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23 hours ago | theguardian.com | Tom Ambrose |Lucy Campbell |Marina Dunbar |Kate Lamb |Maya Yang |Fran Lawther | +6 more

Summary of the day so farFran LawtherDonald Trump and Elon Musk escalated their disagreement about the US budget bill into a big public argument on social media. Here’s a roundup of key moments so far: Donald Trump kicked things off during an Oval Office meeting with German chancellor Friedrich Merz. Asked about Elon Musk’s criticism of his “Big, Beautiful Bill”, the US president told reporters: “Elon and I had a great relationship.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Kate Lamb

Pakistan launched a retaliatory military operation against India early on Saturday, its military said, targeting multiple bases including a missile storage site in northern India as the nuclear-armed neighbours extended their worst fighting in nearly three decades. Pakistan military officials told state-run media the Pathankot military airfield in Punjab and Udhampur air force base in Indian-administered Kashmir were among the targets, with loud explosions heard from both.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kate Lamb

Kate LambTue, May 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM UTC3 min readIndian soldiers sit inside a vehicle in Wuyan near Indian-administered Kashmir's main city of Srinagar after a loud explosion was heard on 7 May, 2025.Photograph: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty ImagesIndia has conducted what it has described as “precision strikes” in neighbouring Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the Indian side of the contested region that killed 26 people.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Kate Lamb

India has conducted what it has described as “precision strikes” in neighbouring Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the Indian side of the contested region that killed 26 people. Three civilians, including a child, were killed in missile strikes and 12 people have been injured, according to a Pakistani military spokesperson.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Kate Lamb

The lead plaintiff in a lawsuit fighting Donald Trump’s order to dismantle Voice of America has said the media has to resist as the administration becomes increasingly aggressive against the press. “I never in a million years thought I would have to fight for freedom of the press in the United States of America. And yet here we are,” says Patsy Widakuswara, the White House bureau chief for the broadcasting network. “As journalism is under attack, it feels empowering to fight back.