Pakistan says Indian strikes have ignited an 'inferno in the region'

Pakistan has condemned India’s overnight missile strikes on its territory as acts of war. We hear from the Pakistani cabinet minister Ahsan Iqbal.

Also in the programme: The Papal conclave in the Vatican begins to elect a successor to Pope Francis; and in his first interview since leaving the White House the former US President, Joe Biden, tells the BBC that the Trump administration is guilty of what he described as "modern-day appeasement" because of the way it has been pressuring Ukraine to give up territory to Russia.

(Photo: Members of the media film the inside of a building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, 7 May 2025. Credit: Reuters)