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 washington post and reuters about arms transfers worth billions of dollars being made from the us to israel, these are listed as 1,800 2,000lb bombs, 500 500lb bombs and 25 f 35 fighterjets. most of that already approved
the un said it was investigating the cause of the explosion, and warned the targeting of observers was unacceptable. israel has denied any involvement. andrea tenenti, a spokesperson for the united nations interim force in lebanon, explained more about the investigation. three ogl observers, military observers, unarmed, were in the area together with their language assistants and they were injured. luckily they are stable at the moment, so we have launched an investigation to look into this incident and into the explosions. i know there are a lot of speculations at the moment, but in relation to what we do as an organisation, we need to verify the information through our own investigations. so i hope we will be able to find out more shortly. we have been in touch with everyone, with both sides, and we have been in touch even when we are doing patrolling. we informed the parties that we are going to different locations. and unifil, we are very visible, we have white vehicles w
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
thank you forjoining us on sports day. chelsea are through to the women s champions league semi finals for a second season running with a comfortable aggregate victory over ajax. emma hayes side, who are chasing the quadruple this season, had a 3 0 lead from the first leg and only needed to complete the job at stamford bridge. it finished 1 1. mayra ramirez with chelsea s goaljust after the half hour mark before chasity grant equalised for the dutch side. chelsea will face either defending champions barcelona or norway s brann in the last four. meanwhile eight time winners lyon are also through to the semi finals with a convincing 4 1 victory over benfica. the french champions confidently dispatching the portuguese side 6 2 on aggregate. delphine cascarino with a double on the night. lyon last won the trophy in 2022 and will play either hacken or paris saint germain in the semifinals the ukraine manager, serhiy rebrov, says his sides victory over iceland to reach euro 2024,