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
a type of dementia. and stars gather for a fashionable farewell. a memorial is held in london for dame vivienne westwood, who died in december aged 81. hello and welcome to the programme. next week marks the first anniversary of russia s invasion. ahead of that, ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, has warned belarus against helping a renewed russian offensive. speaking to our world affairs editor mr zelensky said such a decision would be a big mistake. the belarusian leader, alexander lukashenko, says he s prepared to let moscow launch attacks again from his territory. here sjohn simpson, and a warning there are flashing images in his report. a year on, president zelensky may be stressed and deeply tired, but there s a definite spring in his step. compared with the last time i met him, four months ago, he seemed a lot more confident, even though russia may soon unleash a new onslaught. translation: they are coming from several directions - and we understand it but we a
we begin with news of the death of pele widely regarded as the greatest male footballer ever to play what he described as the beautiful game . he passed away in hospital in sao paulo, surrounded by his family, at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career he became the first, and so far only, player to win three world cups and scored over a thousand goals. he spent almost all of his club career playing in his native brazil after the government declared him a national treasure, and blocked moves overseas but was also a key part in the short lived north american soccer league playing for the new york cosmos. during his life, he was also a charity fundraiser, a campaigner and a politician. joe wilson reports on the life of a true sporting great. the greatest, it s opinion, but pele led, others stand on his shoulders. well over 1,000 goals, a career of over 20 years, three times a world cup winner. brazilian football, synonymous with flair and succes
behind the sex pistols and the punk rock scene in london. now on bbc news it s stephen sackur with hardtalk s review of the year. there will be a lot of blood in the land and it will be a lot of refugees. we expected that it s going to be a pretty, well, long timely operation, and it absolutely goes as planned. this has become much bigger than ukraine versus russia. l we can succeed only- and only if we stay united. let me tell you a secret. i had possession of all the chelsea manning information. any method that was made available, i would have taken. there was nothing that was going to stop me. you give clinton a pass- and you go after trump forjust mishandling classified - information, you ll have a real problem in america. welcome to hardtalk s look back at another year of compelling interviews. i m stephen sackur. when historians review 2022, they will surely begin with a simple, grim observation. this year saw the first all out invasion of a european country since world