Russia has asked the West to stop "deceitful propaganda" about "desperate" Serbs in Kosovo as NATO has deployed troops in the Balkan country.

Tens of thousands of Serbians rally in the capital Belgrade in protest at the government's policies, two mass shootings.

Police in northern Kosovo fired tear gas to disperse ethnic Serb protestors who had gathered to oppose the installation of ethnic Albanian mayors.

Here are Press TV's top latest stories at 10:00 GMT, May 5, 2023

At least eight people were killed and 14 others injured in Serbia late Thursday after an armed man opened fire from a moving vehicle on passers-by before he fled the scene.

A seventh-grader was arrested after calling police and admitting to the schoolyard shooting, police said.

Kosovo and Serbia are given a March deadline to decide whether they want to normalize relations or face the repercussions.

Protesting Serbs have begun dismantling border barricades in northern Kosovo.

Serbian armed forces are put put on the "highest level of combat readiness" on the border with Kosovo amid increasingly strained relations between the two neighboring countries over recent shootings and blockades.

Protesters march through the Serbian capital Belgrade in support of ethnic Serbs who have been blocking main roads in Kosovo in protest against the arrest of a former ethnic Serb police officer.