Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan are accusing each other of violating a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement. This comes after multiple explosions were reported in Indian-controlled Kashmir just hours after the deal was reached on Saturday.
At least 30 people have been killed and 100 injured when an express train derailed in southern Pakistan.
Several carriages of the Hazara Express overturned near Sahara railway station in Nawabshah. The train was travelling from Karachi to Rawalpindi.
Rescue teams freed survivors from the twisted wreckage and the injured were taken to nearby hospitals.
Railway Minister Saad Rafiq said initial investigations showed the train was travelling at normal speed and they were trying to establish what led to the derailment.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Caroline Davies in Pakistan.
The coastal regions of India and Pakistan are on high alert as Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall by Thursday evening.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the cyclone is moving at a speed of 145 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour) and is projected to make landfall near Jakhau port in the Kutch district of Gujarat on Thursday.
Evacuation drives, disaster preparedness, closing of ports, suspension of fishing activities and diversion and cancellation of flights and trains have been ongoing in both nations.
The so-called Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Biparjoy is a long-lived, powerful tropical cyclone that formed over the east-central Arabian Sea and made landfall near the India-Pakistan border. The third depression and the second cyclonic storm of the 2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Biparjoy originated from a depression that was first noted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on 6 June, before intensifying into a cyclonic storm. The cyclone steadily weakened due to deep flaring convection. Biparjoy accelerated northeastward, strengthening to a Category 3-equivalent tropical cyclone and to a extremely severe cyclonic storm.
CBC News: The National in Canada shows that the federal government has implemented a 30-day ban on direct flights into Canada from India and Pakistan to deal with concerns about rising case counts in India and mutations of the coronavirus.
Pakistan's coronavirus death toll has reached 761. Total number of confirmed virus cases is 35,298.
For Pakistan, it's possible that lifting the Coronavirus Covid-19 Lockdown may lead to "herd immunity." This is fear that the easing of restrictions will result in a steep rise in already surging COVID-19 cases.
Crowds of people were seen pouring into markets. They hardly bothered to follow precautions. Footage aired on local broadcasters on Thursday showed many markets, and shopping areas in the capital Islamabad, commercial capital Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, and other cities, packed with shoppers.
