Death toll from freezing weather rises to seven

At least seven people are believed to have died during a Siberian cold snap in the Czech Republic over the weekend. Two homeless people in Prague and two in Olomouc were among the victims, as was a man found in an unheated flat in Ostrava. Autopsies will have to be carried out to establish the final causes of death. Temperatures dropped to minus 24 degrees Celsius in the north-east of the country with forecasters warning of record lows in the coming days. Prague emergency services say 13 deaths have been caused in the capital by the cold so far this winter.