this is bbc news. the headlines: a russian missile attack on a ukrainian military training base has killed at least 35 people and injured more than 130 others. the air strike was in yavoriv, just 25 kilometres from the border with poland. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky�*s visited wounded soldiers in a military hospital in the capital kyiv. during the visit, he awarded military orders and medals for courage and dedication and thanked the hospital staff for what he said was exemplary work in difficult conditions. pope francis has made an impassioned plea for an end to what he called a "massacre" in ukraine. addressing pilgrims in saint peter's square, he described russia's invasion as "unacceptable" and called for a real and decisive move towards negotiation. here, people are to be offered £350 a month to take

in ukrainians who've fled the war. the government has announced that a �*homes for ukraine�* scheme, starting this week, will allow people to give refugees somewhere to live, including those who have no ties to the uk. at this demonstration outside downing street there are calls for more weapons to be sent and help people the conflict. i help people the conflict. i would definitely like to see more — would definitely like to see more government support but also _ more government support but also i _ more government support but also i do — more government support but also i do understand the case, also i do understand the case, a lot— also i do understand the case, a lot of— also i do understand the case, a lot of ukrainian neighbours are doing _ a lot of ukrainian neighbours are doing lot to also help. soon _ are doing lot to also help. soon you will be able to help on your own doorstep. the government launching a scheme which will pay you £350 a month

to offer a ukrainian refugee or family in a room in your home for the next six months. it’s for the next six months. it's the fastest _ for the next six months. it's the fastest way _ for the next six months. it's the fastest way we - for the next six months. it�*s the fastest way we can get people out of danger into the united kingdom and it is the case already, whether it's through social media platforms or through those connections are. , ., ,, ., .,, , are. john sutherland has been re arina are. john sutherland has been preparing his _ are. john sutherland has been preparing his home _ are. john sutherland has been preparing his home for - preparing his home for ukrainian refugees. i preparing his home for ukrainian refugees. i try to make them _ ukrainian refugees. i try to make them feel _ ukrainian refugees. i try to make them feel welcome l ukrainian refugees. i try to i make them feel welcome and their life not stressful.- their life not stressful. more than 2 million _ their life not stressful. more than 2 million people - their life not stressful. more than 2 million people have l their life not stressful. more i than 2 million people have fled ukraine and the government expects tens of thousands to come here as part of the new scheme. those who past security checks can stay here for three years and have access to public services. but there is pressure to do more. the government says it intends to extend the scheme to churches and other organisations to bring more refugees from ukraine. some

conservative mps oppressing their own government to take a more generous approach, still aren't impressed. 0ne more generous approach, still aren't impressed. one of them gone touch with me today he say the new scheme was half eight and opposition say the over all response has been too strict, and too slow. the lib dems blaming the home secretary and want her sect. the blaming the home secretary and want her sect.— want her sect. the inaction of priti patel— want her sect. the inaction of priti patel does _ want her sect. the inaction of priti patel does not _ want her sect. the inaction of priti patel does not befit - want her sect. the inaction of priti patel does not befit the l priti patel does not befit the british people with all our compassion and generosity. it couldn't be clearer priti patel is not up to the job. the couldn't be clearer priti patel is not up to the job.— is not up to the “0b. the first ministers h is not up to the “0b. the first ministers of — is not up to the job. the first ministers of scotland - is not up to the job. the first ministers of scotland and - is not up to the job. the first. ministers of scotland and wales say they want to bring refugees more quickly, so far 3,000 visa applications granted. labour broadly supported the scheme but criticised the government record. 50 but criticised the government record. ., ., , . record. so far the home office has not record. so far the home office has got it _ record. so far the home office has got it completely - record. so far the home office has got it completely wrong, l has got it completely wrong, the scheme is too slow, too narrow, too mean.- narrow, too mean. and shropshire _ narrow, too mean. and shropshire volunteers i narrow, too mean. and shropshire volunteers packing clothing and other essentials which will be sent to ref gees

in poland and the government says the success of its new scheme to bring refugees here will also depend on the generosity of the british people. now on bbc news, 100 women vera wang. there 100 women vera wang. are weighing is one of the there are weighing is one of the fashion industry's true visionaries. she invented wedding dresses. celebrities have all worn her designs, her business empire continues to expand to home, fragrance and even vodka. at 72 she is continuing to push boundaries, and the special 101 interview we spoke about appealing to a new generation, conflict between sustainability and fashion on the rise in anti— asian hate.

welcome to 100 women, beryl wayne, you are a woman who needs no introduction, fashion icon, entrepreneur. thank you for sitting down with us. thank ou so for sitting down with us. thank you so much — for sitting down with us. thank you so much for— for sitting down with us. thank you so much for having - for sitting down with us. thank you so much for having me. i for sitting down with us. thank. you so much for having me. you now run a _ you so much for having me. you now run a fast _ you so much for having me. you now run a fast business empire, ready to wear, fragrance, alcoholic spirits. you really did make your name and were synonymous with the white dress, i wonder if you could tell us more about how you got your unlikely start in bridal fashion. ~ , your unlikely start in bridal fashion. y ~ , , ., your unlikely start in bridal fashion. y ~ , fashion. my unlikely start is re fashion. my unlikely start is pretty fair— fashion. my unlikely start is pretty fair and _ fashion. my unlikely start is pretty fair and pretty - fashion. my unlikely start is pretty fair and pretty true. l fashion. my unlikely start is pretty fair and pretty true. i was the girl least expected to get married and i waited till the ripe old age of a0. but in all honesty, i think my life or i was very much defined by what my career path was. when i finally got engaged, there weren't very many dresses that i found was suitable for a

a0—year—old bride, which perhaps today doesn't sound as old. but most of the brides i was shopping for dresses with were 25, and i see these got to be something or someone my age. not only that i came from vogue magazine were i was a senior fashion editor, so my experience and vogue with the entire world of fashion at my disposal, made me a little bit more, i think, disposal, made me a little bit more, ithink, carefulabout what kind of dress i wanted to wear, more knowledgeable. and so there really wasn't anything out there, it made me feel it was the right dress for me. and that's sort of what prompted this whole business. it's been almost in a weird way, random but nonetheless, amazing things have happened because of the way i live my life.— way i live my life. today it's even harder _ way i live my life. today it's even harder someone - way i live my life. today it's even harder someone to - way i live my life. today it's i even harder someone to start their own label. what

challenges do you think come with that pressure, that your label is very much based upon you? i label is very much based upon ou? ~ �* , label is very much based upon ou? ~ �*, ., ., , you? i think it's enormous i thinkthat's_ you? i think it's enormous i think that's an _ you? i think it's enormous i think that's an incredibly i think that's an incredibly valid question, when you are very much defined by who you are as a brand, and people know your brand for you, there are always issues that come up, related to you know the next generation and what other plans for the company, what do you intend to do as a strategy going forward, and when you are that identifiable with the brand, and perhaps a bit of that kind of celebrity, it does add more pressure, there's no about it. i think for me, there have been good parts about it and parts about it that had been frustrating. i am my brand and i represent my brand, but i have an incredible group of people, that support me behind

my brand. you have to function together. it's impossible,, together. it's impossible, , unless. together. it's impossible,, unless. �* , together. it's impossible,, unless. v . together. it's impossible,, unless. , ,, unless. it's a high-pressure industry _ unless. it's a high-pressure industry for _ unless. it's a high-pressure industry for sure, _ unless. it's a high-pressure industry for sure, the - unless. it's a high-pressure i industry for sure, the reviews aren't always glowing, you had your fair aren't always glowing, you had yourfair share aren't always glowing, you had your fair share when there was the black bridal collection. i don't know if it wasn't glowing, i have always been a bit of a rebel. and i think that, i think that even as a rebel, ijust am a creator. and i think when you spend 30 plus years on wedding gowns used sort of got to change it up a little bit. ijust saw, you have to go brides certain freedom, and a certain opportunity to shake it up a little bit. and girls, today we encourage so much diversity, but women have always been diverse, just hasn't been acknowledged and it hasn't been accepted, and i like to think

that when i came to bridal i wasn't a bridle design i was a fashion insider, who happens to design wedding dresses, so there were no rules for me and ijust said, you know what? i want girls to have a choice, they want to wear a mini or a bathing suit is not about that it's about who they are. so i think diversity has always been part of my own nature as a woman and our i have lived my own life. 0nce woman and our i have lived my own life. once again, i lived the life that i spell so for me it's very natural it's very organic and i hope it's very authentic.— organic and i hope it's very authentic. ., ,., ,., authentic. the reason i bought that u- authentic. the reason i bought that up as _ authentic. the reason i bought that up as for _ authentic. the reason i bought that up as for a _ authentic. the reason i bought that up as for a woman - authentic. the reason i bought that up as for a woman who i that up as for a woman who prides herself on breaking the rules, how do you do with failure? i rules, how do you do with failure?— rules, how do you do with failure? ~ ., , failure? i think most of my life has been _ failure? i think most of my life has been defined - failure? i think most of my life has been defined by i life has been defined by failure. i mean, iwas a life has been defined by failure. i mean, i was a very serious elite athlete and i devoted 16 years of my life to trying to qualify in the olympics as a skater. and never 0lympics as a skater. and never quite made that cut. so, for me

when i saw that my career was going nowhere, i really had a nervous break down stop i was lost. and fashion was the thing that really took the place for me of skating, it really gave me of skating, it really gave me all those components, you know, shows, and music, and editing, and design and creativity, and storytelling, all the things i loved about skating, i took with me into fashion. my fashion has not been limited to 2—dimensional sketches or evenjust been limited to 2—dimensional sketches or even just draping, it's been about story, emotion, it's been about story, emotion, it's been about perhaps romance, in many ways, and, i thinka romance, in many ways, and, i think a lot of daring. i think i've been fairly fearless. and that just sort of i've been fairly fearless. and thatjust sort of having been an athlete, and part of having been a woman, i think, who has lived my life. ithink

been a woman, i think, who has lived my life. i think on my own terms, pretty much. you consider — own terms, pretty much. you consider yourself _ own terms, pretty much. you consider yourself very - own terms, pretty much. you consider yourself very much a feminist? i consider yourself very much a feminist?— consider yourself very much a feminist? i am a realfeminist from way _ feminist? i am a realfeminist from way back _ feminist? i am a realfeminist from way back when - feminist? i am a realfeminist from way back when it - feminist? i am a realfeminist from way back when it was i from way back when it was called feminism. i think it came very naturally for my generation. that woodstock was not, well, perhaps it's been interpreted as a fashion statement, at coachella, burning man and some of these festivals, placed in berry, the real truth is that in my error it was a political statement as well, it wasn'tjust it was a political statement as well, it wasn't just about styling yourself, it was about a sin that you were young, and we believed that we should have a say in what goes on in the world, and we bought a different view point to what had come before. so it wasn't raised purely from professional of view, it was embraced from an intellectual and emotional point of view. so, while i

wasn't a happy, per se, point of view. so, while i wasn'ta happy, perse, i point of view. so, while i wasn't a happy, per se, ivery much understood, that people were questioning their lifestyles and their life choices and was this the only possibility? and that has been one of the little steps or major steps that has gotten us where we are today stop bit by bit, step—by—step. and about fashion, i've always said, does fashion, i've always said, does fashion define lifestyle? in other words, fashion define lifestyle? in otherwords, do fashion define lifestyle? in other words, do live a life as defined by how you dress? 0r, defined by how you dress? or, do you wear clothes that reflect the life you are living? and, for me in the past, you dressed to suit your lifestyle and what was dictated to you in the past. but, now, including the pandemic, and everything that has gone on in our world, everything that has gone on in ourworld, i everything that has gone on in our world, i think that fashion is defined by how people live,

it's the reverse.— it's the reverse. you've been an insider— it's the reverse. you've been an insider for _ it's the reverse. you've been an insider for over _ it's the reverse. you've been an insider for over 50 - it's the reverse. you've been an insider for over 50 years, | an insider for over 50 years, do an insiderfor over 50 years, do you feel like there finally is a real thought of resetting when it comes to diversity and fashionable different ethnicities, on the catwalk, and production, body shapes, all types of diversity? i think, women have always been diverse, that's the beauty of women. but i think now people except so many different kinds of beauty. it's a global vision, ratherthan of beauty. it's a global vision, rather than these pods of what beauty or hell beauty is defined, even within the united states. and i think that, is incredible. and it changes your eye is a creator, it changes, i'm constantly viewing women, even men in a different context. i name a few icons, jacky kennedy, grace

kelly, marilyn monroe, these are various icons that brought something to fashion, and today, you do see variations on some of that. i mean you really do but in a new way, in a more personal way. do but in a new way, in a more personalway. it's do but in a new way, in a more personal way. it's notjust your movie stars or first ladies, or princesses. it's kind of democratise now, that's kinda great. kind of democratise now, that's kinda great-— kinda great. one of the big issues that _ kinda great. one of the big issues that came _ kinda great. one of the big issues that came up - kinda great. one of the big issues that came up in - kinda great. one of the big issues that came up in this| issues that came up in this pandemic is that of sustainability? do you think the two can ever go hand—in—hand, fashion and sustainability, is that something you as a designer of thinking seriously about, now more than ever? i thinking seriously about, now more than ever?— thinking seriously about, now more than ever? i think we have alwa s more than ever? i think we have always thought _ more than ever? i think we have always thought about _ more than ever? i think we have always thought about it. - more than ever? i think we have always thought about it. i - always thought about it. i don't it was ever a subject we could tackle as a industry globally because by its very demand for speed and delivery,

that by its very definition, make sustainability very difficult on every level, and then factor in what's going on with the planet, and what's going on with the techniques needed to develop fabric, now that we are working with your fabrics like plastics and moulded rubber and things like that, that we take them for granted but it's going to take a lot of technology and a lot of investment, to find ways to produce that kind of forward thinking, and new way of lifestyle dressing, and yet not pollute our environment. so i don't think it's that simple a question, do we all wish we were more sustainable? absolutely. but the demand prior to the pandemic were unbelievable pressure on fashion industry. i mean, it was faster and faster, newer and newer. i don't know how the

two can go together. one has to be way more, i think, scientific and a weird way, and way more thoughtful, and these changes are not going to happen within a day. you know, just flip a switch and suddenly silk doesn't involve certain kind of water and whether it is made in italy or france or china. these are global questions for fashion. are global questions for fashion-— are global questions for fashion. . , , . fashion. happy reflected during the andemic over fashion. happy reflected during the andemic over what fashion. happy reflected during the andemic over what the the pandemic over what the future of fashion might look like? i future of fashion might look like? ~' future of fashion might look like? ~ ., like? i think the future of fashion for _ like? i think the future of fashion for me _ like? i think the future of fashion for me is - like? i think the future of| fashion for me is exciting, because the future of the world and life is exciting. i mean, people just went into outer space and people aren't even astronauts can go, civilians? i think it's really exciting and it too will affect how we

dress. 0nce it too will affect how we dress. once again, i'm going to say it. lifestyle, possibilities are unlimited, boundaries, that will affect fashion. ~ , ., boundaries, that will affect fashion. ~ ., fashion. well, you have certainly _ fashion. well, you have certainly lived - fashion. well, you have certainly lived through l fashion. well, you have - certainly lived through some amazing milestones and i think what has been so interesting during this pandemic is people really getting to see a lot of your personality on social media. , . , your personality on social media. , ., , . media. yes, a bit too much actually! — media. yes, a bit too much actually! and _ media. yes, a bit too much actually! and commenting l media. yes, a bit too much l actually! and commenting on media. yes, a bit too much - actually! and commenting on how ureat ou actually! and commenting on how great you look. — actually! and commenting on how great you look, i've _ actually! and commenting on how great you look, i've mean - actually! and commenting on how great you look, i've mean a - great you look, i've mean a photo of you in a sports bra went viral and i was just wondering how do you think about that, what you think about that, what you think about that, what you think about that attention? it was really shocking. _ about that attention? it was really shocking. i— about that attention? it was really shocking. i have - about that attention? it was| really shocking. i have never been to a gym and not seen women not necessarily in sports attire, bicycle p, short shorts, sports bras. so i didn't think that was so risque. i wasjust didn't think that was so risque. i was just trying to show some barrettes in my head that were sort of large, and i thought if i started getting very dressed up you would never notice what was in my hair. so

i was really a bit shocked. i don't know, i have sort of pretty much been the same person for quite a long time. you can look at my history on the red carpet at the met. i just sort of was astonished, i thought people must be really bored! have nothing to do at home. i mean, it is nice that people thought that about me, it is very complimentary and i'm very gratefulfor it is very complimentary and i'm very grateful for that, but, you know, i've been asked, what are my secrets, all rate, and i've got to be really honest. 0ne and i've got to be really honest. one of them is sleep. i value sleeping enormously. i value sleeping enormously. i value having a vodka cocktail at the end of the day, because it helps me to transition from a very intense work schedule to a very intense work schedule to a bit of a private life. another, well, the real, the

real answer to why i think i may be perceived as being youthful is more about perhaps my energy, and i think it really has to do with my passion for what i do. work. i have been in fashion since i was 19 years old. not in front of the camera, behind it. i never thought about youth, i never thought about youth, i never thought about going way out of my way to preserve youth, in a fanatical, obsessive way. probably because i work with the most beautiful women in the world on a daily basis, and because of that, i am or envision them as my muses. and i think when you don't think about ageing in that way, maybe it is in a way better. maybe, i don't know, it

is healthier, or maybe it's a way of dealing with ageing that is productive, if that makes any sense. so i always said that, vodka cocktail, a lot of sleep, but work. work is the magic elixir here, it really is. it keeps your mind occupied, and when your mind is occupied, and when your mind is occupied, i think everything else follows.— else follows. well, you are certainly — else follows. well, you are certainly changing - else follows. well, you are certainly changing the - certainly changing the perspective of what it means to be 72, and how age influences... be 72, and how age influences. . .- be 72, and how age influences... ~ ., �* influences... well, i don't think any _ influences... well, i don't think any woman - influences... well, i don't think any woman is - influences... well, i don'tl think any woman is thrilled influences... well, i don't - think any woman is thrilled by that, in a way, but at the same time, i am that, in a way, but at the same time, iam kind of that, in a way, but at the same time, i am kind of proud of it, because i think it speaks to other women, and i don't mean just women, i think it speaks to men. ageism has always existed. i see it in a child,

my goddaughter, val. i see that she wants to do more, she wants to be an adult. why can't i go out with you guys for dinner, why can't i wear what i want to wear, why can't i? because you can't, because mummy says no. i see what a lot of my godchildren are going through, and my own daughters. i see how hard it is, so there is ageism there. you are not old enough, you are not old enough to be ceo, you are not experienced enough, you don't have enough knowledge. so there is ageism there. there is always an ageism somewhere, all the way along the way, and then as you get older, you have to find your own relevancy and your own reason and your own hopes and your own happiness and your own desire for how you are going to spend the rest of your life. these are not small issues. at

every stage of the way, ageism todayis every stage of the way, ageism today is only associated with people who are chronologically at a certain age, a number. it is a number. but in many cases i see people doing their very best work because they have the confidence. whenever i feel like i'm lost before a collection, i tell myself this, even today. well, i've been here before. this is not my first time at the rodeo. and i've come through. so i talk myself in to the fact that i can do this. and i know that may sound odd at my stage at my career, but experience stands for a lot too. knowledge, wisdom, patience, care. these things... you grow everyday in your life, you have to try and continue to grow in one way or another, and that is why i find ageism so old—fashioned. you ageism so old-fashioned. you used your _

ageism so old-fashioned. you used your platform _ ageism so old—fashioned. you used your platform on social media to speak out about anti—asian hate. we have seen a rise of this during the pandemic. how personal was this for you, and to be able to have a platform to speak out about this? ~ , ., ., ., , this? well, first of all it was very shocking. _ this? well, first of all it was very shocking, because - this? well, first of all it was very shocking, because i - this? well, first of all it was i very shocking, because i began to hear stories that people that were just going grocery shopping were being knocked down on the ground, and their groceries stolen. and ijust couldn't understand... well, i can't understand any kind of cruelty, whether it is on a personal level, or whether it is on a global level, when it is on a global level, when it is targeted at any group of people. i couldn't understand how you could hit a woman who is in her 80s with her groceries. i don't understand that, because she's asian? i grew up in an asian household in america, and we are asian, and although i like to think i'm extremely american, i also

know that i bring that part of my asian culture with me into everything i do. it is always present as a part of me. and i think we are encouraged to behave. we are encouraged to toe the line, to respect elders, to be kind, to work hard, to achieve, and to stand on our own two feet and that is part of, you know, particularly chinese culture. i myself have always been a little bit of a rebel, just a bit, but nonetheless i hope respectful. and that is why it is particularly painful. ijust feel that if you are trying to live your life and be a good citizen and make contributions as well, and bring your culture into that melting pot that is the united states, that you are not going to be punished for it, or hurt, orattacked. so it

has been very troubling for me. i think for that, and so many other reasons, women are now saying that they really feel there is a need for a reset after the pandemic, that things can't go back to the old way. do you think that is an important thing for you right now in your life?— now in your life? well, i had to reset. — now in your life? well, i had to reset, for _ now in your life? well, i had to reset, for so _ now in your life? well, i had to reset, for so many - now in your life? well, i had i to reset, for so many reasons. i had employees who have worked for me faithfully for two decades or more, and with everything happening in the fashion industry, i try to hold on for as long as i could, and when many stores, you know, retail, bricks and mortar, were shut down for eight months to a year, and offices were closed, some have not been opened, and they are operating through zoom, it had to affect our industry. i see myself as a hamster in a wheel, or the

treadmill is speeding up and i can't keep up, and i think the pandemic allowed me time to think. the pandemic made us all slow down. it forced us to confront the speed at which we were functioning. it forced us to confront our own value system, our own ambitions, life and death, family, politics, and death, family, politics, and we now see we are all vulnerable to the exact same things. and hopefully the sooner we can all work together and help each other and try to save,in and help each other and try to save, in an obvious sense, the planet, but in a more intellectual and essential way, our lives, i think the better. vera wang, thank you very much for having this discussion with 100 women. i for having this discussion with 100 women-— 100 women. i am 'ust so honoured * 100 women. i am 'ust so honoured to have _ 100 women. i am just so honoured to have been i 100 women. i am just so - honoured to have been asked. thank you.

hello, there. it's mid—march, days are getting longer and the sunshine is getting stronger, and we will see some of that as we go through the week ahead. a lot of dry weather in the forecast, pretty mild, by day, in the sunshine. chilly at night still, with some patchy mist and fog, and there will be some rain this week, but it is most likely to be through wednesday. for the here and now, we've got rain clearing to the east. this little area of cloud bringing showers into scotland and down into the south—west. these showers in the south—west may be heavy and thundery, and they'll drift along the channel coast during the early part of the morning. at the same time, some showers moving out of northern ireland into central and southern scotland, along with northern england, with the best of the sunshine perhaps a little bit further south, into central parts of england and wales, with highs of 1a degrees. now, there's going to be a good deal of dry weather around on tuesday as well, with light winds.

yes, a weather front will start to move in from the far north—west, and we could see a few early morning showers, some patchy mist and fog around, but they will clear away quite quickly. a good deal of dry weather, light winds for most, so, in the sunshine, it will feel quite pleasant, with highs of 15 degrees. cloud and rain starts approaching from the atlantic, it's a cold front behind it, bringing in some colder air. but at the same time, we've got this very warm air blowing in from the near continent, and where these two frontal systems will meet, that is where we are likely to see a real clash, with some heavy rain, potentially; as much as half an inch likely to fall in some places on wednesday. it is likely to stay dry, though, east anglia and south—east england, and by contrast, here we could see temperatures peaking at 17 degrees, 63 fahrenheit. the average for this time of year in the south is around 11 celsius. the rain will clear its way south and east through wednesday night into thursday, and it may well take its time in doing so, and lingerfirst thing across that south—east corner, with a ridge of high pressure building in behind. so after a cloudy, damp start across the far south—east, an improving weather story.

a little bit of showery rain into the far north—west, not amounting to too much. thursday will see highs of around ten to 13 degrees. a little bit cooler, because the wind direction's changing slightly, coming in from the north sea, but it does mean friday and saturday, we keep that dry theme going, and again, those temperatures peaking at 15 degrees. enjoy.

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