Hello and welcome to News Hour live from the BBC World Service in London. I'm Rebecca Kesb.

Today, diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan have deteriorated rapidly over the past 24 hours.

The Indian government has accused Pakistan of being involved in the militant

attack at a popular beauty spot in Indian-administered Kashmir earlier this week that

kill 26 tourists. Graphic images of the attack have been circulating on social media,

and survivors have also been speaking about their traumatic experiences.

While Indian police have named three of the four suspected gunmen behind the attack,

saying that two are Pakistani citizens and that all three suspects are members of Lashka-Itiba,

which is a Pakistan-based militant group.

Today, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to hunt down all those involved in the attack.

I say to the whole world, India will identify, threat and punish every terrorist and their backers. We will pursue them to the ends of the earth.

India's spirit will never be broken by terrorism. Narendra Modi there saying he will identify track and punish all those responsible for the attack.

Well, around 1,500 people in the region have been detained by the Indian authorities.

And today, India also suspended some Pakistani diplomats and restricted travel visas,

which the Pakistani government have reciprocated.

Pakistan's defence minister, Kawaja Asif, has been speaking to the BBC's Pakistan correspondent,

Azadei Moshearie.

We are just responding to what India has done in last 24 hours, you know.

We cannot just take it lying down, you know.

We have to respond in the same manner in the same language, you know.

And so from your perspective, this is still essentially diplomatic tit for tat.

There's no escalation yet?

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