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🗓️ 30 April 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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India holds security talks and Pakistan warns of imminent military strikes from India, following the deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir. Also: Vietnam's reunification day, and a new eye test.
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0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
0:05.1 | I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 1,400 hours GMT on Wednesday the 30th of April, these are our main stories. |
0:12.1 | India holds security talks and Pakistan warns of imminent military strikes from India |
0:17.5 | following the deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir. |
0:22.5 | A BBC investigation has found increased Turkish military presence in northern Iraq. |
0:29.2 | Also in this podcast, Vietnam marks the capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese troops 50 years ago. In Australia, |
0:43.1 | the trial of a woman accused of poisoning three relatives with mushrooms is underway. And we hear |
0:48.8 | about a medical breakthrough that saved a young doctor's sight. |
1:01.7 | We start with the dispute between India and Pakistan following a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, which left 26 people dead last week. |
1:06.2 | The Indian Prime Minister, Mahendra Modi, has been holding high-level talks with his cabinet |
1:10.5 | in response to the attack, |
1:12.4 | which it blames on Pakistan, a claim repeatedly denied by Islamabad. |
1:17.3 | Pakistan's information minister says his country has credible intelligence that India is planning to attack. |
1:23.7 | Pakistan open-heartedly offered a credible, transparent and independent investigation |
1:31.2 | by a neutral commission of experts to ascertain the truth. Unfortunately, rather than pursuing |
1:38.4 | the path of reason, India has apparently decided to tread the dangerous path of irrationality and confrontation, |
1:47.0 | which will have catastrophic consequences for the complete region and beyond. |
1:52.4 | World leaders have expressed deep concern and urged restraint by the uneasy neighbours |
1:57.2 | who have fought several wars and who both have nuclear weapons. |
2:01.5 | A South Asia regional editor and Barasan Etherajan told me about the rising tensions. |
2:06.7 | Now, the Indian government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under pressure to act after |
2:12.3 | this incident in Kashmir in which 26 people were killed, the Indian government describes it as |
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