brent: some of your colleagues worked closely with jan kuciak. how have they reacted? beata: they are in shock. the whole newsroom was very tense. they were very worked up. all major paper editors signed a statement which says that we are calling on the government to investigate his murder and not just like this under the carpet. we are calling them to look into the story. we want to make sure the stories will be continued and thoroughly investigated so the effect will be even stronger. now, like many more journalists they are afraid to work. brent: do you have confidence that the police will follow up and do their job in this investigation? beata: unfortunately, i cannot say that i have full confidence but we are going to put a lot of pressure on the police. why is this murder serious is what we need to explain to people. brent: unfortunately, we are out of time but thank you for joining us from slovakia. parts of europe are experiencing unusually cold weather. here in germany temperatures dropped to their lowest so far this winter to 27.5 degrees centigrade. in polan

what was jan kuciak alleging?ial people in politics, evenin with influential people in politics, even in the government. jan kuciak‘s collea g u es even in the government. jan kuciak‘s colleagues are urging the government to look —— the police to look at his article and the links between it and his death. earlier i spoke to the editor in chief of the slovakian daily newspaper, the sne and i asked her why her paper published the article. we ran this story and it was really a strong... and we repeated the questions for the government, which remain unanswered so far. it implicated people close to the government, having links to the mafia. they resigned today. also the culture minister resigned today, saying that the murder of a journalist was something too much to absorb politically and he offered his resignation. it truly shows that the original line... the prime minister's first response is that he doesn't see any reason for calling for political responsibility but now it's changing. this story seems to bea game it

jan kuciak was murdered along with his fiancee.to have appealed for information relating to the murder the church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem has reopened, three days after christian leaders closed it indefinitely in protest at plans to tax church properties in the city. the mayor of jerusalem suspended the tax plans on tuesday after the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said there would be negotiations to try to resolve the dispute. the funeral of bollywood superstar, sridevi, is taking place after police closed the investigation into her death in dubai. an autopsy ruled the 54—year—old had drowned in a bath, after losing consciousness. she was one of india's best known film stars, appearing in around 300 movies. crowds have gathered outside her home in mumbai to pay their last respects. let's get the latest from mumbai and the bbc‘s sameer hashmi who is outside the family home. the funeral now just the funeral nowjust hours away, we think. that's right. her body was transferred from the residence to this sports c

journalists is calling for an investigation into the killing of slovak investigative journalist jan kuciak. he and his girlfriend were shot to death in his home late last week. kuciak was working for a news website called aktuality, investigating tax fraud by people associated with slovakia's ruling party. in news on the environment and climate change, scientists have been stunned by the unprecedentedly warm temperatures in the north pole, which has surged above freezing temperatures in the middle of the winter. meanwhile, a number of retired u.s. military generals and admirals say rising sea levels are flooding an increasing number of u.s. military bases around the world. in nigeria, leaders from across africa are gathering to discuss the escalating hunger crisis of 17 million people who depend on lake chad, which is shrugging to do climate change. in china, more than 250,000, is that discharge air and water pollution will have to start paying an environmental tax beginning in april under china's new empire medal protection tax law. -- environmental section tax law. it is said -- puerto r