Overview

• At a White House cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump said he warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani officials of steep tariffs and claimed the ceasefire was "done" within five hours.
• He again asserted that seven jets were shot down during the hostilities, after earlier citing five, without specifying which side’s aircraft or providing evidence.
• The renewed claims came as U.S. tariff hikes raised the overall burden on Indian goods to roughly 50 percent, while Pakistan faces 19 percent levies.
• New Delhi has consistently denied third-party mediation, saying the truce followed DGMO-to-DGMO contact on May 10 and was a bilateral military understanding.
• India’s Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh has said the IAF confirmed at least five Pakistani fighter aircraft and one large surveillance platform were downed during Operation Sindoor.