NewsFeed At least six people are feared dead after an under-construction bridge collapsed in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. Local officials say the collapse was triggered by heavy rain, trapping workers under the rubble. The incident comes days after severe storms killed more than 100 people across the state. Published On 29 May 202629 May 2026 Click here to share on social media Share Add Al Jazeera on Google Source link
Stewart McLean, an actor who recently appeared on Netflix’s Virgin River, is now believed to have been the victim of homicide after authorities investigating his disappearance discovered his remains in British Columbia. The 45-year-old actor, also known as Stew McLean, had been missing for a week after he was last seen on Friday May 15, 2026 at his residence in Lions Bay, a coastal community located northwest of Vancouver. Squamish Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed they received a missing persons report on May 18 after concerns were raised about Stewart’s whereabouts. © Facebook/Lion’s Bay Search and RescueAn image shared by Lion’s Bay Search and Rescue Following an investigation into his disappearance, authorities said evidence uncovered during the case led investigators to believe Stewart had been murdered. Police have not yet released additional details surrounding the circumstances of his death. On Friday, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) confirmed that Stewart’s remains had been located and identified in the Lions Bay area. “As the investigation continues to unfold, homicide investigators are working to collect and analyze …
Katie Price shares last phone call with Andrews: ‘We are wondering if he’s been kidnapped’ Price revealed in her YouTube video on Saturday that she last spoke to husband Andrews on Wednesday night – and could see in a video that his hands were tied. “He had ties around his hand, not handcuffs, and a hood, and he said, ‘Look, they’re coming back for me,’ that is the last FaceTime call I had,” she said. “He was in a van, but the windows were white with a mesh. It looked like an old, dirty van.” Earlier in the video, she suggested that he may have been “kidnapped”, adding: “He’s definitely a missing person now.” Katie Price says Lee Andrews said ‘they’re coming back for me’ In last message Lauren Morris19 May 2026 10:10 FCDO ‘supporting’ Andrews’ family The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has spoke out about Lee Andrews’ disappearance, revealing that they are assisting his family’s search for him. A spokesperson for the FCDO told The Independent on Monday: “We are supporting the family …
At last nine people are feared to have died and more than a dozen are believed to have been injured in a crash involving a freight train and a public bus. The horror incident happened in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, in the late afternoon near an airport rail link station in the central area. Casualty numbers were not immediately confirmed by officials, but local media have reported at least eight fatalities and around 15 injuries. One social media user claiming to be a volunteer firefighter in Thailand alleged the fatalities may be at least nine. Harrowing videos circulating online show the moment of the crash. In one of them, a line of vehicles can be seen halted at a railway crossing, before a cargo train strikes an orange bus at the front. The impact also seemed to drag several nearby vehicles along the tracks before the bus was engulfed in flames. Several motorcycles and their riders were also seen being thrown onto the road after the collision. Firefighters quickly sprayed water to bring the blaze under …
Prime Video’s latest literary adaptation of House of the Spirits brings author Isabel Allende’s sweeping, multi-generational family saga to the screen. First published in 1982, the celebrated novel is a cornerstone of magical realism, weaving the fantastical elements into everyday life – something which Allende admits she was initially concerned could look “ridiculous” on screen. “I told them, this is very difficult to do on a screen because it looks ridiculous,” the acclaimed author told Radio Times in a recent interview. “But they did it in a very subtle way… they totally integrated it in a natural way, which was very hard to do with a film.” Magical realism – a genre that blends the supernatural into the everyday – is central to the story, particularly through the character of Clara del Valle Trueba (played by both Nicole Wallace and Dolores Fonzi). The clairvoyant matriarch predicts major events before they happen, levitates objects with her mind and communicates with the dead. The House of the Spirits. Prime Video But translating these elements on-screen can certainly be …
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter To the pleasant surprise of many, The Devil Wears Prada 2 is being praised by early viewers as “charming” and “delightful.” The highly anticipated sequel to the beloved 2006 classic was screened by several members of the press Monday night, days before its official debut in theaters May 1. Featuring the return of the original main cast — including Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci — the sequel follows diabolical fashion editor Miranda Priestley (Streep) as she clashes with her former assistant-turned-rival executive Emily Charlton (Blunt) over limited advertising dollars in the declining world of print journalism. Hathaway reprises her role as Andy Sachs, Miranda’s former assistant, while Tucci returns as Miranda’s right-hand man, Nigel Kipling. Especially in an era of unnecessary revivals and reboots, there has been concern that The Devil Wears Prada 2 might fall into …
Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Made In Chelsea star Sam Vanderpump has revealed he initially declined his mother’s offer to donate part of her liver, fearing the impact his life-threatening illness would have on her. The 29-year-old is battling end-stage liver disease, a consequence of rare conditions including congenital hepatic fibrosis and polycystic kidney disease, necessitating a transplant for his survival. Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Vanderpump explained his initial reluctance. “That first kind of instinct that my mum had, and other members of my family and friends, was ‘we want to help you, we want to’, and my first reaction is, ‘no, I’ve got this illness, why would I want to subject a loved one to this disease?’” He confirmed to presenter Susanna Reid that his primary …
On April 22, the Israeli regime assassinated yet another journalist. Her name was Amal Khalil. She was a well-known Lebanese journalist, born during the early years of the last Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, who spent years documenting the lives of people in the south of the country amid Israeli invasion and bombardment. Amal was well-known and beloved across Lebanon. As her brother, Ali Khalil, said at her funeral, she was present in every home. For two years, Amal received direct threats from the Israeli regime. In one interview, she recalled a call from a Mossad agent who threatened to sever her head from her shoulders if she didn’t stop reporting from the south. They knew intimate details about her life – they wanted her to know that she was being surveilled. Yet, she continued to report, knowing that any day the Israeli regime could follow through on its threats. Amal was the type of person Israel fears the most: the one who cannot be intimidated into silence, the one who cannot be sent cowering …
“There is no such thing as ‘separation of church and state’ in the U.S. Constitution,” the leader of the White House’s Religious Liberty Commission recently declared. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who sometimes preaches at Houston’s Second Baptist Church, made headlines when he made this pronouncement. It was a striking statement from a Baptist, given that Baptists have made a point of defending the fabled wall of separation since the earliest days of the American republic. In fact, in 1960, when Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy was running for president, he delivered a speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, reassuring the assembled Protestant clergy, “I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.” Why is defense of this wall, once obligatory for a Catholic politician, now abandoned by a Baptist? Within the larger story of the rise of the Religious right, this reversal highlights remarkably different political strategies deployed by large religious minorities. Catholics, viewed with suspicion by American Protestants, presented themselves as able to blend in to the American …
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Strictly Come Dancing star Alex Kingston has admitted that she worried that she was “not going to get another job ever again” after pulling out of a project due to her cancer diagnosis. The Doctor Who actor, 63, shared her uterine cancer diagnosis with The Independent last October, revealing that she underwent a hysterectomy and radiation therapy the year before. “That took up a huge part of my life,” she said at the time. Opening up about her recovery in a new interview, Kingston said that while the cancer has now been successfully treated, she was forced to drop out of a TV project following her diagnosis. “I felt very bad, as if I’d let the production down,” she told The Telegraph in an interview published on Wednesday (22 April). Alex Kingston on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ with Johannes Radebe (BBC) “I’d …
