found hiding in a basement. and the us network cnn fires its leading anchor, chris cuomo, the brother of the former governor of new york. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. president biden is due to hold a video call next week with vladimir putin, amid growing fears that russia may be preparing to launch a full scale invasion of ukraine. tensions between russia and ukraine have been building for some time in the wake of russia s annexation of crimea. these are ukrainian troops stationed in the donietsk region on the russian border. on friday, ukraine warned that
from tuesday, all arrivals will need a pre departure covid test. the international news network cnn says it s fired its presenter chris cuomo with immediate effect. cnn had hired a law firm to investigate him, over claims that he d tried to help his brother, the new york governor andrew cuomo, who s facing allegations of sexual misconduct in office. chris cuomo had interviewed his brother on air several times. with me is bbc reporter mark lobel. hi, mark. so first off, who is he and why is he being fired now, why now? he and why is he being fired now, wh now? ~ , ., ., now, why now? well chris cuomo “oined now, why now? well chris cuomo joined cnn now, why now? well chris cuomo joined cnn in now, why now? well chris cuomo joined cnn in 2013, now, why now? well chris cuomo joined cnn in 2013, one - now, why now? well chris cuomo joined cnn in 2013, one of - joined cnn in 2013, one of presidentjeff zucker s big hires. he came to prominence in 2018 when he got that coveted
9pm slot which was at the time one of the highest rated slot on cnn. so a big deal. he s also brother, as you mentioned, of the high profile governor andrew cuomo, or who was going, or governor. they are part of this cuomo empire, are part of this cuomo empire, a mini dynasty. andrew cuomo became famous for these no nonsense briefings during the pandemic, many to dust millions tuned in for them. also these bombastic encounters with his brother where they had these competitive, quite friendly encounters on cnn. it s tricky to get right because chris is meant to be holding politicians to account, and some elements left colleagues in cnn feeling uncomfortable, particularly when chris stood aside not from his presenting duties but from covering the story when andrew was facing allegations of sexual harassment with multiple
bit more to come on that potentially. bit more to come on that potentially- bit more to come on that otentiall . w ., ., potentially. and reaction from chris himself? potentially. and reaction from chris himself? chris potentially. and reaction from chris himself? chris also - chris himself? chris also issued a chris himself? chris also issued a statement - chris himself? chris also issued a statement on . chris himself? chris also - issued a statement on twitter, he said, this is not how my time at sea to end. at the time of his brother s resignation, chris said he s not an adviser, he s a brother. he wasn t in control of anything, was there to listen and offer his take. that made some cnn staff feel uncomfortable, but cnn stood by him but now cnn has said that uncovered a cosy and improper nature between the brothers because of text messages they found of chris and aids of the governor. chris was seeking to use his connexions in the press to help his brother, and when