India-Pakistan live: Uneasy calm after ceasefire gets off to shaky start
- A ceasefire between India and Pakistan appears to be holding, hours after both sides accused each other of violations.
- The United Nations and countries around the world, including Bangladesh, Qatar, Turkiye and the United Kingdom, have welcomed the truce, which was brokered by more than 30 countries.
- Earlier, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said the Indian military has been instructed to “deal strongly” with any repeated breaches, while Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said it “remains committed” to the ceasefire agreement.
- More than 60 people have been killed in India and Pakistan over four days of cross-border fighting after New Delhi launched attacks on what it called “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan, in retaliation for a deadly attack in Pahalgam last month.
- India blames Pakistan-based armed groups for the April 22 attack that killed 26 people. Islamabad denies any involvement.
Relieved families start to return home
The ceasefire has brought much relief to the families who had to leave their homes in the past four days.
They did not waste any time and started moving back to their villages.
From what we are being told, some of them were stopped midway and told that it would take about two days for them to be able to go home as authorities move to clear unexploded ordnance. Hence, they say they are stuck on the road.
There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza
Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israel’s total blockade on aid
Siwar Ashour was born into war and hunger and has known nothing else. She is now in real danger of dying without ever having known a moment of peace or contentment.
The six-month-old Palestinian girl, whose painfully emaciated body symbolised the deliberate starvation of Gaza when she appeared on the BBC this week, was only 2.5kg when she was born on 20 November last year.
From birth, Siwar had a problem with her oesophagus that has made it hard for her to drink breast milk and left her dependent on specialised formula, which is in critically short supply.
The Show Must Go On (Underground) in the Kharkiv Opera House
The opera house in Kharkiv was almost destroyed and an undetonated Russian rocket can still be found on its roof. But after a long interruption, the ensemble is once again staging productions - in the basement. Its shows are usually sold out.
By Ann-Dorit Boy und Fedir Petrov (Photos) in Kharkiv, Ukraine
It’s not obvious from the cellar’s appearance what a godsend it actually is: gray, concrete walls, dusty cement. Instead of an orchestra pit, there is just a yellow line on the floor. The stage is just six by eight meters and there is no curtain. No mystery. For the first act, the set includes a table, a couple of chairs and an standing mirror.
This is where the Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre Mykola Lysenko, one of the best opera houses in Ukraine, is presenting Giuseppe Verdi’s "La Traviata” on this Sunday afternoon. The 400 chairs for the audience are almost all occupied by middle-aged married couples, younger lovers holding hands and whispering groups of women.
Germany turns first asylum seekers away at border — report
In the two days since the new German government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz tightened border controls, 19 people who had applied for asylum have reportedly been turned away.
Germany has begun rejecting asylum seekers at its borders with other European countries, the first such action since the new government tightened immigration, a German newspaper reported Sunday.
On Thursday and Friday, out of 365 undocumented entries at all borders, 286 migrants and refugees were sent back, including 19 who had applied for asylum, according to data provided to Bild am Sonntag.
The paper said the main reasons for being rejected were: no valid visa, fake documents or entry suspension.
Steve Rosenberg: Putin's offer of talks may be attempt to divide the US and Europe
Steve Rosenberg
We've seen it before: Vladimir Putin doesn't react well to ultimatums. We saw it again, last night, in the Kremlin.
President Putin slammed European powers for talking to Russia "in a boorish manner and with the help of ultimatums".
He didn't go into detail. He didn't need to.
This was clearly his response to the ultimatum set by European leaders in Kyiv.
Corals bounce back quicker on artificial structures
By NAMI SUGIURA/ Staff Writer
May 11, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Artificial structures like concrete breakwaters to protect shorelines seem to offer a quicker fix than natural reefs for corals devastated by bleaching events, say Japanese researchers studying how climate change affects the sea floor.
Bleaching refers to the whitening of corals due to rising seawater temperatures. Severe or frequent bleaching events can kill the underwater ecosystems.
It turns out that corals tend to recover more quickly on artificial structures.
Typically when scientists study the phenomenon, they spend up to 10 years collecting field data.
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