Epping protests 'a powder keg'

Newsnight Season 46 Episode 137

Overview:
The Essex town of Epping is a 'powder keg', the leader of the district council tells Newsnight, after a weekend of arrests and protests outside a hotel housing asylum seekers. We also hear about protests in Norfolk. Plus, fresh condemnation of Israel from the UK and its international partners for Israel’s aid operations in Gaza. Israel rejects it as 'disconnected from reality'. We speak to two doctors working in Gaza. Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire.

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Release Date : 2025-07-21

Duration : 30 menit

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