at the port of dover uk authorities apologise, and say there ll be a review of plans ahead of the easter weekend let s return to some breaking news this hour and schools in england face fresh strikes this spring after members of the national education union rejected the government s pay offer. rejected the government s pay teachers have been gathering for the union s annual conference in harrogate, where pay and workload are among the issues being discussed. ministers say the pay offer is fair and reasonable . live now to our uk education editor branwen jeffreys who is in harrogate. bring us up to date. the government says the pay offer is fair but the unions do not agree. i says the pay offer is fair but the unions do not agree. unions do not agree. i have ust ste ed unions do not agree. i have ust stepped out fl unions do not agree. i have ust stepped out of i unions do not agree. i have ust stepped out of the i unions do not agree. i have just stepped out of the c
refrain from giving any detail about any of the protected witnesses because one of the reasons this court was created, run by international organisations and funded by the us and eu and that is partly designed to ensure this can go ahead without witness interference or intimidation. hashim thaci was one of the most visible individuals during negotiations to create kosovo and free it from serbian rule. joe biden at the time was us vice president and he referred to hashim thaci as the george washington of kosovo. so there is so much riding on this process for hashim thaci, the court itself in fact because this is the biggest case in the history of the kosovo specialist chambers so all
eyes on this court right now. fies kosovo specialist chambers so all eyes on this court right now. as you said, that insurgency eyes on this court right now. as you said, that insurgency that eyes on this court right now. as you said, that insurgency that brought l said, that insurgency that brought independence from serbia made him a hero in the eyes of many people but it also led to the disappearance and death of more than 13,000 people? absolutely right. that is why this is such a controversial case. yesterday in the capital of kosovo thousands of people turned out in support of this man, people had travelled from all over europe, thousands of people disappeared and thousands of people disappeared and thousands of people fled and many of them ended up as refugees. i ve been speaking to people today who live in the netherlands and germany and they have all travelled here to the hague to support this man. let me give you some more details about what has been said in court, this i
let s take you live to the hague now the trial getting under way, we will get our latest updates from anna holligan who is at the trial. bring us up to date with what is happening, they relate to a very specific period in history. this was durin: the specific period in history. this was during the battle specific period in history. this was during the battle for specific period in history. this was | during the battle for independence in kosovo from serbia, we have witnessed a remarkable moment here in the hague, i am standing outside the kosovo specialist chambers, just a few moments ago hashim thaci the former prime minister and president of kosovo stood in court and replied to the judge who had listened to a summary of the charges, war crimes and crimes against humanity, the allegation he was involved in murder, forced disappearances,
in ukraine. the suspect they named an hour orso ago, in ukraine. the suspect they named an hour or so ago, detained now on suspicion of involvement in the explosion in a cafe in st petersburg, that s according to the latest lines coming out of russia. we will keep you up to date with the very latest on those two developing stories in st petersburg and from kyiv and also bakhmut where there are claims russia is in control. more on that on bbc news. turning our attention elsewhere now. kosovo president hashim thaci has been accused of war crimes by a special international prosecutor in the hague. mr thaci and others are criminally responsible for nearly 100 murders , torture and enforced disappearances, the prosecutor said. the accusations covering kosovo s independence war against serbia in 1998 are being assessed by a judge at the kosovo specialist chambers who will decide if the case goes to trial. mr thaci has denied any wrongdoing.