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1 dead and 9 missing after pickup truck falls off bridge in southern China

BEIJING (AP) — One worker died and nine remain missing after a pickup truck fell of a bridge in southwest China on Saturday, state media reported.

The truck, carrying a total of 15 people, was transporting workers to a sweet potato farm in the southern Guangxi region.

Five people were rescued, authorities said.

Search and rescue efforts continued Sunday for the remaining nine missing people.

The truck plunged into the river while crossing a low-water bridge in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, state-run broadcaster CCTV reported.

More than 700 rescuers equipped with underwater sonar devices, dinghies and drones were deployed Sunday to search for the missing people and the truck.

Heavy rainfall in the area caused torrents and increased the risk of landslides, making rescue operations more difficult, state media said.

Beijing bans 4 New Zealand lawmakers from entering China because they visited Taiwan

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Beijing banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year and demanded they apologize because they visited Taiwan on a parliamentary trip, according to a message from the Chinese embassy conveyed via parliamentary officials and shown to The Associated Press on Thursday. China has hit lawmakers from other countries with sanctions related to contact with Taiwan before, but it's the first time for New Zealand parliamentarians, the government in Wellington said. Beijing has been increasing pressure in recent years on the democratically governed island that it claims as its own territory. Two lawmakers reached by the AP on Thursday rejected the demand for an apology, while the other two could not be immediately reached. New Zealand's government said it would express concern about the travel bans to Beijing. The elected officials visited Taipei in May, as New Zealand parliamentarians have done “for decades,” a spokesperson for Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.
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