kosovo president hashim thaci has been accused of war crimes by a special international prosecutor in 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. 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 re

the former preident of kosovo, hashim thaci, has pleaded not guilty to ten charges of war crimes andnst 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 a

of bbc-anagola, leader of the kosovo liberation army , former prime minister and ex-president hashim thacirstand the accusations, i am not guilty of anything, the accusations against him include torture, kidnapping and at least two murders. he and the other three accused are suspected of attacks on those who were suspected of cooperation with serbian forces in treason, that is, with opponents of their political goals, this is a very sensitive trial that demonstrates disagreements, the judge said about witnesses who are under the protection of the investigation and many of them cannot be named in court, this is one of the reasons why the hague has created a specialized court chamber regarding kosovo in order to prevent intimidation of witnesses and interference in the process, many still consider hashim thaci a war hero and not a criminal. today i spoke with his supporters in court who came from all over europe. they say he is a freedom fighter. without him, they believe, there would be no kosovo. human rights groups say that this process is important in order to establish what happened to

the former president of kosovo, hashim thaci, and three other ex—leaders plead not guilty to war crimesg the fight for independence from serbia. from centre left to centre right — finland's conservative leader petteri orpo wins a nail—biting three—way election race, defeating prime minister sanna marin. hello and welcome. i'm ben thompson. russia's investigators have detained a 26—year—old woman, darya trepova, in connection with the murder of the pro—war blogger vladen tatarsky, who was killed by a bomb in st petersburg on sunday. media reports said the explosion occurred shortly after he had been given a statuette by a woman at an event in a cafe. russia's security service has accused ukraine of being behind the blast, but ukrainian officials have denied this. a short time ago russia's anti—terrorism committee said it believes the attack was planned by ukrainian secret services, jointly with "people cooperating with" jailed opposition leader alexei navalny�*s anti—corru ption foundation. our correspondent will vernon in moscow has more. i'm just seeing a short statement that has come

the former president of kosovo, hashim thaci, and three other ex—leaders plead not guilty to war crimes to centre right — finland's conservative leader petteri 0rpo wins a nail—biting three—way

kosovo , 54-year-old hashim tachi, and three his closest associates were indicted on ten counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, in particular , the court considers thaci responsible for almost a hundred murders of civilians during the 1998-1999 war, reuters reports. of the kosovo liberation army, which participated in the war against serbia after the hostilities ended. he entered politics in 2008 , serving as prime minister and in 2016 as president kosovo after the announcement of the indictment in november 2020, he resigned and voluntarily surrendered to the court dozens of operations for military and civilian victims of the war were performed by american and canadian doctors in ivano-frankivsk medics of the fraser future international mission are in the medical facility for the second time our carpathian correspondents will continue in the pfizer future international medical mission is coming to an end at one of the ivano-frankivsk hospitals. it was organized by the ukrainian association of endoscopic head and neck surgery and a charitable organization together for ukraine, eight doctors and four nurses from the united states and canada came to ivan