his health s deteriorated. he s now suffering from a type of dementia. and stars gather for a fashionable farewell. a memorial s held in london for dame vivienne westwood who died in december aged 81. two leaders on opposing sides of the war in ukraine have spoken to the bbc in the run up to the one year anniversary of russia s invasion. ukraine s president zelensky tells us he won t concede territory to russia in any future peace deal to end the war. he insists doing so would leave ukraine weaker as a state, and give vladimir putin cause to want to keep coming back . meanwhile, one of the russian leader s staunchest allies, alexander lukashenko of belarus, has told the bbc he d be willing to allow russia to launch a fresh ground assault from his country. we ll hear from steve rosenberg in the belarusian capital minsk in a moment. but first, here s our world affairs editor, john simpson, in kyiv. a year on, president zelensky may be stressed and deeply tired, but there s a
he s now suffering from a type of dementia. and stars gather for a fashionable farewell. a memorial s held in london for dame vivienne westwood who died in december aged 81. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. two leaders on opposing sides of the war in ukraine have spoken to the bbc in the run up to the one year anniversary of russia s invasion. ukraine s president zelensky tells us he won t concede territory to russia in any future peace deal to end the war. he insists doing so would leave ukraine weaker as a state and give vladimir putin cause to want to keep coming back. meanwhile, one of the russian leader s staunchest allies, alexander lukashenko of belarus, has told the bbc he d be willing to allow russia to launch a fresh ground assault from his country. we ll hear from steve rosenberg in the belarusian capital minnsk in a moment. but first here s our world affairs editor john simpson in kyiv. a year on, president zelensky may be stressed an
parties to discuss proposals intended to make it easier for businesses in northern ireland to trade with great britain. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. a select few people amongst us have personal stories which stir compassion, admiration and solidarity, and one of them is my guest today waris dirie, the somali born model, writer and activist. she was raised in poverty, the daughter of a nomadic herdsman. she became the muse of fashion houses in new york and paris, but she chose campaigning over the catwalk, speaking out against female genital mutilation, which she experienced and is now determined to eliminate. it is an issue about patriarchy and power, so is this a fight she can win? waris dirie, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. yours has been a life of extraordinary change and extraordinary contrasts. i just wonder, now you look back on your childhood, does it seem a very great distance away or does it still feel clo
tribute to her, saying that honouring the great english woman properly was a near impossible task. stephanie prentice, bbc news. rappers drake and 21 savage have settled a lawsuit by the magazine giants conde nast. it accused them of using the vogue name and creating a fake vogue magazine without permission to promote their recent number one album her loss. the settlement included an unspecified payment. the promotional campaign for the album which was released last november included a bogus vogue cover featuring the pair, and a suggestion they had longtime vogue editor in chief anna wintour s love and support. a reminder of our top story.. the bbc has heard from two leaders, on opposing sides, of the war in ukraine. president zelensky warned neighbouring belarus against helping russia launch a new offensive but the belarussian leader said he would be prepared to allow his nation to be