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India said it struck nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan controlled Kashmir.

It said that the strikes targeted terrorist infrastructure, but Pakistan's

defence minister said that the missiles hit civilian areas. Shabash Sharif, Pakistan's

Prime Minister, said a resolute response is already underway. Tensions have been escalating

between the nuclear-armed neighbours since militants killed 26 people in Indian, administered Kashmir last month.

During a visit to the White House, Mark Carney, Canada's newly elected Prime Minister rebuffed Donald Trump's desire to turn the country into America's 51st state, telling him that

Canada is not for sale. Never say never, Mr. Trump responded later. Mr. Carney suggested that parts of

the USMCA, a trade pact between America, Canada and Mexico are going to have to change.

Friedrich Mertz won enough support in the Bundestark to become Germany's chancellor in a second

round of voting. Earlier on Tuesday, the leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union,

which won Germany's federal election on February 23rd, fell six votes short.

No other post-war chancellor, designate, has lost a first-round vote which augurs poorly for his

ability to govern. Mr. Trump said that America would stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen after the Iranian-backed

rebels agreed to stop targeting ships in the Red Sea. It was unclear whether the ceasefire

deal was limited to American vessels. Israel, however, struck Sarnar's International Airport

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