Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Walter Mondale on stage with former President Jimmy Carter, right, during a celebration Mondale's 90th birthday on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota's campus in Minneapolis. Photo by Anthony Souffle/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-DIANCHI LAKE-WATER QUALITY (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-DIANCHI LAKE-WATER QUALITY (CN)

(240116) -- KUNMING, Jan. 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 13, 2024 shows tourists enjoying the scene by the Dianchi Lake in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The overall water quality of Dianchi Lake has been maintained for six consecutive years since it reached Class IV in the country's five-tier evaluation system for the first time in 2018. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-DIANCHI LAKE-WATER QUALITY (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-DIANCHI LAKE-WATER QUALITY (CN)

(240116) -- KUNMING, Jan. 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 13, 2024 shows a view of the Dianchi Lake in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The overall water quality of Dianchi Lake has been maintained for six consecutive years since it reached Class IV in the country's five-tier evaluation system for the first time in 2018. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-DIANCHI LAKE-WATER QUALITY (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-DIANCHI LAKE-WATER QUALITY (CN)

(240116) -- KUNMING, Jan. 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 13, 2024 shows a view of the Dianchi Lake in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The overall water quality of Dianchi Lake has been maintained for six consecutive years since it reached Class IV in the country's five-tier evaluation system for the first time in 2018. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-DIANCHI LAKE-WATER QUALITY (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-DIANCHI LAKE-WATER QUALITY (CN)

(240116) -- KUNMING, Jan. 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 13, 2024 shows tourists enjoying the scene by the Dianchi Lake in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The overall water quality of Dianchi Lake has been maintained for six consecutive years since it reached Class IV in the country's five-tier evaluation system for the first time in 2018. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Over 50,000 illegal migrants reach Spain in 2023

STORY: Over 50,000 illegal migrants reach Spain in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Dec. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:13 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the arrival of migrants with boats in Spain in recent weeks 2. various of the Minister of the Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska 3. various of migrants arriving at the Canary Islands in recent weeks STORYLINE: Over 50,000 illegal migrants have reached Spain in 2023, according to data published by the Ministry of the Interior on Monday. The latest "Irregular Immigration" report covering the period from Jan. 1 to Dec. 15 shows that 52,945 illegal immigrants reached Spain in the period, up 76.2 percent from the same period in 2022. It is also the first time the 50,000 people barrier has been broken since 2018, when 57,498 people arrived illegally. The overwhelming majority of the illegal migration arrivals in 2023 was by sea. Among them, 72 percent reached the Canary Islands, up 140 percent from that in 2022, setting a new re

CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-JINJIANG RIVER-CHANGE (CN)

CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-JINJIANG RIVER-CHANGE (CN)

(230713) -- CHENGDU, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Excavators clean mud in the Fuhe River in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 25, 2018. Jinjiang River traverses the central part of Chengdu, contributing to the fame and glamor of Chengdu's many historic and cultural events. It has two main streams called Fuhe River and Nanhe River. Starting from Dujiangyan, the 150-km river goes outbound from Shuangliu District. In February of 2016, local government of Chengdu implemented ten regulations on water control. In 2017, the city started a program on water ecology management and building a greenway along Jinjiang River. As a result, the water quality of Jinjiang River has been improved a lot. (Photo by Cao Zongming/Xinhua)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 13 Kyodo - Women watch a football match at a stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 12, 2018, when the country allowed female spectators to watch the sport at a stadium.

Nissan's Leaf

Nissan's Leaf

CHIBA, Japan, Jan. 13 Kyodo - A modified unit of Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf electric vehicle is displayed at the Tokyo Auto Salon event in Makuhari Messe, near Tokyo, on Jan. 12, 2018.

Suntory's Nakamura in rugby final

Suntory's Nakamura in rugby final

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 13 Kyodo - Suntory Sungoliath center Ryoto Nakamura races in for a try during a 12-8 win against Panasonic Wild Knights in the Top League final on Jan. 13, 2018, at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo.

Snowboarding World Cup

Snowboarding World Cup

SNOWMASS, United States, Jan. 13 Kyodo - Japanese snowboarder Yuri Okubo takes to the air in the men's qualification round of a World Cup slopestyle event in Snowmass, Colorado, on Jan. 10, 2018.

FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

Children gather to watch a music video collaboration, some of who appeared in it with Ugandan elementary students, after the presentation at Toyotama Minami Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Jan. 13, 2018. Sixth graders from the Tokyo school have been corresponding with Ugandan children since 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

Musician Gen Nagahara demonstrates the djembe for fifth- and sixth-graders gathered at Toyotama Minami Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Jan. 13, 2018. Fifth-grader Dabide Denishi, 11, was selected to play the percussion instrument in front of the class. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

Photographer/writer Naoko Sakuragi (L) and musician Gen Nagahara address children at Toyotama Minami Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Jan. 13, 2018. Sakuragi showed the children a premier of their music video collaboration with Ugandan children, talking about her "Cinema Stars for Africa" project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Skiing: Horishima ends Kingsbury's streak with 1st World Cup win in moguls

Skiing: Horishima ends Kingsbury's streak with 1st World Cup win in moguls

Japan's Ikuma Horishima (C) smiles on the podium next to Canada's Mikael Kingsbury (L) and Kazakhstan's Dmitriy Reikherd after winning the men's moguls at a freestyle skiing World Cup event in Mont-Tremblant, Canada on Jan. 20, 2018. Horishima claimed his first World Cup victory, ending Kingsbury's record 13-straight World Cup win streak in the process. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Skiing: Horishima ends Kingsbury's streak with 1st World Cup win in moguls

Skiing: Horishima ends Kingsbury's streak with 1st World Cup win in moguls

Japan's Ikuma Horishima competes in the men's moguls at a freestyle skiing World Cup event in Mont-Tremblant, Canada on Jan. 20, 2018. Horishima claimed his first World Cup victory, ending Canadian Mikael Kingsbury's record 13-straight World Cup win streak in the process. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Suntory crowned Top League champions

Suntory crowned Top League champions

Suntory Sungoliath celebrate defending their title after beating Panasonic Wild Knights 12-8 in the Top League final at Tokyo's Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground on Jan. 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-Taiwan President Ma

Ex-Taiwan President Ma

Photo taken on Jan. 13, 2018, shows former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou attending a ceremony in Taipei commemorating 30 years since the death of former Taiwanese President Chiang Ching-kuo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Peking Opera Making Up

Peking Opera Making Up

A Peking Opera performer puts on makeup in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, Jan 13, 2018.

Peking Opera Making Up

Peking Opera Making Up

A Peking Opera performer puts on makeup in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, Jan 13, 2018.

Peking Opera Making Up

Peking Opera Making Up

A Peking Opera performer puts on makeup in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, Jan 13, 2018.

Peking Opera Making Up

Peking Opera Making Up

A Peking Opera performer puts on makeup in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, Jan 13, 2018.

Peking Opera Making Up

Peking Opera Making Up

A Peking Opera performer puts on makeup in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, Jan 13, 2018.

Peking Opera Making Up

Peking Opera Making Up

A Peking Opera performer puts on makeup in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, Jan 13, 2018.

Peking Opera Making Up

Peking Opera Making Up

A Peking Opera performer puts on makeup in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, Jan 13, 2018.

Peking Opera Making Up

Peking Opera Making Up

A Peking Opera performer puts on makeup in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, Jan 13, 2018.

Peking Opera Making Up

Peking Opera Making Up

A Peking Opera performer puts on makeup in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, Jan 13, 2018.

Ivana Kochanska

Ivana Kochanska

Ivana Kochanska, advocate of Tomas Szabo, sits in a courtroom during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Julia Vestenicka

Julia Vestenicka

Julia Vestenicka, advocate of Alena Zsuzsova, sits in a courtroom during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Daniel Lipsic

Daniel Lipsic

Jan Kuciak's parents advocate Daniel Lipsic in a courtroom during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Julia Vestenicka, Stefan Neszmery

Julia Vestenicka, Stefan Neszmery

Julia Vestenicka, left, and Stefan Neszmery, advocates of Alena Zsuzsova, sit in a courtroom during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Tomas Szabo

Tomas Szabo

The heavily armed members of Prison Service bring Tomas Szabo into a courtroom ahead of the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Marian Kocner

Marian Kocner

The heavily armed members of Prison Service bring Marian Kocner into a courtroom ahead of the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Marian Kocner, Miroslav Marcek

Marian Kocner, Miroslav Marcek

The heavily armed members of Prison Service bring Marian Kocner, right, and Miroslav Marcek, left, into a courtroom ahead of the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Marian Kocner

Marian Kocner

The heavily armed members of Prison Service bring Marian Kocner into a courtroom ahead of the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Tomas Szabo

Tomas Szabo

The heavily armed members of Prison Service bring Tomas Szabo into a courtroom ahead of the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Jozef Kuciak, Jana Kuciakova

Jozef Kuciak, Jana Kuciakova

L-R Jozef Kuciak and Jana Kuciakova, parents of murdered journalist Jan Kuciak, are seen in a courtroom during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Zlatica Kusnirova

Zlatica Kusnirova

Zlatica Kusnirova, mother of murdered Martina Kusnirova, speaks to journalists during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Alena Zsuzsova

Alena Zsuzsova

Members of Prison Service bring Alena Zsuzsova into a courtroom ahead of the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Stefan Neszmery

Stefan Neszmery

Stefan Neszmery, advocate of Alena Zsuzsova, speaks to journalists in front of a courtroom during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Stefan Neszmery

Stefan Neszmery

Stefan Neszmery, advocate of Alena Zsuzsova, speaks to journalists in front of a courtroom during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Trial of four suspects in Kuciak's murder case starts in Slovakia

Trial of four suspects in Kuciak's murder case starts in Slovakia

A part of the court files is seen in a courtroom during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Trial of four suspects in Kuciak's murder case starts in Slovakia

Trial of four suspects in Kuciak's murder case starts in Slovakia

A part of the court files is seen in a courtroom during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Trial of four suspects in Kuciak's murder case starts in Slovakia

Trial of four suspects in Kuciak's murder case starts in Slovakia

A worker of court brings a part of the court files in a courtroom for the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Marian Kocner

Marian Kocner

The heavily armed members of Prison Service bring Marian Kocner into a courtroom ahead of the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Jozef Kuciak, Jana Kuciakova

Jozef Kuciak, Jana Kuciakova

L-R Jozef Kuciak and Jana Kuciakova, parents of murdered journalist Jan Kuciak, are seen in a courtroom during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Zlatica Kusnirova

Zlatica Kusnirova

Zlatica Kusnirova, mother of murdered Martina Kusnirova, is seen in a courtroom during the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Marian Kocner

Marian Kocner

The heavily armed members of Prison Service bring Marian Kocner into a courtroom ahead of the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Marek Para

Marek Para

Marek Para, advocate of entrepreneur Marian Kocner, prepares in a courtroom for the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia, on Monday, January 13, 2020. The trial of the four suspects in the case of the murder of reporter Jan Kuciak, which stirred mass anti-government protests in Slovakia and toppled Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as PM in the spring of 2018, started with the reading of the charges at the Special Court in Pezinok. The suspects in this case, which Slovak daily Sme described as the most closely-watched in the country's modern history and one of the largest in terms of the size of evidence, are Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. If found guilty in the case, in which Kuciak's fiancee Martina Kusnirova was shot dead along with him, the suspects face up to a life sentence. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)