Red Sea: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) and Vincent Cassel (La Haine) in action-thriller Damaged, which wrapped this spring in Scotland.

EXCLUSIVE: Screen greats Samuel L. Jackson and Vincent Cassel have been set to lead cast in action thriller Damaged, about a Chicago detective who goes to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend. 

The first time Cecil B. DeMille parted the waters of the Red Sea, to film the 1923 version of The Ten Commandments, he did it at Seal Beach, CA, just 30 miles down the Pacific coast from Santa Monica. Three decades later, when Paramount Pictures decided to remake the Old Testament tale in Technicolor and VistaVision, the same director returned to do it again, only this time on location on the Sinai Peninsula with thousands of extras provided by the Egyptian army — no matter that the country’s military was rather busy with urgent geopolitical matters at the time. Both versions were massive hits, with the remake serving as the capper to DeMille’s illustrious career.

Director, screenwriter and producer Fatih Akin passed through the Red Sea film festival Monday where he discussed his career and what he described as the unique experience of straddling Turkish and German culture in his films.

Aditya Chopra’s 1995 hit Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ), starring Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol (Kajol Devgan), will kick off the public screenings of Saudi Arabia’s upcoming Red Sea International Film Festival, running December 1-10 in the port city of Jeddah.

EXCLUSIVE: Dominic Purcell (DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow), Nick Stahl (Let The Right One In), Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns), and Mel Gibson (Braveheart) are set to lead thriller Informant.

A second woman has died in a brutal shark attack in Egypt that killed another swimmer. It was revealed yesterday that an Austrian woman had her arm and leg savagely ripped off while swimming in the Red Sea.

READ NEXT: 'Stacks of bodies' found as 46 migrants die in lorry with 16 others rushed to hospitalThe entire area is soon engulfed by the yellow gas while workers and drivers are seen fleeing the area.The incident was reported to Jordan's Civil Defense and teams of experts in hazmat suits, were spotted at the site on state TV.A Public Security Directorate spokesperson said the area has been quarantined.They confirmed that 45 people who injured from the incident were from the public security sector including police, Gendamerie Cadres First Responders and civil defense who attended the scene at the first moments.Out of the deceased, eight people were confirmed as Jordanians and the remaining four people are of different nationalities, according to the government.Jamal Obeidat, head of the Aqaba Health Directorate, said nearby hospitals treating injured people after the incident reached full capacity.He said field hospitals would be deployed and instructed Aqaba residents to close their windows and remain indoors.Air evacuation planes were also dispatched to assist with evacuations.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh arrived in the city and headed to a hospital where some of the injured were being treated.Muhammad Salman, director general of the Jordan Maritime Commission said: "We asked the ships that were near the area of the tank explosion to stay away from the area immediately."Aqaba is a popular tourist resort, located on the Red Sea.

natural wonders of the world and a majestic "underwater cathedral" of spellbinding beauty.But to the unsuspecting tourist it can mean death itself, the 120 meter-deep sinkhole having apparently claimed hundreds of lives over the years.Indeed, it's not for nothing that the Blue Hole in the Red Sea, off the Egyptian coast, has earned itself the nickname of "the divers' cemetery".And it's believed there are still unrecovered bodies at its bottom even today – just as there are those of climbers who perished on Everest which cannot be safely recovered. It's a fitting analogy because The Blue Hole is to scuba what such fearsome and treacherous peaks are to mountaineering.Its sheer depth and disorientating structure – including a cavernous 26-meter long tunnel – often causes nitrogen narcosis, a condition resulting from breathing certain gases at high pressure.Sufferers experience a sense of confusion not unlike a drunken high and are often left unable to tell up from down.

holiday?While overwater bungalows are usually popular in the Maldives, it turns out you can experience them a lot locally.Well... in Egypt that is.Brits visiting the Panorama Bungalows near Hurghada can enjoy similar luxuries without really breaking the bank.The Panorama resort offers different types of bungalows, from pool to beach, garden view and even family rooms.Located overlooking El Gouna, a town on Egypt's Red Sea, the resort features gardens and a private beach on a lagoon.It also has two swimming pools with a kids' section, a Jacuzzi, a pool bar and a private beach.

disappeared underwater while on holiday with a pal. Louise Houslip, 37, left London for some autumn sun in Egypt where she went for a scuba dive but never returned to the surface.

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