Summary
Pakistan says Indian missile attacks on its territory have "ignited an inferno in the region," and Delhi shall bear the responsibility for its consequences. It said twenty six people were killed in the attacks. After a meeting of its National Security Committee, Pakistan said it reserved the right to respond. India said it had targeted terrorist camps at nine locations, in response to a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir two weeks ago.
Also, the former US President, Joe Biden, has condemned Donald Trump's position on Ukraine - saying that putting pressure on Kyiv to give up territory to Russia amounts to "modern day appeasement".
And cardinals from around the world have gathered in the Vatican to begin the secretive process of electing a new Pope.
(Photo: A city view of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administrated Kashmir. Credit: Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service. We're coming to you live from London. |
| 0:08.9 | I'm James Menendez. India's launched a wave of missile strikes on Pakistan. Pakistan says dozens of people have been killed and is now weighing its response. |
| 0:18.2 | That's our top story today and it's coming up in a moment. And after that, |
| 0:22.6 | in about 15 minutes, we'll hear from the former US President Joe Biden, who's given his first |
| 0:27.5 | interview since leaving office to the BBC. In it, he says his successor, Donald Trump, |
| 0:32.9 | is risking the future of the transatlantic alliance. We are not the essential nation, but we're the only nation in position to have the capacity |
| 0:44.5 | to bring people together to lead the world. |
| 0:48.7 | And otherwise, you're going to have China and the former Soviet Union, Russia, stepping out. |
| 0:56.4 | More from that interview in this half hour. |
| 0:59.7 | But we are going to begin with those dramatic developments overnight in South Asia, |
| 1:03.5 | with India launching a series of missile strikes on targets in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir. |
| 1:10.0 | Its first military response to the attack last month |
| 1:12.8 | in which at least 26 people, mostly tourists, |
| 1:15.7 | visiting a remote valley in Indian and Minister Kashmir, |
| 1:19.0 | were killed by gunmen. |
| 1:20.8 | In the early hours of this morning, |
| 1:22.1 | Pakistani media reported a series of explosions |
| 1:24.6 | around the city of Mazzarabad. |
| 1:33.2 | Thank you. a series of explosions around the city of Mazzarabad. India accuses Pakistan have been behind last month's deadly attack, saying it harbors the militant |
| 1:39.3 | groups responsible, something Pakistan denies. |
| 1:43.0 | Indeed, Kashmir has been the prime source of conflict between these two nuclear-armed neighbours |
| 1:47.8 | for nearly 80 years, including two wars. |
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