Many missing in Nepal bus crash

At least 36 people are missing after a bus carrying them plunged into a river in western Nepal.

Sixty people were on board the vehicle when it veered off a road into the Bheri river in Sallyana district, 450 km (280 miles) west of Kathmandu.

Police said 24 people had been pulled from the water so far, and rescuers were looking for more survivors.

The exact cause of the crash has not been established.