st mark s square in venice was flooded on saturday morning after high tides swept through the city. the one metre high tide left the square submerged but did not stop tourists going for a stroll. the high tide though was still not enough to activate the mose flood barriers, which were launched last year. cnn says it has fired its news anchor chris cuomo because of the help he gave his brother, the former new york governor andrew cuomo, in fighting allegations of sexual misconduct. in a statement cnn said they had commissioned an independent review of chris cuomo s involvement with his brother s defence, and additional information had come to light, and they had terminated his contract, effective immediately. on twitter, chris cuomo has posted: this is not how i wanted my time at cnn to end but i have already told you why and how i helped my brother. he goes on to thank his team at cnn. jeremy barr, media reporter at the washington post, has been telling me
tides swept through the city. the one metre high tide left the square submerged but did not stop tourists going for a stroll. the high tide though was still not enough to activate the mose flood barriers, which were launched last year. the woman who is set to become the first female president of honduras, xiomara castro, has said she will invite the un to oversee efforts to tackle corruption when she takes office next month. with 80% of votes counted from sunday s election, she s leading by a wide margin. the killing of two young women in england sarah everard and sabina nessa brought to public focus the safety of women on uk streets. their deaths have prompted a group of women to set up a movement to help walkers feel safe going out after dark. safety in numbers now has nearly 100 members, as emily anderson reports. a cold winter night, it s only 5pm but already it is very dark here in woodhouse eaves.
the one metre high tide left the square submerged. but you can see, that did not stop many going for a stroll. the high tide, though, was not enough to activate the mose flood barriers, which were launched last year. venice is increasingly vulnerable to flooding due to land subsidence and rising sea levels. martine croxall is coming up next with all the latest national news, but in the mean time let s take a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, again. it feels quite chilly out there at the moment. quite a keen north westerly wind blowing, and some more wet weather around, too. it s moving southwards. the wintry mix continues for a while across south eastern scotland, northern england some snow mainly over the hills. some of that wetter weather moves further south across england. further west, it should be clearer with a few showers. but enough of a wind blowing to keep temperatures generally above freezing. into tomorrow, an improvement from many parts of the country, but we