BBC News | NEWSNIGHT | Wednesday 15 May

Wednesday 15 May

Blair Interview
In the second of our three interviews with the Prime Minister, we focus on foreign policy - where does he stands on Afghanistan, toppling Saddam and swapping the pound for the Euro? Also, those persistent accusations that Tony Blair is George Bush's poodle - does he, like Bush, think Ariel Sharon is "a man of peace" and that North Korea, Iraq and Iran form "an axis of evil"?

Read a transcript of the interview

Dutch Elections

Dutch woman votes

Jeremy Vine has the latest on the Dutch elections. There's a realistic chance that Pym Fortuyn's party, cobbled together in less than three months, will come second - giving it a pivotal role in any coalition government. What impact will that have on Dutch politics?

Anti-Semitism
And - is Europe awash with anti-Semitism? It's a belief that seems to be gaining widespread credence in the States. So much so that the American Jewish Congress placed an ad in the film industry's main trade magazine, Variety, urging people to boycott the Cannes Film Festival. We talk to Roger Cukierman, head of CRIF and Jack Rosen, President of the American Jewish Congress.

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