Hook News Brief | 07.05.25
India’s “Operation Sindoor” targets 9 terror sites
Indian armed forces at 1:44 am this morning launched “Operation Sindoor”, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack which killed 26 civilians on April 22.
A statement from the Ministry of Defence said that “nine sites have been targeted” with the “actions being focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature”. Furthermore, no Pakistani military facilities have been targeted.
Reports say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi constantly monitored the operation.
Meanwhile Pakistan's DG ISPR, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary, said that the strikes hit sites in Kotli, Muridke, Bahawalpur, Chak Amru, Bhimber, Gulpur, Sialkot and two sites in Muzaffarabad.
Also Read: Operation Sindoor: Check List of 9 terror sites targeted by Indian armed forces in Pakistan and PoK
India & UK sign Free Trade Agreement
PM Modi announced that India and the UK have successfully concluded an ambitious and mutually beneficial Free Trade Agreement, along with a Double Contribution Convention.
A delighted PM Modi said in a tweet that this will further deepen the partnership between the two nations and that he “looks forward to welcoming PM Starmer to India soon”.
Carney meets Trump at the White House
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met US President Donald Trump in a much-anticipated first visit to the White House.
The two North American leaders are said to have lavished praise on one another before Carney reiterated that Canada "is not for sale". This after Trump suggested making Canada the United States’ 51st state.
Carney said that he "pressed the case" to Trump on lifting tariffs, and found him to be "willing to have that negotiation".
Germany gets a new Chancellor
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected Germany’s Chancellor in a second round of parliamentary voting.
After being formally nominated by President Steinmeier, Merz will take the oath of office to become Germany’s 10th chancellor since the end of World War II.
Voting for new Pope begins in Vatican
The papal conclave of 133 College of Cardinals is set to begin today in the Vatican as the Roman Catholic Church searches for its next leader.
The cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to vote with four ballots a day - two in the morning, two in the afternoon.
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