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The Latest Breaking News from Pakistan

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

The Independent UK

India and Pakistan need dialogue and trade, not nuclear brinkmanship

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

The Independent UK

India-Pakistan strikes: 5 essential reads on decades of rivalry and tensions over Kashmir

Indian airstrikes deep into Pakistan and retaliatory shelling across the border have put the subcontinent on edge once again, with many fearing a further escalation between the two nuclear neighbors.

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India’s Pakistan strikes show how warfare has been normalised again

All-out war is unlikely but shifting of goalposts amid Gaza and Ukraine conflicts suggests Kashmir crisis could escalate

The Guardian - UK

Pakistan PM says India must ‘suffer the consequences’ for ‘cowardly’ attack – as it happened

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The Guardian - US

Zubair vs the fake news machine: A day of digital warfare after Operation Sindoor

The aftermath of Operation Sindoor saw a barrage of misinformation – from claims that Rafale jets were downed to doctored images of casualties. As this online battlefield intensified, one man emerged as the key face of the counter-propaganda effort in India: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair.

Newslaundry

Why are India and Pakistan on the brink of war and how dangerous is the situation? An expert explains

India has launched military strikes against a number of sites in Pakistan and Pakistan’s side of the disputed region of Kashmir, reportedly killing at least 31 people and injuring dozens more. India claimed the attacks were on terrorist infrastructure, but Pakistan denied this, and said these were civilians.

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Kashmir crisis: what is Lashkar-e-Taiba and is it supported by Pakistan?

India claims to have attacked camps associated with a militant group in Pakistan – but what is its relationship with Islamabad?

The Guardian - UK

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 Punjab

The Guardian - UK

Pakistan has restored X access after a 15-month ban – here's everything we know so far

After fifteen months, the social media platform can be accessed without a VPN

TechRadar

Humza Yousaf and Leo Varadkar write to India and Pakistan leaders urging peace

HUMZA Yousaf and former Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar have written to the leaders of India and Pakistan calling for peace.

The National (Scotland)

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.

The Independent UK

Information war: Are India and Pakistan telling the truth about attacks?

The nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours compete to shape the narrative after India strikes inside Pakistan.

Al Jazeera

Modi’s deadly bombing strike on Pakistan goes to the heart of India’s great dilemma

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 history, says Chietigj Bajpaee of Chatham House

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India and Pakistan can ill afford war, but who will talk them down?

The US has brought the two sides back from the brink before, but the mood is very different with Trump

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

The airlines forced to cancel flights after India’s airstrike on Pakistan

Authorities in Pakistan said 57 international flights were in the country's airspace when India struck

Newslaundry

Op Sindoor: Strategic signalling, not final blow to terrorism

A swift, high-profile 25-minute military mission involving 24 precision strikes on terrorist sites across nine locations in Pakistan. This marked the launch of Operation Sindoor – India’s retaliation two weeks after 26 civilians were killed in Pahalgam.

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Reason

India vs. Pakistan (and China)

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Evening Standard

Protesters demonstrate in central London after Indian missile strikes on Pakistan

Officers from Met Police attended to ensure the protest passed peacefully

Newslaundry

‘A step above anything done before’: Defence experts break down Op Sindoor

Responding to the Pahalgam terror attack, the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor, striking nine terrorist sites across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in an operation described as “focused, calibrated, and non-escalatory”.

The Independent UK

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

Al Jazeera

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

India-Pakistan: Can other countries pull them from the brink of conflict?

Other nations call for restraint while offering mediation to ease tensions.

Evening Standard

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…

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