Trump says India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire
US President Donald Trump has said India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire after American-mediated talks – although neither country has immediately confirmed a deal.
It follows weeks of hostilities between the nuclear-armed rivals, who have traded missile strikes, drone attacks and artillery fire and is their most serious confrontation in decades.
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Tensions have flared since a gun massacre last month that India blames on Pakistan.
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