protesters in iran. it s the biggest demonstration by the iranian diaspora ever. iranians from across europe are calling on western governments to sanction the powerful revolutionary guard and to throw out iranian diplomats. now on bbc news, the editor in chief of british vogue sits down with amol rajan to discuss his upbringing, the health of the fashion industry, and what he s going to do next. as editor in chief of british vogue since 2017, edward enninful has challenged convention not least by increasing the number of black and older women in the magazine. he s reached the summit of international fashion and media while battling depression, alcohol problems and a sickle cell condition. it s a long way from his childhood in ghana, which his family fled during the political turmoil of the mid 980s, landing in south london at the height of social unrest in the capital. black, working class, gay and a former asylum seeker, he s now tipped by many as anna wintour s replacem
the counteroffensive. hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines. former chancellor rishi sunak confirms he s in the race to be the next conservative leader. penny morduant is also in the running. depsite growing support, borisjohnson is yet to declare. elsewhere, headteachers in england say 9 in 10 schools will have run out of money by the next school year due to the cost of living crisis. ukrainian officials say more than 200,000 households remain without power a day after a wave of russian airstrikes. in other news xijinping has a third term as china s leader, after being in power for a decade already. now on bbc news the arts interviews: edward enninful as editor in chief of british vogue since 2017, edward enninful has challenged convention not least by increasing the number of black and older women in the magazine. he s reached the summit of international fashion and media while battling depression, alcohol problems and a sickle cell condition. it s a
phenomenal editing partner, but as everyone has noticed, as is often the case when she is involved, a lot of people have offered their opinion about what goes on and it is only reasonable given the amount of commentary and that some of it relates to you, that you are given the opportunity to set the record straight on a couple of things. two suggestions that have been made in public are that, firstly, you were asked to delay publication in the uk by a day to give american media a 24 hour head start. what?! is that not true? not true. because that has been published. how do you respond to that when you see it published? the issue? people say, there was a suggestion in a book that was out recently that meghan s team asked you to delay publication in the uk by a day to give american media a 24 hour head start. not that i know of. you havejust told me something. and to what extent did the royal household, which meghan was a part of at the time, try to take control of promotion of the issue
but as everyone has noticed, as is often the case when she is involved, a lot of people have offered their opinion about what goes on and it is only reasonable given the amount of commentary and that some of it relates to you, that you are given the opportunity to set the record straight on a couple of things. two suggestions that have been made in public are that, firstly, you were asked to delay publication in the uk by a day to give american media a 24 hour head start. what?! is that not true? not true. because that has been published. how do you respond to that when you see it published? the issue? people say, there was a suggestion in a book that was out recently that meghan s team asked you to delay publication in the uk by a day to give american media a 24 hour head start. not that i know of. you havejust told me something. and to what extent did the royal household, which meghan was a part of at the time, try to take control of promotion of the issue? you know, vogue is vogue.
noticed, as is often the case when she is involved, a lot of people have offered their opinion about what goes on and it is only reasonable given the amount of commentary and that some of it relates to you, that you are given the opportunity to set the record straight on a couple of things. two suggestions that have been made in public are that, firstly, you were asked to delay publication in the uk by a day to give american media a 24 hour head start. what?! is that not true? not true. because that has been published. how do you respond to that when you see it published? the issue? people said, there was a suggestion in a book that was out recently that meghan s team asked you to delay publication in the uk by a day to give american media a 24 hour head start. not that i know of! you have just told me something. and to what extent did the royal household, which meghan was a part of at the time, try to take control of promotion of the issue? you know, vogue is vogue. nobody told us wha