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Part of a damaged aircraft near Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, yesterday.
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Will the India-Pakistan conflict escalate further?
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A number of Indian aircraft went down in Pakistan after India conducted airstrikes on Pakistan and the Pakistani-held area of Kashmir — two or three, according to Indian officials, Western diplomats and local media, and five planes and at least one drone, according to Pakistan.
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The question now is whether Pakistan will decide that it must answer India’s strikes with an attack of its own on Indian soil.
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For now, Pakistan says it is keeping all its options open. But diplomats and analysts expressed some
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hope that an all-out war could be averted
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. Pakistan’s defense minister said he would
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welcome further U.S. efforts
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to help defuse his country’s crisis with India.
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The Pakistani military said
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more than 20 people had been killed
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and dozens injured after India hit six places in Pakistani-held Kashmir and in Punjab Province. Residents of the Indian side of Kashmir said at least 10 people were killed by shelling from the Pakistani side.
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Even as India hailed its “
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Operation Sindoor
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” attack on Pakistan as a victory in response to the terrorist attack in Kashmir last month that killed 26 people, evidence grew that their forces may have taken heavy losses.
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Source: Pakistani military (strike locations) By The New York Times
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Perspective:
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My colleague Mujib Mashal, our South Asia bureau chief, explained what led to the strikes
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in this Times video
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. “The history of these two countries has really been a history of managed hostilities,” Mujib said.
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On the ground:
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These photos and videos
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capture scenes from India’s strikes on Pakistan and Kashmir.
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Arms flow:
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When it comes to weapons, India vs. Pakistan is also
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China vs. the U.S.
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, illustrating the new alignments in this corner of Asia.
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Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, yesterday.
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Hannah Mckay/Reuters
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No pope was elected on the first day of the conclave
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Black smoke puffed from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel as the first round of voting for a new pope ended yesterday
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without a decision
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. The conclave of cardinals will meet today to try again.
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The initial vote had not been expected to yield a new pontiff. The 133 cardinals, the most ever to gather in a papal conclave, will remain without phone or internet access and under oaths of total secrecy until a two-thirds majority agrees on a candidate.
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This is how a conclave works
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.
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What’s next:
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There is no indication of how long the conclave will take, though decisions were reached in the last two within two days. Because the process takes place mostly in silence, one seasoned cardinal had some advice: “
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Bring a book
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.”
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Quiz:
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Think you know the conclave?
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Test your knowledge
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Wounded victims were rescued moments after a strike on a restaurant in Gaza City yesterday.
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Israeli airstrikes killed dozens in Gaza
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Airstrikes pounded Gaza yesterday,
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killing at least 59 people, health officials said
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, as Israel’s defense minister gave some details about a plan to capture more of the enclave and force all two million Gaza residents to live in the south.
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The
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single deadliest bombing
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hit near a popular cafe in Gaza City where young people had gathered to use the internet, killing 33, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The offensive comes amid a dire humanitarian situation: Hunger in Gaza has soared since Israel imposed a blockade on aid supplies in March.
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Speaking to the military, Israel’s defense minister said the relocation of Gazans was part of an offensive that would begin after President Trump’s visit to the Middle East next week. Until then, he said, Hamas had “a window of opportunity” to agree to new cease-fire negotiations and release Israeli hostages.
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West Bank:
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The Israeli military
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has been tightening control
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in the most sweeping crackdown on militancy there in a generation.
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Middle East news:
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arrived in France
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Space:
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Kosmos-482, a half-ton Soviet spacecraft, has been adrift among the stars for 53 years. It will return to Earth this week, but
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Covid:
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Disney announced that it had reached an agreement to
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open a theme park in Abu Dhabi
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Germany:
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Friedrich Merz, the new chancellor, is facing a stalled economy, fallout from Trump’s tariffs and
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a political challenge from the far right
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
.
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Rwanda:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
The Trump administration is said to be in talks with Rwanda to take in deportees. We looked at
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Britain’s failed attempt to do the same
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Crime:
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Smokey Robinson was
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<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
accused of sexual assault
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
in a lawsuit filed by four women who worked as his housekeepers.
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Music:
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who died last year, left
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an estate worth 24.3 million pounds
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
, or $32.3 million — and no will.
</span>
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Media:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
President Trump’s threats to
</span>
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impose tariffs on foreign movies
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
has sent a shiver through Britain’s film industry.
</span>
</li>
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U.S. News
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Trade:
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
President Trump is
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expected to announce today
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
that the U.S. will strike a trade agreement with Britain.
</span>
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Migration:
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
U.S. officials said that they planned to deport migrants to Libya. Both of that country’s rival governments
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denied that they agreed to a deal
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
.
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
U.S.-China relations:
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Beijing said that its top trade official, He Lifeng,
</span>
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would meet with his U.S. counterpart in Switzerland this week
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
.
</span>
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Politics:
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“That’s not who we are.”
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Joe Biden criticized President Trump in his first interview since leaving office.
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Trump administration:
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Where is Melania?
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
The first lady’s whereabouts is among the most sensitive of subjects in this White House.
</span>
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War in Ukraine
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Fighting:
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Russia and Ukraine
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<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
kept up attacks
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
a day before a three-day Russian cease-fire was to take effect.
</span>
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POWs:
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Amid happy reunions and anguish, families and loved ones in Ukraine welcomed home
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prisoners repatriated from Russia
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
.
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
China:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
The country’s leader, Xi Jinping, will
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
meet with President Vladimir Putin
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
and be the “main guest” at a parade.
</span>
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Europe:
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
With Putin having threatened aggression beyond Ukraine,
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Poland has taken a bigger role in the E.U.
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
and trained ordinary citizens in civil defense.
</span>
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Soccer:
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We broke down Inter Milan’s defeat of Barcelona, which may have been
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the greatest Champions League semifinal ever
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Formula 1:
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Alpine announced that Franco Colapinto would replace Jack Doohan for the next five races.
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This is why
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.
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Tennis:
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50 U.S. players will descend on Rome for the Italian Open as the U.S. Tennis Association
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tries to learn from
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
recent Italian success.
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25 years of New York dining:
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