Monday, May 3, 1999 Published at 19:22 GMT 20:22 UK
Nato 'hits second bus'
Serb media said at least 10 people on the bus were killed
Nato has reportedly bombed another bus in Kosovo.
Reports said a missile landed on a road near Pec in western Kosovo.
Montenegrin radio reported that five other vehicles - three civilian and two police - had also been hit.
Nato said it had no information on the report.
It follows what Nato said was a tragic accident on Saturday, when one of its missiles hit another bus in Kosovo, killing at least 24 people.
Nato dropped graphite bombs which exploded over power stations, causing short-circuits without seriously damaging the plants below.
Power was restored in the morning to parts of Belgrade, but was cut again in the afternoon.
Hospitals have reportedly been running on generators, while television stations have been off-air.
Nato spokesman Jamie Shea said: "The fact that the lights went out across 70% of the country shows that Nato has its finger on the light switch in Yugoslavia.
"We can turn the power off whenever we need to and whenever we want to."
BBC Defence Correspondent Jonathan Marcus says the concerted attack by Nato warplanes on Serbia's electricity grid marks a new step in the alliance's air campaign against Yugoslavia.
(Click here to see a map of recent Nato strikes)
On Monday, President Clinton said he was pleased that three US prisoners-of-war had been released from Belgrade, following the mission of US civil rights campaigner Reverend Jesse Jackson.
President Clinton said that while he was very thankful for the release, Nato military action in Yugoslavia had to continue.
The president was also scheduled to hold talks with Reverend Jackson, who was given a letter for Mr Clinton by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.
The Yugoslav leader was understood to have requested a face-to-face meeting with President Clinton.
Mr Chernomyrdin was carrying a personal message for Mr Clinton from Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
He said the letter outlined concrete suggestions for solving the Kosovo conflict.
Mr Chernomyrdin also planned to meet US Vice-President Al Gore and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
He has been shuttling between Moscow, Belgrade and various western European capitals in his mediation attempts.
The three US soldiers freed by Mr Jackson were reunited with their families on Monday after flying out of Yugoslavia to Germany.
The soldiers' arrival on Sunday at a US Air Force base in Ramstein marked the end of a day-long journey from Belgrade with Reverend Jackson.
President Clinton said he was pleased at the soldiers' release but did not immediately comment on the proposal to meet President Milosevic.
Nato said on Monday that it would start building camps in Albania to accommodate up to 60,000 Kosovo Albanians who have fled to neighbouring Macedonia, which is struggling to cope with the flood of refugees.
Lieutenant-General John Reith, commander of the Nato Albania Force for Humanitarian Assistance (Afor), said his forces were looking for sites in Albania where refugees from the former Yugoslav republic could be housed.
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Macedonia on Monday to reassess the refugee situation and shore up support for Nato's campaign against Yugoslavia.
Downing Street said that the UK was ready to give shelter to more refugees. The German Government said on Monday that it was ready to double the number of refugees it was prepared to accept to 20,000.
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