the un launches an appeal for $1 billion to help turkey recover from last week s catastrophic earthquakes. the british prime minister travels to northern ireland amid speculation about a post brexit trade deal that could revive the devolved government in belfast. and an array of celebrities attend a memorial service for, dame vivienne westwood in london. the era defining, fashion designer died aged 81, in december. hello and welcome to the programme. next week marks the first anniversary of russia s invasion. ahead of that ukraine s president zelensky has been speaking to our world affairs editorjohn simpson reflecting on what s happened and what may happen ahead. president zelensky claimed his troops could keep defending their country until they are able to launch a counter offensive. and crucially he ruled out conceding any territory to russia in a potential peace deal. a warning that there are flashing images in this report. a year on, president zelensky may be s
the british prime minister travels to northern ireland amid speculation about a post brexit trade deal. if there is this possibility of a deal being agreed early next week, the prime minister is here and is going to want to try to smooth the way with the political parties. a year after retiring, the family of hollywood actor, bruce willis say his health s deteriorated he s now suffering from a type of dementia. and stars gather for a fashionable farewell, at a memorial service for dame vivienne westwood who died at the age of 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 lukas
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