The BBC reports that KFOR troops have temporarily closed two border crossings on Kosovo's northern border, effectively sealing it off from Serbia. The move comes a day after a coordinated attack on the posts by Serbian militants, who used bulldozers and explosives to destroy them:
The attacks on the crossings and the Nato response put the international community on a collision course with both Kosovo Serbs and the Serbian government, our correspondent says.
He says that what is emerging on the ground is a second Kosovo.
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