they ve been taken to hospital. the un said it was investigating the cause of the explosion, and warned the targeting of observers was unacceptable. israel has denied any involvement. also there are reports from the us that the biden adminstration has cleared the way for the transfer of bombs and fighter planes worth billions of dollars to israel. our correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. a shell exploded near these un military observers while they were on a foot patrol in southern lebanon, along the blue line, which divides that area from the north of israel. now unifil, the peacekeeping mission in that area, says it s investigating the cause of the blast. but this is an area where israeli forces and the lebanese armed group hezbollah regularly exchange fire. we ve seen an increase in tensions in that whole area in just the past few weeks, and that has really raised fears about further escalation related to the war in gaza. now, when it comes to those reports in the
most successful actors. she s won notjust one but two academy awards. brought up originally in australia, she s returned to her roots for her latest film, the new boy, which she s also produced. it s the story of a young boy from an indigenous background who s kidnapped and then forced to live in a catholic orphanage. cate blanchett, welcome to the arts interview. thank you. so i wanted to begin byjust getting you to explain the whole idea of new boy. well, it s a film by warwick thornton, who s one of australia s great directors. he s a cinematographer, he s a writer, and this is a film that s intensely personal that he s sort of wrote 20 years ago from personal experience, and then it s been extrapolated out from there. but in a nutshell, it s set on a remote monastery in the 1940s, so the backdrop is the second world war. and the monastery is being presided over by a nun, who i play, who s officiating mass, the priest is dead. and one night, unceremoniously, a young indige
our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties. hundreds crowded in, covered from the afternoon sun by a marquee, waving flags and chanting. then the speaker was interrupted by the explosion. some people were stretchered out, soaked in blood. others were simply carried by any hands that could offer help. the district hospital declared a health emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. as the wards filled up, some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. the death toll rose quickly. police have said they have struggled to identify all of the dead. among those named is a local political leader. there has been an increase in violent attacks in pakistan, particularly in kp province. police have said that they have discovered evidence suggesting that the explosion might have been a suicide bomber, but have not yet confirmed it. if this was an
and returned to the stage last year in london, not in the flesh, but as digital avatars 2d recreations of themselves from 1979. in a worldwide exclusive interview to mark 12 months of the abba voyage show, i went to the studio of the band in stockholm to talk to bjorn ulvaeus and benny andersson two of the globe s most successful songwriters. it s the one year anniversary of the abba voyage show. it took years to create. you described it as a risk because you didn t know if people were going to come and see digital to come and see digital recreations of you. is it a gamble that has paid off? most certainly, yes. artistically, definitely. why do you say artistically definitely? because we achieved more than we could ever hope for. seeing this happening after four or five years of work in different areas, coming there, seeing the first preview and realising that the audience actually connected to what was on there, not like they were watching a movie, but is if we were actu
christopher nolan almost needs no introduction. the acclaimed director is behind blockbusters including the dark knight trilogy and interstellar the futuristic science fiction epic which blasted matthew mcconaughey and anne hathaway into space as well as historical films, like dunkirk, which brought the story of the evacuation of allied soldiers in 1940 to a wider audience. nolan delivers box office successes, and the movies have won 11 oscars from 36 nominations. but the director has never clinched the coveted best picture or best director award. perhaps his latest, oppenheimer, will change that. starring cillian murphy as theoretical physicist j robert oppenheimer, it charts the invention of the first atomic bomb, which was tested by scientists in the desert in new mexico in 1945, and then dropped controversially on hiroshima and nagasaki, ending world war ii. i sat down with christopher nolan ahead of the film s premiere in london. well, christopher nolan, thank you so