3 h. ago 'Nuclear war' warning issued as India says it 'will respond' if Pakistan attacks back

Nuclear war with India could break out 'at any time', Pakistan's defence minister has said, as fears of a tit-for-tat bloodshed continue to grow. 

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4 h. ago India conducts mock drills across country during escalating tensions with Pakistan

India conducted mock drills across the country on Wednesday (7 May) after a deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir killed 26 people on 22 April.

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6 h. ago ‘Hopefully they can stop now’: Trump offers help the day after India’s airstrikes against Pakistan

The two nuclear-armed states have an uneasy relationship and have fought multiple wars over the years

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6 h. ago The Guardian view on India and Pakistan: a newly dangerous moment in an old dispute | Editorial

Both sides believe they are treading carefully, but without intercession the military clash following the murder of Hindu tourists in Kashmir could escalateThe familiarity of military confrontation between India and Pakistan is no cause for reassurance: this is the worst violence in years. Though neither wants full-blown conflict, the dispute over Kashmir has produced three wars and multiple crises over eight decades. When two nuclear-armed neighbours clash, we should worry.One reason is that errors and misjudgments are always possible. Following its overnight strikes on Pakistan, which it accuses of involvement in the massacre of Hindu tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir last month, India said that it hit only terrorist infrastructure and that its actions were “not escalatory”. This is not a judgment that can be made unilaterally. Pakistan said India was “igniting an inferno” and that its military is authorised to take corresponding actions. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Pakistan decries ‘act of war’ after India claims to target ‘terror camps’ with airstrikes

Missile strikes and subsequent exchange of fire along border leave at least 36 people dead on both sides

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7 h. ago Kashmir crisis live: India must ‘suffer the consequences’ for ‘cowardly’ attack says Pakistan PM

Shehbaz Sharif addresses nation as tensions escalate after 31 people killed and 57 injured in Indian air force attackPakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after deadly India missile strikesAnalysis – India and Pakistan can ill-afford war, but who will talk them down?Footage shows the aftermath of India’s missile attack on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday.Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has spoken with Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, in a phone call on Wednesday.Erdoğan stated that Turkey was ready to do what it can to prevent the tensions from escalating, and that his diplomatic contacts in that regard would continue. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago India and Pakistan need dialogue and trade, not nuclear brinkmanship

Editorial: A hot war between powerful neighbours is such an appalling prospect that the international community must energetically pursue all alternatives

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7 h. ago Protesters demonstrate in central London after Indian missile strikes on Pakistan 

Officers from Met Police are in attendance to ensure the protest passes peacefully

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7 h. ago Pakistan PM promises to ‘avenge each drop of blood’ after Indian airstrikes kill 31

Fears raised of escalating conflict after Pakistan accused India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and PunjabKashmir crisis live – latest updatesPakistan has warned that it will “avenge” the death of 31 people killed in overnight missile attacks by the Indian air force, raising fears of an escalating conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries.In a late night address to the nation late on Wednesday, Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said: “We make this pledge, that we will avenge each drop of the blood of these martyrs.” Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Protest held in central London after Indian missile strikes on Pakistan 

Officers from Met Police are in attendance to ensure the protest passes peacefully

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8 h. ago ‘I hope we survive this hell tonight’: People in Kashmiri border villages fear more strikes

Residents on both sides had been preparing for violence for days. It came in the middle of the night, with the whistle of missiles overheadFull report: Pakistan decries ‘act of war’Live coverage: deadly Indian missile attackFor days, residents living on both sides of the volatile border between India and Pakistan, dividing the disputed region of Kashmir, had been bracing themselves for war.After India accused Pakistan of involvement in a terrorist attack which killed 26 people, and vowed to retaliate with military might, locals knew a confrontation between the two countries could take place at any moment. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Pakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after India missile strike kills 26

Fears raised of escalating conflict after statement accusing India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and PunjabKashmir crisis live – latest updatesPakistan has authorised its military to take “corresponding” retaliatory action against India after an overnight missile attack by the Indian air force killed 26 across Pakistan, raising fears of an escalating conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries.In a strongly worded statement, Pakistan accused India of “igniting an inferno” in the region after it carried out targeted strikes on nine sites in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and the Pakistani province of Punjab in the early hours of Wednesday. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Pakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after India missile strikes kill 26

Fears raised of escalating conflict after statement accusing India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and PunjabKashmir crisis live – latest updatesPakistan has authorised its military to take “corresponding” retaliatory action against India after overnight missile attacks by the Indian air force killed 26 people, raising fears of an escalating conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries.In a strongly worded statement, Pakistan accused India of “igniting an inferno” in the region after it carried out targeted strikes on nine sites in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and the Pakistani province of Punjab in the early hours of Wednesday. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago "This has been going on for many decades and we pray that both leaderships see sense"

India and Pakistan exchanged fire overnight following rising tensions between the two nuclear powers - the MEN spoke to community leaders here in Greater Manchester

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9 h. ago On the ground in Kashmir: The Independent reports live from wreckage site

India said it had conducted precision strikes in Pakistan in an overnight military operation on Wednesday, 7 May, following a terrorist attack in Kashmir that left 26 people dead and escalated tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

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9 h. ago Pakistan gives green light for military to hit back after night of India airstrikes and starts transporting tanks near Kashmir as deadly clashes risk spiralling into all

Pakistan deemed India's assault an 'act of war' that it claims deliberately targeted civilian areas - an allegation roundly denied by India.

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9 h. ago DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: This is why we should ALL be terrified of the escalation between India and Pakistan

Pakistan said retaliatory strikes at nine different locations today by the Indian air force have in turn killed 26. India insists it targeted 'terrorist infrastructure'. What comes next is critical.

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10 h. ago Modi’s deadly bombing strike on Pakistan goes to the heart of India’s great dilemma | Chietigj Bajpaee

A military attack on the same day as a trade deal with the UK reveals a nation keen to strut the world stage, but hampered by regional enmity and historyConcluding a “landmark” trade agreement with the UK and launching military operations against Pakistan on the same day: it is fair to say that, for India, the future and the past have collided this week. The agreement with Britain, which has been three years in the making, is one of several India is negotiating, including with the US and EU. It illustrates its appeal as a rising global power – the world’s most populous country and its fastest-growing major economy, which is also the fifth (and on course to be third) largest overall. In contrast, the military operations targeting Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir demonstrate how India continues to be bogged down by instabilities in its neighbourhood and held hostage to its history.India’s military actions are in response to a terrorist attack last month in which 26 tourists ...

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10 h. ago Backlash after minister says UK could sell weapons to India as war with Pakistan looms

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the UK should not be ‘squeamish’ about exporting its defence sector

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10 h. ago Tory extinction ‘can’t be ruled out’, says Jeremy Hunt – UK politics live

Former chancellor says he does not expect the Conservatives to die out as a party but he says it is a possibilityKeir Starmer starts by saying rising tensions between India and Pakistan will be of serious concern for many across Britain. The government is enouraging de-escalation, he says.He says tomorrow the nation will fall silent to commemorate VE Day. The armed forces protect our freedom, he says. Continue reading...

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