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The Intelligence from The Economist

Neighbour-rattling: India strikes Pakistan

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

News, Daily News, Global News

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Two weeks after a terrorist attack in Kashmir, Indian missiles streaked into Pakistan. Will the retaliation end this latest flare-up or intensify it? Our correspondent meets Alexandre de Moraes, a swashbuckling Brazilian supreme court justice who is taking sides in the global free-speech fight (8:35). And appetite for Sweden’s rare-earth minerals will pose difficulties for the Sami people and their reindeer (tk).


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0:00.0

The Economist

0:02.0

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

0:13.0

And I'm Jason Palmer.

0:15.0

And I'm Rosie Bloor.

0:16.0

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:27.8

Our correspondent met a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice,

0:30.6

who's one of the most powerful judges in the world,

0:34.6

taking on, among other things, the freedoms of the whole internet.

0:41.3

Our correspondent's question, is he dictatorial or a defender of democratic norms? And Samis are a group of indigenous people who live in Europe's frozen north.

0:46.3

For centuries, few were interested in the land on which they herded reindeer.

0:51.3

But now rare earth minerals are being mined there, their livelihoods are under threat.

1:00.2

First up, though.

1:16.6

India's attack began shortly after midnight. This was exactly two weeks after a terrorist attack in Indian-ruled Kashmir had killed 26 civilians.

1:26.6

Jeremy Page is our Asia diplomatic editor. in Indian-ruled Kashmir had killed 26 civilians.

1:30.3

Jeremy Page is our Asia diplomatic editor.

1:34.3

India's government said it hit nine terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistani administered Kashmir and in Punjab.

1:37.3

Pakistan said India struck six locations in those regions,

1:41.3

but denied that any of them were terrorist sites. It's the largest

1:45.7

aerial attack on Pakistan in more than 50 years. India's army tweeted that justice is served.

1:52.5

The name given to the missile strikes, Operation Sindor, a reference to the vermilion

1:57.3

powder used in Indian weddings, appears to have been a nod to one of the victims

2:01.2

of the massacre, a recently married naval officer whose grieving widow has become a symbol of

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