live from london, you're watching bbc news. russian investigartors detain this woman — darya trepova — in the hunt for the killers of a pro—war blogger in a blast in st petersburg. his lawyer says he's gearing up for a battle. donald trump will fly from florida to manhattan in the next few hours to face charges over hush money payments made to a porn star. "we are overworked and underpaid." teachers in england reject the government's pay offer and call for further strikes. hello, i'm lucy hockings. we start with the audacious attack that killed a well—known pro—kremlin blogger on sunday.

russian investigators have detained a 26—year—old woman, darya trepova, in connection with the murder and the explosion in a cafe. vladlen tatarsky was killed by a bomb in st petersburg. media reports said the explosion occurred shortly after he had been given a statuette by a woman at an event in a cafe. darya trepova has previously been detained for taking part in protests against the war in ukraine. russia's security service has accused ukraine of being behind the blast, but ukrainian officials have denied this. so who is vladlen tatarsky and why might someone want to kill him? for a start, it's not actually his real name. tatarksy is actually maxim fomin — an ultra—nationalist with links to hard right politicians in russia. his rhetoric includes sometimes heavy criticism of russia's so—called �*military operation�* in ukraine, so he may have enemies on

both sides. either way he's influential with half a million followers on the social media platform telegram. in a moment we'll be live in kyiv with our correspondent hugo bachega. but first, to moscow with will vernon. tells with will vernon. mike more about darya trepova. a tells mike more about darya trepova. a lot of developments here today, we know that darya trepova, 26 years old from st petersburg, was detained today in connection, on suspicion of involvement previously posed by bombing, an explosion in a cafe in st petersburg that killed vladlen tatarsky, as you mentioned. it is not clear at this stage to what

extent darya trepova is considered a suspect, and we have heard from the russian national anti—terrorism committee, they released a statement claiming that ukrainian intelligence agencies planned in this attack. and that it was carried out or in some way linked to people involved with alexei navalny�*s organisation. that was a slightly surprising addition to the statement but as you remember, alexei navalny russia's most famous opposition leader, currently in prison in russia, serving a long prison sentence on charges widely believed to be politically motivated, and his whole network that he used to have come his organisation is outlawed in russia is extremist. we have heard from the kremlin, also commenting on yesterday's incident, kremlin spokesman called this a terrorist attack and said that this is exactly

why russia is carrying out its special military operation in ukraine. can you put vladlen tatarsky in the context foreigners? how influential was he? we shouldn't overstate his significance, this wasn't an official, this wasn't even a military officer, vladlen tatarsky was a blogger. but a very well—known one. these, this community of pro—kremlin military bloggers have taken on quite a high profile role since the war began in ukraine, just over a year ago. many of them even go so far as to criticise the authorities, criticised the russian military, and even the president himself over these failings on the battlefield. because we have seen a string of embarrassing defeats for the kremlin. the other interesting thing about these bloggers is that

we often get kind of unexpectedly accurate pictures of the real situation on the battlefield in ukraine, although these people support the kremlin, support the war in ukraine, they often also criticise what russia is doing a fair. especially the kind of military top brass. one incident we saw last week was when several official sources, russian government, social media accounts, things like that, posted a video allegedly showing ukrainian soldiers harassing civilians, it was then clear to quickly form open source information is that that video is fake. the programme in bloggers where writing about this, saying how embarrassing the russian authorities have put out such a crudely fake video. ,., ., have put out such a crudely fake video. h, ., ., i” have put out such a crudely fake video. _, ., ., ,, ., , video. good to get your thoughts, thank ou video. good to get your thoughts, thank you for— video. good to get your thoughts, thank you for the _ video. good to get your thoughts, thank you for the update, - video. good to get your thoughts, thank you for the update, we - video. good to get your thoughts, thank you for the update, we willl video. good to get your thoughts, l thank you for the update, we will be live with hugo in a moment, but first, briefly we want to listen to

the head of nato talking not only about the war in ukraine also the accession of finland in the coming days and after that sweden to nato, so let's listen.— so let's listen. what is happening in euro -e so let's listen. what is happening in eumpe today _ so let's listen. what is happening in europe today could _ so let's listen. what is happening in europe today could happen - so let's listen. what is happening in europe today could happen in i so let's listen. what is happening . in europe today could happen in east asia tomorrow. so i welcome all partners, strong to support ukraine, including japan's recent announcement of contributions to nato's assistance fund for ukraine. we will discuss deep cooperation in areas such as cyber defence, new technologies, and countering this information. we will also address china's growing alignment with russia. and the provision of legal aid to russia, which would be a major mistake. —— lethal aid. at a time when they are challenging the

international order and democratic values, it is even more important that we stand together as nato allies. and with like—minded partners. i am allies. and with like—minded partners. iam ready allies. and with like—minded partners. i am ready to take your questions. partners. i am ready to take your question— questions. reuters. secretary-general, | questions. reuters. i secretary-general, do questions. reuters. - secretary-general, do you questions. reuters. _ secretary-general, do you expect secretary—general, do you expect president — secretary—general, do you expect president putin's announcement that he will_ president putin's announcement that he will station russian tactical nuclear— he will station russian tactical nuclear weapons on belarus to come up nuclear weapons on belarus to come up in _ nuclear weapons on belarus to come up in the _ nuclear weapons on belarus to come up in the discussions in the coming days? _ up in the discussions in the coming days? add — up in the discussions in the coming days? add do you anticipate that there _ days? add do you anticipate that there will— days? add do you anticipate that there will be any change to nato's posture _ there will be any change to nato's posture or— there will be any change to nato's posture or planning as a result of the announcement or the move itself if attacked _ the announcement or the move itself if attacked we happens? the announcement _ if attacked we happens? the announcement by _ if attacked we happens? tie: announcement by putin as part if attacked we happens? ti9 announcement by putin as part of a pattern of dangerous reckless nuclear rhetoric, where russia and putin try to use nuclear weapons as a way to prevent us from supporting

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very much behind the fact that the finns wanted tojoin very much behind the fact that the finns wanted to join nato, very much behind the fact that the finns wanted tojoin nato, so very much behind the fact that the finns wanted to join nato, so we will be talking about that election result any moment, but literally brussels with announcement that finland will be joining nato on tuesday. little return to developments in russia and ukraine. we can take you back to hugo, we were talking about killing of that programme and blogger in a blast in st petersburg, the blame today very firmly being put on ukraine by russian investigators. what has the reaction been in kyiv? you russian investigators. what has the reaction been in kyiv?— reaction been in kyiv? you haven't had any kind _ reaction been in kyiv? you haven't had any kind of— reaction been in kyiv? you haven't had any kind of reaction _ reaction been in kyiv? you haven't had any kind of reaction from - reaction been in kyiv? you haven't had any kind of reaction from the i had any kind of reaction from the authorities here in ukraine following these latest accusations ijy following these latest accusations by russian officials. i don't think there is any kind of surprised because the ukrainians rarely react to those accusations, they rarely acknowledge any kind of involvement in attacks and explosions that

happen inside russian territory. and in the last year, it would seem that a number of these incidents have taken place since russia invaded ukraine. but we often see some officials here giving some hints are trying to come up with possible motives for those incidents, and this is what we're seeing today. one of the president's advisers said that the explosion in russia was part of an internal struggle in russia, so perhaps try to reject any kind of accusation that the ukrainians were behind it. i kind of accusation that the ukrainians were behind it. i wanted to ask about— ukrainians were behind it. i wanted to ask about what _ ukrainians were behind it. i wanted to ask about what is _ ukrainians were behind it. i wanted to ask about what is happening - to ask about what is happening inside ukraine itself because we have seen russia's mostly white and a group claiming it is in control of the fiercely contested town of bakhmut, which we know is very strategically significant. the head of the wagon group unfurled a russian flag outside the city hall on top of it, this is what he had to

say. translator: this is wagner private military company's flag. _ these are the guys who took bakhmut. in the legal sense, it's ours. the enemy remains in the western districts. and the units' commanders, who are capturing the administrative building and the whole central district, will carry on putting these flags up. there has been such fierce and attritional fighting there has been such fierce and attritionalfighting in bakhmut for weeks now, how much do we actually know about what is happening? irate know about what is happening? we have know about what is happening? 9 have been talking about bakhmut for a long time, and it is extremely difficult to get a clear picture of what is happening there. especially now because international journalists, observers are not being allowed into bakhmut. we know that the russians have made progress in recent days, but now we are seeing claims and counter claims from both russia and ukraine, you had this claim from the wagoner group which has been the group that has been

leading the russian offensive in bakhmut, but earlier today we had reaction from the ukrainian military spokesperson for the army here said that this was a false claim by the wagoner group and that clashes were still happening in the city centre, so rejecting claims that have been made by the head of the wagoner group. but it is difficult to get independent information from bakhmut so it will take some time to get a clear picture. i so it will take some time to get a clear picture-— clear picture. i want to get some reaction from — clear picture. i want to get some reaction from you, _ clear picture. i want to get some reaction from you, well, - clear picture. i want to get some reaction from you, well, about i reaction from you, well, about developments in brussels. we saw the head of nato say that finland will be joining the alliance on tuesday, and for years we saw the finns and swedes remaining neutral, committing to nonalignment with nato, this was their way of saying they were not going to provoke moscow at times

like this, that changed when russia invaded ukraine. polls overwhelmingly in both countries said they wanted to join, that is happening, we are not sure about yet but confirmation that finland will join on tuesday. what do we expect the reaction to be from the kremlin. we'll have to see, it is embarrassing for the kremlin, after all, one of the many different reasons and justifications that president putin gave sending his troops into ukraine was this perceived threat to russia from what putin called a military build—up in russia's borders, and that border with nato countries has now got much larger. this is one—of—a—kind of many tragic irony is that of this whole situation, the kremlin claims to be conducting its so—called

special military operation in order to protect russia's borders, welcomer nato, which obviously is in opposition to russia, has now expanded right up even further to russia's borders. so this will be embarrassing and i think the kremlin will not like it is all. but there is very little that russia can do in response to this. in sweden and finland made that announcement several months ago that they were intending tojoin nato, there was quite a muted response from moscow. i think that being so committed and involved in the war in ukraine, committing so many military forces there, there is very little that russia can do now to try and push back against nato's enlargement. thank you.

input for morning in florida. —— a beautiful morning. this is the home of donald trump, we have been watching pictures of his aircraft on the taxiway at west palm beach airport. the reason put all this attention is we are expecting donald trump to fly to manhattan in the next few hours, he is going there to face charges of a harsh many payments to a former pawn star, so it is been a busy weekend for the former president. he has been meeting with his advisers, really having a think about how he will approach the indictment. he is calling it political persecution, he is using this moment to only rally his supporters but to raise quite a lot of money over the weekend as well. all the attention will shortly ship from palm beach to manhattan

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cheque back in 2016, saying that he is say liar, his testimony should not be the one always hinges on, of course you would have da here saying thatis course you would have da here saying that is not the only piece of evidence they have, so over the next couple of days we should see more of that as this trial continues. tare that as this trial continues. i've been looking — that as this trial continues. i've been looking at _ that as this trial continues. i've been looking at google, one of the most popular searches today from people across the world, lots of people across the world, lots of people asking whether a not donald trump will actually go to jail? is that likely? trump will actually go to “ail? is that ummfi trump will actually go to “ail? is that ttketytfi trump will actually go to “ail? is that hketyafi that likely? that is a question i have had some _ that likely? that is a question i have had some friends - that likely? that is a question i have had some friends asked i that likely? that is a question i i have had some friends asked me that likely? that is a question i - have had some friends asked me over the weekend, when it comes to tomorrow it is not likely that former president trump will go to jail, that is something that almost certainly will not be happening, in part because of the nature of the suspected charges which we don't know exactly get what they are because this indictment is still sealed but because they are expected been non—violent offences, he will likely not be going to jail tomorrow. the question of prison time in the future is a bigger one,

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let's look at schools in england, they face fresh strikes this spring after members of the national education union rejected the government's pay offer. teachers have been gathering for the union's annual conference in harrogate, where pay and workload are among the issues being discussed. government miniisters say the offer was reasonable. our uk education editor branwenjeffries has the latest. the government has said it is looking for ways to reduce the workload by around five hours for teachers, by international standards teachers, by international standards teachers in england do spend a lot of time in the classroom, that means that it displaces a lot of preparation and planning for lessons, their marking of pupils�* works into the evening and weekend. that is an important part of this discussion. at the heart of it is the fact that with rising energy prices, globally, with the cost of living in the uk going out, that teachers�* pay has not kept up and

over the last decade, four experienced teachers, it has fallen by about 12—13%. the government had offered a one—off top up payment for these year of £1000, that is about 2.4% on top of the 5% teachers have had this year. it had proposed 4.3% for most experienced teachers next year and a starting salary of £30,000. that is the deal that has now been rejected by the union today. let�*s turn now to one of the most significant cases arising from the yugoslav wars. the former preident of kosovo, hashim thaci, has pleaded not guilty to ten charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at a special court in the hague. the accusations of persecution, murder and torture stem from kosovo�*s independence war against serbia in the 1990s. thaci and three co—defendants, all former close associates in the guerrilla kosovo liberation army and later in peacetime politics, all pleaded not guilty shortly

after hearings got underway. let�*s take you live to the hague now. anna, what happened this morning? , liberation leader president and prime minister stood in court, he told thejudge he prime minister stood in court, he told the judge he understood the charges and was fully not guilty. just before i go on, i want to give you a sense of what is happening because you can see just in the last you minutes a group of testers, albanians have been moved away and now the police are standing outside the court —— protesters. hashim thaciand the court —— protesters. hashim thaci and three other men are accused of war crimes against humanity, including enforced disappearances and torture and at

least 100 murders. they have played not guilty to all of the charges, hundreds of supporters have travelled here from across europe. this is a hugely sensitive and divisive trial, partly because this man is still considered by so many as a war hero rather than a criminal. i was speaking to one outside court earlier who actually compared hashim thaci to volodymyr zelensky, the crid crania leader, and tim sophie said the fight for freedom for the persistence of his own country —— ukrainian leader —— n terms. another said that is like comparing an apple with a grandmother. but it gives you a of how sensitive things are here in the hague but also in kosovo right now. how important is the child being seenin how important is the child being seen in the hague in terms of the court being perceived as balanced

and fair? —— this trial. this court being perceived as balanced and fair? -- this trial.— and fair? -- this trial. this trial was set to _ and fair? -- this trial. this trial was set to get _ and fair? -- this trial. this trial was set to get rid _ and fair? -- this trial. this trial was set to get rid of— and fair? -- this trial. this trial| was set to get rid of allegations that another court based here and there hague had unfairly targeted serbs, so today the judge talked about the potential for witness interference and intimidation, one of the reasons this kosovo specialist chambers is based here in the head, it was set up, partly funded by the eu and us to try to protect this whole process, because it is so vulnerable to interference. 140 victims had been cleared to take part in this process, many of them are protected witnesses and the judge earlier reminded both sides that they have two protect their identities in order to make sure this trial, which is expected to last for years, can continue safely for everyone involved.— last for years, can continue safely

for everyone involved. stay with us here on bbc news. we started on a chilly frosty note for many earlier this morning, but a lot of sparkling spring sunshine and blue skies around today as captured by our weather watchers in north—east england and in northern wales. tomorrow, more of the same, another chilly start. a touch of frost again. more sunshine for most, at least a part of the day but it will turn cloudier towards the north and west with an approaching weather front. the weather front far out towards the west today, dominated by high pressure out towards the east. sending an onshore breeze to north sea facing coast, feeling cooler there, but plenty of sunshine, high

cloud turning the sunshine hazy across parts of scotland. cloudier across parts of scotland. cloudier across northern ireland but still some sunny spells breaking through, top temperatures between ten and 14 celsius, maybe 15 in the moray fourth. overnight, clearskies fourth. overnight, clear skies around, fourth. overnight, clearskies around, temperatures dropping below freezing, weather fronts approaching the western hours, more cloud was the western hours, more cloud was the irish seacoast. temperatures will tend to be above freezing, mount up with a cloud and breeze towards the north—west. weather front continues to move east those as we head throughout the day on tuesday, eventually sending cloud in the eastern areas of scotland and north—west england, but it should stay largely dry, the best of the sunshine for england and much of eastern wales where we will see hyzaar11—14. not quite so much of an onshore breeze towards those north sea facing coast on tuesday. wednesday, it weather front containing to move eastwards,

introducing outbreaks of rain but probably not until the end of the day for the past south—east of england and east anglia. starting to see clearance across northern ireland, sunny spells here as we head through the afternoon, temperatures between 11—14. our weather front continues to clear eastwards, possibly heavy persistent rain for eastern areas of the uk, as we head throughout the day on thursday. sunshine further west. unsettled through the middle part of the week but high pressure builds backin the week but high pressure builds back in again in time for good friday and easter bank holiday weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines... needis need is tojoin need is to join the military alliance on tuesday. —— nato says finland is tojoin alliance on tuesday. —— nato says finland is to join the military alliance on tuesday. russian investigators detain this woman — darya trepova — in the hunt for the killers of a pro—war blogger in a blast in st petersburg. his lawyer says he�*s gearing up for a battle. donald trump will fly from florida to manhattan in the next few hours to face charges over hush money payments made to a porn star. and overworked and underpaid. teachers in england reject the government�*s pay offer and call for further strikes. lets just ta ke lets just take you back to brussels, as nato ministers are meeting later

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