10 killed in Kosovo bus explosion

Ten people have been killed and 40 injured after an explosion damaged a bus carrying Serbs into Kosovo.

British troops say the bus, travelling from Nis in Serbia to the Serb-majority town Podujevo in Kosovo, was attacked shortly after it crossed the boundary.

Ambulances were seen rushing from the scene.

Kosovo has been the scene of violent attacks by ethnic Albanian militants against the dwindling minority of Serbs since the United Nations and a Nato-led peacekeeping force took over after the pull-out of the Yugoslav army.

Ethnic Albanians are pushing for independence in the province after suffering repression for some 10 years under the rule of ousted Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic.

This has been rejected by international officials seeking to re-establish a multi-ethnic Kosovo.