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Newsnight, followed by Weather
Monday 2 November 2026 · 22:30 GMT · 30m · 3 stories · 10 annotated moments · 29 of 30 min on news stories (98%)
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A US-focused bulletin was led and dominated by the midterms, which got 29 minutes 39 seconds. The other running-order items came from a Hunter Biden interview: 10 minutes 6 seconds on Donald Trump and Joe Biden's health, and 6 minutes 40 seconds on Iran. There was no sport or business.
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- 2:15
Donald Trump, President
- 2:46
Hunter Biden, son of former Democrat President Joe Biden
- 11:09
- 11:31
Michael Baumgartner, Republican Congressman
- 11:35
Ameshia Cross, Democrat strategist
- 18:33
David Frum, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush
- 0:35
- 1:08
Charged quote US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress
he responds to the President's labelling of a Muslim Democratic Senate candidate as a jihadist. I hope we are done with this BS in American politics. Call it what it is. He's an Islamophobic racist pig. Welcome to Monday's Newsnight Live from Studio 54D in Broadcasting House in London. We're bringing you insights and interviews on the top stories of the day.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 2 November 2026, 1:08-1:11
- 2:25
- 5:51
Claim Hunter Biden calls Donald Trump a racist pig and says his father has stage 4 cancer
Hunter Biden said Haley Stevens made a selfish and vindictive personal choice.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 2 November 2026, 5:51-6:01
- 6:11
Charged quote US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress
and I think that she's realized that today. And I don't think that any single voter in the state of Michigan gives a goddamn what Haley Stevens thinks two days before the election after she has said that Mike Rogers is an existential threat because of his support for Donald Trump. He's the Republican candidate.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 2 November 2026, 6:11-6:26
- 6:34
Contested quote US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress
Yeah, and so, look, nobody cares what Haley Stevens thinks at this point. She's just embarrassed herself and I think that it is actually unified Democrats in making certain that Abdul El-Sayed, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who is a Rhodes Scholar and a Michigan-born incredibly articulate and inspirational candidate, will do.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 2 November 2026, 6:34-6:56
- 7:45
Claim Hunter Biden calls Donald Trump a racist pig and says his father has stage 4 cancer
Hunter Biden described Donald Trump as a racist pig.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 2 November 2026, 7:45-7:50
- 7:45
Charged quote US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress
and suggested that if he won Michigan, he would have to go through a metal detector before he's allowed to go into the Senate. What do you think of that kind of language? What I think is, is it's another example that Donald Trump is a complete and utter racist pig. That's what I think. I think that he is an Islamophobe.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 2 November 2026, 7:45-7:50
- 9:03
- 9:26
Claim Concerns grow over renewed US military action against Iran
Hunter Biden said there was talk of the US considering a tactical nuclear strike on Iran.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 2 November 2026, 9:26-9:30
- 9:42
Claim Concerns grow over renewed US military action against Iran
Hunter Biden said Donald Trump had signalled that after Tuesday prior expectations would no longer apply.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 2 November 2026, 9:42-9:47
- 10:20
Claim Hunter Biden calls Donald Trump a racist pig and says his father has stage 4 cancer
Hunter Biden said his father has stage 4 metastatic bone cancer that is treatable only with hormone therapy.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 2 November 2026, 10:20-10:25
- 16:43
Claim Concerns grow over renewed US military action against Iran
Michael Baumgartner said the war in Iran had raised gas prices but was justified by the need to prevent jihadists from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 2 November 2026, 16:43-16:50
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