Pakistan Calls Indian Missile Strikes An ‘act Of War’

[CRAIG NIGRELLI]

GOOD MORNING

I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI

IT’S WEDNESDAY MAY 7TH, 2025 

AND THESE ARE YOUR UNBIASED UPDATES:

AN “ACT OF WAR”,  INDIA ATTACKS PAKISTAN IN KASHMIR, IN RESPONSE TO LAST MONTH’S DEADLY SHOOTINGS OF TOURISTS. THIS MORNING, MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PAKISTANIS ARE DEAD AND PAKISTAN IS NOW PROMISING A ROBUST RESPONSE. 

AND —  CARDINALS IN ROME BEGIN THE CONCLAVE AS THE THE WORLD WATCHES. WHO WILL BE THE NEXT POPE OVERSEEING A FLOCK OF NEARLY ONE-AND-A-HALF BILLION CATHOLICS. 

L3: PAKISTAN CALLS INDIAN MISSILE STRIKES AN ‘ACT OF WAR’

BREAKING news THIS MORNING — INDIA is ESCALATING TENSIONS WITH PAKISTAN, LAUNCHING MISSILES IN A MOVE ISLAMABAD IS CALLING AN “ACT OF WAR.”

THE STRIKES COME TWO WEEKS AFTER A TERRORIST ATTACK IN INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR LEFT 26 PEOPLE DEAD — WHICH INDIA BLAMES PAKISTAN FOR, THOUGH PAKISTAN HAS DENIED RESPONSIBILITY.

INDIA’S FOREIGN SECRETARY SAID IN A NEWS BRIEFING THE STRIKES WERE A PREEMPTIVE STEP — ACCUSING PAKISTAN OF FAILING TO TAKE “DEMONSTRABLE STEPS” AGAINST “TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE ON ITS TERRITORY OR ON TERRITORY UNDER ITS CONTROL.”

BOTH COUNTRIES EACH CONTROL PARTS OF KASHMIR — BUT CLAIM IT  IS  their’s IN FULL.

PAKISTAN SAID TODAY’S STRIKES KILLED 26 PEOPLE AND INJURED 46 OTHERS.

MEANWHILE, ONE INDIAN MILITARY OFFICIAL SAID NEW DELHI SHOWED “CONSIDERABLE RESTRAINT” — ONLY TARGETING WHAT IT SAYS ARE “TERROR CAMPS” ACROSS THE PROVINCE OF PUNJAB AND IN PAKISTAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR,  AND NOT CIVILIAN TARGETS OR MILITARY FACILITIES.

PAKISTAN CLAIMS IT BROUGHT DOWN FIVE INDIAN PLANES IN RESPONSE — THOUGH INDIAN OFFICIALS HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT.

L3: CATHOLIC CARDINALS GATHER FOR CONCLAVE TO ELECT NEW POPE

RIGHT NOW IN VATICAN CITY —  CARDINALS ARE GATHERING TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ELECTING THE NEXT LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, IN WHAT IS CALLED A CONCLAVE.

THEY ARE VOTING ON THE SUCCESSOR TO POPE FRANCIS — WHO DIED TWO WEEKS AGO. THE VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN COMPLETE SECLUSION IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

A NEW POPE WILL ONLY BE CHOSEN ONCE ONE CANDIDATE SECURES TWO-THIRDS OF THE VOTE. THERE ARE 133 CARDINALS IN ATTENDANCE, WHO ARE UNDER 80 AND ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. 

IF A DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE AFTER THREE DAYS — BALLOTING WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR 24 HOURS TO ALLOW CARDINAL ELECTORS TIME TO REFLECT AND PRAY.

AFTER EACH ROUND OF VOTING, A SMOKE SIGNAL WILL BE SENT UP FROM A CHIMNEY ATOP THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

BLACK SMOKE MEANS A DECISION HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE.

WHITE SMOKE WILL SIGNAL A NEW POPE HAS BEEN ELECTED AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY RINGING THE BELLS OF ST. PETER’S BASILICA.

L3: U.S. TRADE OFFICIALS TO MEET WITH CHINESE COUNTERPARTS TO TALK TARIFF WAR

TWO TOP TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WILL MEET WITH THEIR CHINESE COUNTERPARTS THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS TRADE — AS A STANDOFF IN THE TARIFF WAR BETWEEN THE U-S AND CHINA CONTINUES, WITH NO END IN SIGHT YET.

THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT WILL TRAVEL TO SWITZERLAND TO MEET WITH CHINA’S “LEAD REPRESENTATIVE ON ECONOMIC MATTERS” — WHOM A  CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON IDENTIFIED IN A POST ON X AS VICE PREMIER HE LIFENG.

U-S TRADE REPRESENTATIVE JAMIESON GREER WILL ALSO MEET WITH A  CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE IN SWITZERLAND THIS WEEK.

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FOX NEWS ON TUESDAY — BESSENT SAID INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WILL LIKELY BE ABOUT “DE-ESCALATION, NOT ABOUT THE BIG TRADE DEAL.”

HE ADDED THE U-S AND CHINA HAVE “SHARED INTERESTS” BECAUSE THE SKY-HIGH TARIFFS IMPOSED BY BOTH COUNTRIES LAST MONTH ARE NOT “SUSTAINABLE.”

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS LEVIED 145 % TARIFFS ON CHINA THAT THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES ARE HURTING THE CHINESE ECONOMY. 

CHINA RESPONDED WITH 125% TARIFFS ON AMERICAN GOODS.

L3: CANADA ‘NOT FOR SALE’ PRIME MINISTER TELLS TRUMP DURING OVAL OFFICE MEETING

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NOT BACKING DOWN FROM HIS PUSH TO MAKE CANADA THE 51-ST STATE — EVEN AS THE COUNTRY’S PRIME MINISTER IS DIGGING IN AND REITERATING THAT ANY MERGER OR ANNEXATION BY THE UNITED STATES, WILL NOT HAPPEN.

THE COMMENTS CAME AS THE WORLD LEADERS HELD THEIR FIRST HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED MEETING IN THE OVAL OFFICE TUESDAY.

HOWEVER, THE PRESIDENT DID SAY HE AND PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY WOULD NOT BE DISCUSSING THE  PROPOSAL QUOTE UNLESS “SOMEBODY WANTS TO DISCUSS IT.”

AND WHEN ASKED IF CARNEY’S REJECTION OF THE IDEA MAKES TRADE AND OTHER NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U-S AND CANADA DIFFICULT : TRUMP SAID “NO, NOT AT ALL.”

CARNEY TOLD REPORTERS AFTER THE MEETING HE ASKED PRESIDENT TRUMP TO STOP CALLING CANADA THE 51-ST STATE.

HE ALSO SAID CANADA AND THE U-S ARE HAVING VERY “COMPLEX” NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT A “WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES.” 

THE TWO SIDES HAVE BEEN AT ODDS OVER TARIFFS IMPOSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP ON CANADA, WITH THE PRESIDENT SAYING TUESDAY – WE DON’T NEED THEIR CARS, WE DON’T NEED THEIR ENERGY, WE DON’T NEED THEIR LUMBER, WE DON’T NEED ANYTHING THEY HAVE,  OTHER THAN THEIR FRIENDSHIP.

L3: SUPREME COURT ALLOWS TRUMP ADMIN. TO IMPLEMENT TRANS MILITARY BAN

THE U.S SUPREME COURT IS ALLOWING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO BAN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM SERVING IN THE MILITARY.

FOR MONTHS, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN PUSHING TO RID THE ARMED FORCES OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SAYING THEIR SEXUAL IDENTITY QUOTE” CONFLICTS WITH A SOLDIER’S COMMITMENT TO AN HONORABLE, TRUTHFUL AND DISCIPLINED LIFESTYLE, EVEN IN ONE’S PERSONAL LIFE.”

THE PRESIDENT THE DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH CONTEND THAT SUCH A LIFESTYLE IS HARMFUL TO MILITARY READINESS AND HURTS UNIT COHESION.

A JUDGE IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON HAD RULED IN FAVOR OF SEVEN TRANSGENDER MILITARY MEMBERS WHO SAID THE BAN WAS INSULTING AND DISCRIMINATORY.

AT A SPECIAL FORCES CONFERENCES IN TAMPA, HEGSETH SAID THIS, WHICH WAS POSTED ON X:

PETE HEGSETH, U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

“We are leaving wokeness and weakness behind. No much pronouns, nary much ambiance alteration obsessions, nary much emergency vaccine mandates, nary much dudes successful dresses.”

THE LGBTQ RIGHTS GROUP, LAMBDA LEGAL AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION REACTED TO THE SUPREME COURT RULING, CALLING IT A DEVASTATING BLOW TO THE DEDICATED AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED SERVICE MEMBERS.

AS FOR WHAT’S NEXT, THE MATTER GOES TO A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN SAN FRANCISCO WHILE THE HIGH COURT BAN REMAINS IN PLACE.

L3: DHS HEAD: TRAVELERS WITHOUT REAL ID FACE ADDITIONAL SCREENING STARTING TODAY

FINALLY THIS MORNING — TODAY’S THE DAY.

AFTER YEARS OF DELAYS, U-S TRAVELERS MUST NOW  USE A STATE-ISSUED I-D OR DRIVER’S LICENSE THAT IS “REAL I-D” COMPLIANT.

REAL I-S IS DENOTED BY A YELLOW STAR ON YOUR IDENTIFICATION CARD.

STARTING TODAY… ALL PASSENGERS WILL NOW HAVE TO HAVE TO TRAVEL WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.

HOWEVER, HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR KRISIT NOEM SAID TUESDAY THOSE WHO HAVE NOT GOTTEN THEIR REAL I-D YET WILL STILL BE ABLE TO FLY — AFTER ADDITIONAL IDENTITY CHECKS.

SHE TOLD A CONGRESSIONAL PANEL  81 PERCENT OF TRAVELERS **DO** ALREADY HAVE I-DS THAT COMPLY WITH THE REAL I-D REQUIREMENTS.

THERE ARE ALSO SOME OTHER OPTIONS FOR TRAVELERS WITHOUT REAL IDs, INCLUDING USING A US PASSPORT, PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD, BORDER CROSSING CARD, OR A VETERAN HEALTH I-D.