India vs. Pakistan (and China) Plus: Conclave time, land acknowledgements, deporting to Libya, and more... Reason · May 7, 2025
Protesters demonstrate in central London after Indian missile strikes on Pakistan Officers from Met Police attended to ensure the protest passed peacefully Evening Standard · May 7, 2025
Voices: Right now, there’s just one thing preventing nuclear war between India and Pakistan COMMENT: As an uneasy, decades-long standoff breaks into open conflict, Peter Popham says the hostile neighbours have failed to develop protocols to prevent tensions from escalating further – to catastrophic levels The Independent UK · May 7, 2025
Operation Sindoor: What’s the significance of India’s Pakistan targets? India struck multiple targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack. Al Jazeera · May 7, 2025
India-Pakistan: Can other countries pull them from the brink of conflict? Other nations call for restraint while offering mediation to ease tensions. Al Jazeera · May 7, 2025
OPINION - As India and Pakistan teeter on the nuclear brink, Britain could have a crucial role to play The missile strikes on Pakistan carried out by Indian warplanes herald another outbreak of serious conflict between the two neighbours who started fighting in the very year they won independence from Britain in 1947. In just over 50 years they fought four major regional wars – including in 1971, when… Evening Standard · May 7, 2025
Why are Pakistan and India fighting? Their history explained amid fears of an all-out war There have been fears raised that an all-out war could begin Evening Standard · May 7, 2025
Pakistan decries ‘act of war’ as it retaliates against India missile attack India claims strikes, which followed attack on Hindu tourists in Kashmir last month, targeted ‘terrorist infrastructure’ The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025
‘High risks’: Indian attacks in Pakistan raise fears of wider conflict Modi government says the attacks under Operation Sindoor were restrained. But they went beyond anything seen since 1971. Al Jazeera · May 7, 2025
How the world responded to India’s strikes on Pakistan: ‘Hope it ends very quickly’ Allies of both countries call for restraint and diplomacy The Independent UK · May 7, 2025
‘Act of war’: Pakistan pledges retaliation to Indian deadly attacks Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif denounces India’s attack on Pakistan, Operation Sindoor, as ‘cowardly’. Al Jazeera · May 7, 2025
Death toll rises on both sides as India fires missiles into Pakistan in 'act of war' The crisis sparked by the killing of 26 tourists in Kashmir is escalating into a full-blown conflict between the two nuclear-armed states. Euronews · May 7, 2025
Where did India hit Pakistan? Mapping Operation Sindoor and border strikes Pakistan says India’s missile attacks on six locations killed at least eight people and wounded more than 35. Al Jazeera · May 7, 2025
UK ready to ‘support’ de-escalation after India and Pakistan exchange fire The escalation between the two nuclear-armed powers follows last month’s massacre of tourists in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. Evening Standard · May 7, 2025
The Independent UK · May 7, 2025 India blames Pakistan for Kashmir terror attack that claimed 26 lives. This is its evidence India’s foreign ministry holds press briefing in capital Delhi to share information about ‘terror camps’ targeted in overnight airstrikes
Evening Standard · May 7, 2025 UK Foreign Office issues travel warning for India and Pakistan as Heathrow flights are delayed Pakistan’s leader has called strikes by neighbouring India ‘an act of war’ as tensions flared
The Independent UK · May 7, 2025 Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan are on brink of war – what happens now? Analysis: India claims to have carried out limited strikes on militant infrastructure, but Pakistan says 26 civilians were killed and a mosque destroyed. Will Islamabad now feel compelled to hit back?
The Independent UK · May 7, 2025 Mapped: Where India struck Pakistan territory with deadly pre-dawn airstrikes Indian military claims to have hit nine facilities allegedly linked to militant groups
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025 Wednesday briefing: Pakistan vows response to ‘act of war’ after India’s cross-border strikes What you need to know about Indian strikes in response to terrorist attack in Kashmir last month
Al Jazeera · May 7, 2025 Why did India strike Pakistan? All we know about Operation Sindoor India carried out strikes early on Wednesday against Pakistan, two weeks after an attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
The Independent UK · May 7, 2025 Watch the aftermath of Indian missile strikes on Pakistan-administered Kashmir India has launched a major pre-dawn strike on Pakistan, saying it targeted nine sites across Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir early on Wednesday 7 May.
The Independent UK · May 7, 2025 Is it safe to travel to India and Pakistan? Foreign Office revises travel advisory after deadly military escalation Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned Indian airstrikes as an ‘act of war’
Evening Standard · May 7, 2025 UK warns against travel to parts of India and Pakistan amid deadly conflict Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned Indian airstrikes as an ‘act of war’.
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025 ‘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 overhead
The Conversation · May 7, 2025 India and Pakistan have fought many wars in the past. Are we on the precipice of a new one? India conducted military strikes against Pakistan overnight, hitting numerous sites in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and deeper into Pakistan itself. Security officials say precision strike weapon systems, including drones, were used to carry out the strikes.