Can The India-Pakistan Ceasefire Hold?

印巴停火能否持久?

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2025-05-13

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India and Pakistan announced a ceasefire Saturday, after days of fighting along their shared border and in the contested region of Kashmir. While the agreement between the two nuclear powers appeared to be holding, both sides blamed the other for violating the deal. The latest conflict was ignited by a terrorist attack last month in the section of Kashmir controlled by India, but the two countries have been fighting over the disputed region for decades, since the end of British rule and the 1947 partition. Joshua Keating, senior correspondent for Vox covering national security and foreign policy, explains why this latest round of conflict is different. And in headlines: President Donald Trump ordered pharmaceutical companies to voluntarily lower their U.S. drug prices, Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley blasted his party over its plans to slash hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, and the U.S. and China agreed to temporarily slash their tariffs. Show Notes: Check out Joshua's article – www.vox.com/world-politics/412332/india-pakistan-crisis-escalationSubscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Tuesday, May 13th.

  • I'm Jane Koston, and this is Waterday,

  • the show that is excited to learn about our new friendly relationship with China.

  • You know how it works.

  • When you turn the tariffs on, it's to save Main Street.

  • And when you turn the tariffs off, partly, it's the art of the deal.

  • Rinse and repeat.

  • On today's show,

  • President Donald Trump orders drug makers to consider thinking about maybe lowering their U.S. drug prices.

  • And Republicans unveil hundreds of billions of dollars in proposed cuts to Medicaid.

  • Naturally.

  • But let's start with the conflict between India and Pakistan.

  • On Saturday, the Indian and Pakistani governments announced a ceasefire.

  • It came after days of fighting on the border between the countries and in the contested territory of Kashmir.

  • But as the weekend progressed, some reports indicated that the ceasefire wasn't holding.

  • One Indian official told the New York Times that Pakistani drones had been seen over the Indian state of Punjab.

  • In response, the Pakistani foreign ministry said it was India who had broken the ceasefire.

  • While the ceasefire announcement is welcome,

  • the rising tensions between the world's first and fifth most populous countries,

  • both nuclear powers, are not ideal.