"We'd better understand that we are in a long game with Russia, independently of Putin." German MP and Social Democrats foreign affairs spokesman Nils Schmid, deputy director of the German Marshall fund of the US Sudha David-Wilp and the CDU's Roderich Kiesewetter discuss Germany’s changing relationship with Russia. BBC Newsnight https://bbc.in/3wf4RnH | BBC News

Germany has begun easing its seven-week lockdown. Churches are re-opening and Father Gerald Goesche from St Afra Church in Berlin says, "I disinfect my fingers before every holy communion." FULL REPORT: https://bbc.in/3caSMDk | BBC Newsnight

“What we are seeing now is a culture of fear… If you don’t agree with me on - you name it, any kind of issue - then we’re going to cancel you." BBC Newsnight debates "cancel culture" after writers, academics and activists signed an open letter denouncing the "restriction of debate". https://bbc.in/2ZhE0Xd | BBC News

Matthew Perry debates addiction with Peter Hitchens. From the #Newsnight archive | BBC Newsnight