Hello and welcome to NewsHour Live from the BBC World Service in London.
I'm Rebecca Kesby.
Today,
diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan have deteriorated rapidly over the past 24 hours.
The Indian government has accused Pakistan of being involved in the militant attack at a popular beauty spot in Indian-administered Kashmir earlier this week that killed 26 tourists.
Graphic images of the attack have been circulating on social media and survivors have also been speaking about their traumatic experiences.
Indian police have named three of the four suspected gunmen behind the attack,
saying that two are Pakistani citizens and that all three suspects are members of Lashkar-e-Taiba,
which is a Pakistan-based militant group.
Today,
the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to hunt down all those involved in the attack.
I say to the whole world, India will identify.
Narendra Modi there saying he will identify track and...
punish all those responsible for the attack.
Well, around 1,500 people in the region have been detained by the Indian authorities.
And today, India also suspended some Pakistani diplomats and restricted travel visas,
which the Pakistani government have reciprocated.
Pakistan's defence minister, Khawaja Asif,
has been speaking to the BBC's Pakistan correspondent, Azadeh Moshiri.
We are just responding to what India has done in the last 24 hours.