Shortly before Indians began voting in the world’s largest democratic exercise, tensions erupted again between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. In part three of our podcast series, India Tomorrow, we explore the history of Kashmir, what life is like for ordinary Kashmiris and how the recent escalation of tensions may affect the 2019 vote. In the next instalment, which will be launched on Tuesday, we learn what life is like for women in India, the extent that they make up an electoral group in Indian politics and are represented among the country’s lawmakers. Subscribe to our special email alert to be notified the moment it’s released.

The people of Northern Ireland had thought that their 30-year conflict, The Troubles, had been brought to a peaceful end by the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. But the killing of reporter Lyra McKee has highlighted the tensions that still run close to the surface there. Research carried out over two decades has revealed how young people are still being pulled into paramilitary organisation, especially in Derry – where McKee was shot and where the peace dividend has never really materialised.

It’s become commonplace to hear from the roughly 50% of Britons who keep pets that they “live with” their animals, rather than own them. Which is all very well, but do many pet owners stop and ask themselves whether it is ethical? Most pet owners love their furry, fluffy or scaly friends and mourn their passing, but over centuries, humans have treated their animal companions rather badly, selectively breeding in genetic defects or keeping them cooped up in cages. Having read the piece myself, I know of one small dog who is going to get a longer walk than usual this weekend.

This week we also learned about why the moon is where it is, how to make time go slower and whether Anne Boleyn really did try to speak after she was beheaded. Meanwhile, from our colleagues around the world, we read about the restrictions on freedom creeping across parts of Africa and a drug being developed in the US that could be used to treat people with autism spectrum disorder.

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