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Sussan Ley takes over from Peter Dutton after he led the party to a historic loss
Liberal Party names first female leader after historic Australia election loss
SYDNEY — Australia's Liberal Party has for the first time chosen a woman as its leader, with Sussan Ley to take over from Peter Dutton after he led the party to a bruising election loss.Ley, from the moderate faction of the party, beat Angus Taylor - who ran on a promise to restore conservative values - by four votes.At the election on 3 May, the Liberal-National coalition, currently Australia's main opposition party, suffered what many are calling the worst defeat in its history.Pundits and MPs have blamed the result on polarising leaders, a messy campaign and "Trumpian" policies, which alienated women and young people in particular.Ley's appointment comes as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was sworn in at Government House on Tuesday, following his Labor...
May 13, 2025

Liberal Party names first female leader after historic Australia election loss

A ceasefire between India and Pakistan was announced at the weekend
Modi addresses nation for first time since start of India-Pakistan strikes
NEW DELHI — India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said his country will respond strongly to what he describes as a future "terrorist attack", after four days of military exchanges with neighboring Pakistan."This is not an era of war, but this is also not an era of terror," Modi said in his first public address since days of intense shelling and aerial incursions, carried out by both sides, began.These followed a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people, for which India blamed a Pakistan-based group. Islamabad has strongly denied backing the group in question.The US-brokered ceasefire agreed between the nuclear-armed neighbors at the weekend appears to have held so far.Both nations say they remain vigilant."If another terrorist...
May 13, 2025

Modi addresses nation for first time since start of India-Pakistan strikes

An Indian soldier operates a surveillance drone amid heightened tensions in Jammu and Kashmir
Drone war opens a new chapter in India-Pakistan conflict
NEW DELHI — The world's first drone war between nuclear-armed neighbors has erupted in South Asia.On Thursday, India accused Pakistan of launching waves of drones and missiles at three military bases in Indian territory and Indian-administered Kashmir — an allegation Islamabad swiftly denied.Pakistan claimed it had shot down 25 Indian drones in recent hours. Delhi remained publicly silent. Experts say the tit-for-tat attacks mark a dangerous new phase in the decades-old rivalry, as both sides exchange not just artillery but unmanned weapons across a volatile border.As Washington and other global powers urge restraint, the region is teetering on the edge of escalation, with drones -- silent, remote and deniable -- opening a new chapter in the India-Pakistan conflict."The...
May 09, 2025

Drone war opens a new chapter in India-Pakistan conflict

Pakistan says at least 31 of its civilians were killed and about 50 wounded in Wednesday's strikes and in cross-border shelling across the frontier in Kashmir that followed,
Pakistan and India trade accusations as tensions escalate
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD — Tensions continue to escalate between India and Pakistan after India launched “Operation Sindoor” on Wednesday, killing at least 31 civilians.India’s operation came in response to an attack by militants in India-administered Kashmir that killed more than two dozen civilians. Pakistan has denied involvement in the attacks.Pakistan said on Thursday it shot down 25 drones from India in its airspace after what it called a “serious provocation” from New Delhi that wounded four soldiers and killed a civilian.India said it "neutralized" Pakistan's attempts to strike military targets with drones and missiles, as fighting spread between the nuclear-armed neighbors.The latest exchanges come a day after India said it hit "terrorist...
May 08, 2025

Pakistan and India trade accusations as tensions escalate

Demonstrators wave flags as they gather to protest outside the India High Commission, in London, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
World leaders express concern over rising tensions between India and Pakistan
BRUSSELS — World leaders have expressed concern over the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan after India launched strikes into Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday.US President Donald Trump called the escalations "so terrible" while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, and urged both sides to stop the violence."My position is, I get along with both. I know both very well and I want to see them work it out," he said, adding that "if I can do anything to help, I will be there."UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain was "engaging urgently with both countries" and encouraging "dialogue, de-escalation and the protection of civilians" during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in parliament.EU Foreign...
May 08, 2025

World leaders express concern over rising tensions between India and Pakistan

A screen displays an image of the Piprahwa gems at the auction house Sotheby's in Hong Kong
Sotheby's halts Buddha jewels auction after India threat
SINGAPORE — The auction house Sotheby's has postponed its sale in Hong Kong of hundreds of sacred jewels linked to the Buddha's remains, after a threat of legal action by the Indian government.The sale of the collection - described as one of the most astonishing archaeological finds of the modern era - had drawn criticism from Buddhist academics and monastic leaders. India had said it offended the global Buddhist community.Sotheby's said the suspension would allow for discussions between the parties.A British official named William Claxton Peppé unearthed the relics in northern India nearly 130 years ago, alongside bone fragments identified as belonging to the Buddha himself.The auction of the collection, known as the Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha Mauryan Empire,...
May 08, 2025

Sotheby's halts Buddha jewels auction after India threat

Police guard the road to the Shri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, on Wednesday.
21 airports across northern India will be closed until Saturday
NEW DELHI — A total of 21 airports across northern and northwestern India will remain closed until Saturday, according to a senior police official.“All airports have been sealed. No one will be allowed to go in or out except for security personnel and staff,” Shri Sirivennela of Amritsar Police told Indian news agency ANI, adding that “all scheduled flights” in the region will be impacted.“Until the situation is under control, we will be following the decisions made by the central government,” Sirivennela told ANI.Multiple Indian and international carriers issued travel advisories on Wednesday regarding cancellations to and from destinations in northern India, after New Delhi launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir on Wednesday morning.Other airlines...
May 08, 2025

21 airports across northern India will be closed until Saturday

One of the debunked images claiming to show a crashed Indian air force jet
Misleading posts obtaining millions of views on X
NEW DELHI — India's strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir have unleashed a wave of misinformation online, with unrelated videos purporting to be from the strikes gaining millions of views.Dramatic clips debunked by BBC Verify have claimed to show attacks on an Indian army base and an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan.One video, which had more than 400,000 views on X at the time of writing, claiming to show an explosion caused by a Pakistani response was actually from the 2020 Beirut Port explosion in Lebanon.An expert told BBC Verify that in moments of heightened tension or dramatic events, misinformation is more likely to spread and fuel distrust and hostility."It's very common to see recycled footage during any significant event, not just...
May 08, 2025

Misleading posts obtaining millions of views on X

The Emirates Airline logo is seen on an Airbus A350-900 aircraft during its unveiling in November.
Gulf airlines cancel flights to Pakistan as northern India airport closures disrupt routes
DUBAI — Several Gulf carriers have suspended flights to Pakistan, including Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways, with airport closures in northern India also affecting many flight routes.Emirates has canceled flights from Dubai to Sialkot, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar on Wednesday. “Customers on canceled flights must not proceed to the airport,” it said on its website.Flights to and from Karachi are not impacted and will be operating as per schedule, the airline said.Etihad said it had canceled flights to Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad on Wednesday.“Additionally, some other services may be rerouted to avoid the affected airspace, potentially resulting in extended flight times,” Etihad Airways said in a statement.Qatar Airways said it had “temporarily suspended flights” to...
May 07, 2025

Gulf airlines cancel flights to Pakistan as northern India airport closures disrupt routes

Smoke billows after an artillery shell landed in Poonch district in India's Jammu and Kashmir region on Wednesday.
Death toll rises on both sides as India fires missiles into Pakistan in 'act of war'
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD — India fired missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory in several locations early on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people — including a child — in what Pakistan's prime minister has called an "act of war."India said it had attacked infrastructure allegedly used by militants who carried out last month's massacre of tourists in Kashmir, control of which is split between India and Pakistan but which both countries claim in its entirety.Pakistan said it had shot down several Indian fighter jets in retaliation, with three planes falling onto villages in India-controlled Kashmir.Indian police and medics, meanwhile, said at least seven civilians were also killed in the region by Pakistani shelling.Tensions have soared between the nuclear-armed...
May 07, 2025

Death toll rises on both sides as India fires missiles into Pakistan in 'act of war'

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