Neighbour-rattling: India strikes Pakistan

邻里生事:印度空袭巴基斯坦

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2025-05-07

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Two weeks after a terrorist attack in Kashmir, Indian missiles streaked into Pakistan. Will the retaliation end this latest flare-up or intensify it? Our correspondent meets Alexandre de Moraes, a swashbuckling Brazilian supreme court justice who is taking sides in the global free-speech fight (8:35). And appetite for Sweden's rare-earth minerals will pose difficulties for the Sami people and their reindeer (tk).
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm Jason Palmer.

  • And I'm Rosie Bloor.

  • Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • Our correspondent met a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice who's one of the most powerful judges in the world.

  • taking on, among other things, the freedoms of the whole internet.

  • Our correspondent question, is he dictatorial or a defender of democratic norms?

  • And Sammys are a group of indigenous people who live in Europe's frozen north.

  • For centuries, few were interested in the land on which they herded reindeer.

  • But now rare earth minerals are being mined there, their livelihoods are under threat.

  • First up though.

  • India's attack began shortly after midnight.

  • This was exactly two weeks after a terrorist attack in Indian ruled Kashmir killed 26 civilians.

  • Jeremy Page is our Asia Diplomatic Editor.

  • India's government said it hit nine terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistani-administered Kashmir and in Punjab.

  • Pakistan said India struck six locations in those regions,

  • but denied that any of them were terrorist sites.

  • It's the largest aerial attack on Pakistan in more than 50 years.

  • India's army tweeted that justice is served.