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Top Venezuelan opposition leaders escaped the country last week. Now, one of them is sharing more details about the operation and life inside the Argentine embassy.

Quiet diplomacy and high-stakes backchannel talks helped avert the most serious military escalation in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri announced this evening that both India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire. 

Pakistan and India agreed Saturday to a full and immediate ceasefire after days of deadly jet fighter, missile, drone and artillery attacks, the news surprisingly announced by US President Donald Trump, who congratulated them on using "common sense".

Truce agreed after US mediation but both sides accuse each other of violations only hours later

Donald Trump had announced agreement after intense US-led talks

US secretary of state urged both sides to de-escalate as he leads efforts to secure a solution to the deepening crisis

Pakistan and India fired missiles at each other’s airbases in the latest escalation between the neighbours.

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Shardool Katyayan are joined by retired Brigadier Kuldip Singh. In this tense news week, we begin by dissecting India’s Operation Sindoor and strikes on terror camps in Pakistan on May 7. “Neither side, particularly India, wants…