Trump Knew India Was Going to Strike Pakistan? China, Japan “Concerned,” Russia, UN Urge “Restraint”

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US President Donald Trump said on May 7 that he hoped clashes between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan end “very quickly.” Trump’s remarks came after Indian forces launched strikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan in response to the April 22 attack in Pahalgam.New Delhi has blamed militants that it has said were from Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba, a UN-designated terrorist outfit.Pakistan’s army said the Indian strikes targeted three sites in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and two in Punjab province, the country’s most populous. The death toll from Indian missile strikes in Pakistan and firing along the border on May 7 has risen to 26, the Pakistani military said. The Indian strikes came just hours after the US State Department issued a fresh call for calm. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION2:15 INDIA BRIEFS US SECRETARY OF STATE3:50 HOW WORLD LEADERS REACTED TO INDIAN STRIKES6:42 PAK ALLY CHINA “CONCERNED”, URGES FOR “CALM”