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India’s hold on South Asia is gradually weakening, with Bangladesh and Myanmar increasingly turning towards Pakistan and China. Relations between India and its neighbors have become complicated following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s government and the subsequent rise in anti-India sentiments. Experts say India’s failure to improve ties with neighboring countries has led to this shift.
Bangladesh, for instance, is strengthening its defense ties with Pakistan, and experts believe that India’s inability to do so has created an opportunity for Pakistan to fill the gap. In a separate incident, an Indian woman was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her five-year-old son in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The current situation in occupied Kashmir is one of hopelessness, and New Delhi seems to be unconcerned, says AS Dulat, a former head of India’s RAW intelligence agency. Meanwhile, 1,500 US troops in Alaska have been put on high alert for possible deployment.
US President Donald Trump has announced the formation of a new “peace board” aimed at resolving the Gaza conflict, which is seen as a second phase of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. However, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that imposing tariffs on NATO allies would be a wrong move.
A horrific murder has come to light in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where a retired railway employee allegedly killed his 35-year-old “live-in partner” and burned her body in a suitcase. In another incident, a high-speed train in southern Spain collided with another train, resulting in the deaths of 39 people and leaving over 100 injured.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has blamed US sanctions and those of its allies for the country’s economic woes. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed his country’s support for Trump’s Gaza peace board, but emphasized that details of the plan are still being worked out.
Eight European countries – the UK, France, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden – have issued a joint statement in support of Greenland and Denmark. The US has sent a draft charter of the Gaza peace board to 60 countries. A new fundraising effort has been launched to support the families of the victims of the Gloriana Plaza bombing in Spain.
