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Newsnight, followed by Weather
Friday 6 November 2026 · 19:00 GMT · 30m · 3 stories · 15 annotated moments · 28 of 30 min on news stories (93%)
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The bulletin led on the AI-driven market sell-off and partial recovery, then covered US politics after the midterms and finally European hoax bomb threats. The hoax threats dominated with 11 minutes 22 seconds, ahead of 8 minutes 38 seconds on Trump's chief-of-staff change and 8 minutes on tech shares. The mix was mostly international, centred on US markets and politics plus a European security scare.
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People and organisations this broadcast put on air during its news coverage. The channel's own presenters and reporters are not listed. Names as transcribed.
- 1:50
Emily Thornberry, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Labour
- 1:50
Matthew Syed, Sunday Times columnist, Conservative Party member
- 1:55
Shihab Khan, former Political Correspondent at ITV News, Political Editor of Zeteo
- 5:13
Don Beyer, Congressman, co-chair of the Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus
- 19:39
Gordon Corera, security journalist, co-host of The Rest is Classified
- 1:09
- 1:29
Claim US tech shares steady after global sell-off over AI and data centres
Global markets lost trillions by Thursday's close before a partial recovery on Friday.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 1:29-1:40
- 3:47
Charged quote US tech shares steady after global sell-off over AI and data centres
jobs, concerns when it comes to this doomsday thinking, but what would happen if AI got out of control? What is the threat to all of us? We've had a president in the United States who has made a laughing stock of it. He laughs about it. He says, we'll just switch it off. Who cares? He doesn't understand how big of an issue it is. And it is good
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 3:47-4:00
- 9:38
Claim Trump announces post-midterm staffing changes
Donald Trump announced that Stephen Miller would replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff from Monday, saying Wiles had done an outstanding job and would move to the Trump political operation.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 9:38-9:46
- 9:42 Story begins Trump announces post-midterm staffing changes
- 10:02
Claim Trump announces post-midterm staffing changes
Miller was Trump's deputy chief of staff and was regarded as a driving force behind the immigration crackdown.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 10:02-10:14
- 10:29
Claim Trump announces post-midterm staffing changes
Some viewed Wiles as the last mature figure in the White House and Miller as the most hardline.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 10:29-10:42
- 11:00
Claim Trump announces post-midterm staffing changes
Donald Trump announced that Stephen Miller would replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff from Monday, saying Wiles had done an outstanding job and would move to the Trump political operation.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 11:00-11:11
- 12:59
Claim Trump announces post-midterm staffing changes
Trump indicated this week that he was willing to work with Democrats.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 12:59-13:03
- 18:20
- 18:26
Claim No explosives found as hoax bomb threats hit European flights and newsrooms
Airline bomb threats continued for a third day, with the latest wave affecting at least 18 flights across nine countries.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 18:26-18:37
- 18:30
Claim No explosives found as hoax bomb threats hit European flights and newsrooms
At least seven passenger flights across Europe were affected by suspected bomb threats in a 24-hour period, including two from UK airports.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 18:30-18:37
- 18:30
Claim No explosives found as hoax bomb threats hit European flights and newsrooms
A series of bomb threats affected multiple flights across Europe: a Rome-bound flight was diverted to Venice and evacuated, at least seven flights were threatened on Tuesday, at least 21 more yesterday, and three were escorted by Hungarian fighter jets today.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 18:30-18:37
- 18:33
Claim No explosives found as hoax bomb threats hit European flights and newsrooms
A series of hoax threats disrupted almost 30 flights.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 18:33-18:46
- 18:42
Claim No explosives found as hoax bomb threats hit European flights and newsrooms
A series of bomb threats affected multiple flights across Europe: a Rome-bound flight was diverted to Venice and evacuated, at least seven flights were threatened on Tuesday, at least 21 more yesterday, and three were escorted by Hungarian fighter jets today.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 18:42-18:51
- 18:52
Claim No explosives found as hoax bomb threats hit European flights and newsrooms
Media organisations in Ireland and the UK received bomb threats, including ITN and RTE; RTE was evacuated while live on air and no devices were found.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 18:52-19:01
- 18:52
Claim No explosives found as hoax bomb threats hit European flights and newsrooms
Newsrooms in Ireland, including national broadcaster RTE, were evacuated after threats.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 18:52-19:01
- 21:09
Claim No explosives found as hoax bomb threats hit European flights and newsrooms
A BBC security correspondent reported a possible link to a Russian group called Mushkoi Lejon while noting that the evidence was unclear.
BBC Two, Newsnight, followed by Weather, 6 November 2026, 21:09-21:16
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