06:26โขPakistan Downs Indian Jets As Nuclear Tensions Soar
โจThe newspapers report intensively on escalating military tensions between India and Pakistan. India has launched missile strikes into Pakistan-controlled territory reportedly killing at least 26 people (The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Mirror, The Independent, Metro, Sky News, The Times). Pakistan claims to have shot down five Indian fighter jets and condemns the attacks as an "act of war," raising fears of broader conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors (Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Independent, The Spectator). In domestic news, controversy grows over Labour's winter fuel payment policy with even Labour-supporting papers urging a U-turn (HuffPost UK). Former US President Biden criticizes Trump's approach to Ukraine in his first post-presidential BBC interview (BBC News).