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Six hours later, the Indian foreign secretary announced the strikes had killed "a very large number" of militants and commanders.

The letter to Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been signed by cross-party MPs and peers.

More than 100 MPs and peers have written to the foreign secretary calling for "quick and decisive" action to secure the release of a Scottish Sikh man in prison in India.

Over the weekend, a US state department spokesperson told Reuters that Washington was in touch with the governments of India and Pakistan and wanted them to work towards a "responsible resolution", while the British foreign secretary David Lammy spoke to his counterparts in India and deputy prime minister in Pakistan.

On Tuesday evening Rubio spoke to UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy about what he hoped would be "substantive and good technical meetings".