday Times warns we’re “tilting towards war” because of Russian hybrid warfare efforts in Europe. #Newsnight

"Stephen Miller is probably the single darkest force - the Darth Vader of this country" Democratic Congressman Don Beyer reacts to news that President Trump has appointed Stephen Miller as his new White House Chief of Staff. #Newsnight

“That doesn’t stop AI, it just exports it to China.” Times columnist Matthew Syed argues that the US must continue to develop its AI capacity or risk China getting ahead in the global race for progress in the technology. #Newsnight

"It certainly has all the hallmarks of the kind of hybrid, or grey-zone, activity we see from the likes of Russia and Iran." Lucy Fisher of the Financial Times says that this week's plane bomb hoaxes have "real world consequences" for the economy. #Newsnight

"This is about power" Helena Kennedy KC, chair of the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority, explains what's being done to keep young freelancers safe in the entertainment industry. #Newsnight

How should the UK respond to this week's plane bomb hoax threats? Matt Western MP, chair of National Security Strategy Joint Committee, tells Paddy O'Connell that the authorities must "err on the side of caution" when "hundreds of people are in mid-air". #Newsnight

"It's really hard for the women to break their silence and we need to keep on encouraging women to do it and feel no shame." Labour peer and barrister, Baroness Kennedy KC, on the witnesses who took the stand and gave evidence in the court case that led to Russell Brand's conviction for rape and sexual assault. #Newsnight

“Could Brand happen again?” “I think we’re all a bit more wary” Journalist Caroline Frost, who interviewed the entertainer a number of times, says people in the industry are a “bit more sharp-eyed” to preventing similar behaviour, after Russell Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault today. #Newsnight

"He's probably having a bit of a setback right now... just because he is so closely aligned with the President." Editor in Chief of the Washington Reporter Matthew Foldi on how the US midterms will impact JD Vance, adding: "It's very hard for a Vice Present to become President immediately after their boss." #Newsnight

"It's no great secret that the Democratic Party today is not very popular" Independent Senator Bernie Sanders questions the appeal of the Democrats despite winning the midterm elections. #Newsnight

"It's no secret that Donald Trump is an authoritarian" Independent Senator Bernie Sanders says the US president will be "held accountable" after Democrats won Congress. The White House has dismissed accusations President Trump is authoritarian. #Newsnight

“He is a man that believes in the life motto ‘never apologise’, which I think is absolutely horrible” Ex-Republican Congresswomen Marjorie Taylor Greene says President Trump “won’t blame himself” for the party’s midterm losses. #Newsnight

"There could be some turbulence..." Sohrab Ahrami, US editor of UnHerd, who speaks regularly to JD Vance, predicts there could be a shift in the relationship between President Trump and the Vice President. #Newsnight

"For MAGA, it's an earthquake." Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse reflects on how the midterm results may reshape the Republican Party. #Newsnight