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
just because democracy didn t produce the results they wanted . they still plan to change the suburbs forever by getting rid of them. joe biden s hud secretary, marcia fudge, a former member of congress explained last year the administration was concerned that african americans cannot afford homes not because they re poor, but because home appraisers are racist watch. what the president has said, is that we have to look at everything through a lens of equity. and so what? we have realizes that people selling homes that just as the person you were talking about, and even people buying homes if their appraisal is not correct, what we find especially as a black people in communities of color and underserved communities is we lose great wealth just through the appraisal process. notice here the seizing of the moral high ground big picture. if the party ministration got about african americans they probably wouldn t withdrawal the police were american but in point of fact, for
his visit to palestine. and his response to criticism about the way that he has handled this derailment. plus, a member of ukrainian parliament joins us to talk about a year of war that is devastating her country. we will ask her about president biden s surprise trip to kyiv and what ukraine needs to defeat russia. i am simone sanders johnson, and i have something to say. fear, worry, and anxiety. that is what east palestine residents have been feeling since the norfolk southern chain went on the tracks, causing one of the most environmental disasters that we have seen an a while. right now we are waiting for a briefing from federal state and local leaders and east palestine and it is set to begin any moment. we will bring you any updates we learn from it as they have been. today, residents in east palestine, some of their concerns about the long term safety of the air they are breathing might be valid. daughters right, researchers at texas a&m took a closer look at epa
documents is the worst thing you can do. joe biden told us that himself. how anyone could be that irresponsible. and i thought what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods? it s just totally irresponsible. jesse: like a babylon bee headline joe biden is under investigation for hiding highly classified documents in a closet for the last six years. biden was stuffing classified, top secret documents at the penn biden center right in the middle of washington, d.c. right next door to steakhouse and short little walk from the chinese embassy. what were these documents? well, nothing major, just top secret intelligence involving iran, great britain, and ukraine. just taken out right when he was leaving the vice presidency in january 2017. so what was in these documents that joe biden didn t want the incoming trump administration to see? details on the iran nuke deal? that trump was set to cancel you know, the deal where obama-biden paid the iranians a half a b