Those remains were found in the wild Saturday morning, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

“Hikers contacted the Fontana Sheriff’s Station after discovering human remains near the mountain,” he said.

They were taken to the coroner’s office for identification. The process is expected to be completed next week.

Mr Sands, best known for his role in the 1985 James Ivory film A Room With a View, disappeared in January on Mount San Antonio, popularly known as Mount Baldy, which is 10,000 feet high, just outside the borders of Los Angeles .

The 65-year-old was an experienced hiker and said he was happiest when he was “near the top of a mountain on a gloriously cold morning”.

California had been hit by a series of severe storms in December and January, accompanied by heavy snowfall in mountain ranges including Mount San Antonio.

The peak where Sands disappeared is the highest in the San Gabriel Range and a popular destination for Los Angeles residents.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff said at the time the trajectory was becoming increasingly dangerous, with eight known fatalities between 2017 and 2022.

The actor’s brother Nick said two weeks after the search began that he accepted Sands’ disappearance.

“He has not yet been declared missing, he is believed to be dead but I know in my heart that he is gone,” he said, according to local English media in Yorkshire, where the two brothers grew up.

AGI – Who is in Vladimir Putin’s inner circle? The Kremlin boss has always depended on a deeply loyal environment. The question is: who is being listened to now, at one of the most fateful moments of your presidency?

Putin’s magic circle

The question is: who is being listened to now, at one of the most fateful moments of your presidency?

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu

He’s a longtime Putin confidant, but a lack of success in Ukraine could leave him isolated. Prigozhin, the Wagner boss, became increasingly critical of Shoigu.

© Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik/AFP

Sergei Shoigu

Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov

It was his job to invade Ukraine and get the job done quickly. He’s another leader Prigozhin wants to see gone.

© Mikhail Kireyev / Sputnik / AFP

Valery Gerasimov

Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev

A supporter of Putin who worked with him in the KGB. Experts have described him as “the fiercest hawk”. The Security Council is an advisory body meant to formulate and administer security policy, but in reality it reports to Putin.

© Sergey Fadeichev / Sputnik / AFP

Nikolai Patrushev

Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov

The FSB is the successor to the KGB and is Russia’s national security service, similar to MI5 in the UK. It is responsible for counterintelligence, counterterrorism and military surveillance. He is also responsible for countries of the former Soviet Union, such as Ukraine.

© Gavriil GRIGOROV / SPUTNIK / AFP

Alexander Bortnikov

SVR director Sergei Naryshkin

He remained at the President’s side for most of his career and heads the SVR, which deals with intelligence and espionage outside of Russia.

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Sergey Naryshkin

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

He is Russia’s top diplomat but appears to have been left out of the picture when it came to making decisions about the war in Ukraine.

© NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / POOL / AFP

Sergey Lavrov

Chairwoman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko

The Federation Council, also known as the Senate, voted to confirm the deployment of Russian forces abroad, paving the way for an invasion.

© Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP

Valentina Matviyenko

Director of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov

Solotov, a former bodyguard of Putin, now heads the Rosgvardia, which is almost Putin’s personal army. It is separate from the Russian military and reports directly to the President.

© SERGEI KARPUKHIN / POOL / AFP Viktor Zolotov

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, usually so voluble in defending the Kremlin’s actions, has not said a single word since the leader of the Wagner Group’s mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, began his military march on Moscow this Friday in an unprecedented challenge to Vladimir’s power Putin, the main ally of the island regime. The authorities also did not comment on the announcement that the mercenaries had stopped their advance after negotiations mediated by Belarus.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, who is celebrating his return to Cuba on his channels after a tour that has taken him to the Vatican, Italy, France and Serbia, has not explained anything either. Other senior officials, such as Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, who just met Putin in person in Moscow, have also failed to voice their support for the Kremlin.

The regime’s silence was remarkable, especially after weeks in which the alliance with Moscow and declarations of unconditional support, including those of its support in Russia’s “confrontation” “against the West,” seemed unbeatable.

With the utmost discretion, only the official Cuban press has focused on publishing only information sourced from Russia’s ruling party and its media, such as Russia Today, which described the situation in Moscow as a euphemism for “tense calm.”

The Iranian government reiterated that it supports the “rule of law” in Russia in the face of the insurgency, a situation it described as an “internal matter”.

Havana’s discretion contrasts with statements by other Putin allies on the situation. The Iranian government reiterated that it supports the “rule of law” in Russia in the face of the insurgency, a situation it described as an “internal matter”.

Economic ties between the two countries have soared to $4,000 million and Tehran has sold drones to Russia it used in its invasion of Ukraine, according to Western complaints, which Tehran denies despite multiple allegations of the presence and effectiveness of weapons on the ground battlefield.

The President of Turkey – a NATO member country – Recep Tayyip Erdogan this Saturday offered his Russian counterpart to “do what is reasonable” to resolve the crisis caused by the Wagner mercenary group mutiny in Russia.

Erdogan spoke to Putin on the phone today to discuss the events, the Turkish news agency Anadolu reports, citing sources from the presidential office. “Turkey is ready to do its part to resolve this situation gently and tactfully as soon as possible,” Erdogan told Putin, according to Anadolu.

The Turkish president stressed that it was necessary to act with common sense and that nobody should take advantage of the situation, according to the aforementioned agency. In recent years, Erdogan has maintained a close political relationship with Putin, despite taking a pro-Kiev stance on the Ukraine conflict and calling for respect for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

The Turkish President stressed that one must act with common sense and nobody should take advantage of the situation

For his part, Putin assured that he was working in the Kremlin this Saturday and informed his counterparts and allies in Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan about the Wagner group uprising. “The President has informed his interlocutors about the situation,” said Russian Presidency spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

So far he has spoken by phone with the Presidents of Belarus Alexandr Lukashenko – who played a leading role in mediation -, of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyóyev and of Kazakhstan Kasim-Yomart Tokáyev.

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Some 9.8 million eligible voters in Greece are called on Sunday to elect a new parliament. Observers expect a clear victory for the conservative Nea Dimokratia (ND) party under Kyriakos Mitsotakis, according to more than 40% of polls. The second strongest force may be the Alliance of the Radical Left (Syriza) with its leader Alexis Tsipras with around 20% of the vote. There are a total of 32 parties to choose from.

Polling stations open at 7:00 am local time (6:00 am CEST) and close twelve hours later. Soon after, the first predictions based on polls with voters appear. Significant results based on the votes counted are expected around 20:00 (19:00 CEST). Because of the prevailing electoral system, in which the strongest party gets a bonus of at least 20 seats in the 300-seat parliament, the formation of a government under conservative Mitsotakis is almost certain.