CNN 10｜India-Pakistan conflict, Disney new park, Asian snack

COY WIRE, CNN 10 ANCHOR:
We begin today with a developing conflict that could be edging India and Pakistan close to the brink of an all-out war.

Early Wednesday morning, the two nations traded fire. India, the most populous nation in the world, launched military strikes on the neighboring nation of Pakistan's Punjab province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

India says they were targeting a terrorist infrastructure in response to an April terrorist attack on a group of mostly Indian tourists, killing 26 civilians.

Officials in India have long accused Pakistan of backing armed groups and separatist forces inside the Indian-administered portion of Kashmir. Pakistan says that was true in the past, not now.

The latest attack occurred in the disputed region of Kashmir, located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent bordering Pakistan.

The conflict over Kashmir goes back decades, to the time both countries gained independence from Britain in 1947. After fighting three wars over the territory, a ceasefire line known as the Line of Control was established to divide the region, with India and Pakistan controlling separate sides.

With this decades-long conflict showing no signs of resolution, there's no shortage of grievances and accusations being levied on both sides of the border. Our Nick Robertson shows us a bit more about why this disputed territory has been a flashpoint in India-Pakistan relations for so long.

Nick Robertson: High in the Himalayas, Pakistan's army is taking us deep into disputed Kashmir, toward the line of control, the de facto border with India. And one of the most militarized conflicts in the world.

Tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors rising since a terror attack killed 26 civilians, mostly Indian, almost two weeks ago. Militaries on both sides readying for possible escalation as India blamed Pakistan, and Pakistan denied responsibility. It's a war of words.

Civilians on both sides of these rugged mountains fear, not for the first time, will be victims of events way beyond their sway. Control of the towering peaks unresolved for 75 years.

Just driving through the mountains here, it's easy to understand why Kashmir is still a disputed area. So hard to fight a decisive war in this rugged terrain.

The other thing you see here is poverty. Meagre villages clinging to the hillside. People here say the spiking tensions making it harder to eke a living, as we're about to find out.

On foot now, the village we're heading to, a few hundred feet from the line of control. When we arrive, most villages clustered around one house, some hiding in the dark inside. Children peeking from unglazed windows.

This villager telling us they live in fear now. Elderly children and women are incredibly scared, he says. We want to take our livestock out to pasture, but the Indians are right there in front of us, and we're very concerned. With no end in sight on both sides of the border, civilians as ever the losers in this decades-old conflict.

Wire: Now to some news sure to excite Disney fans around the world. The company announced its newest park. This one is set to open in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It'll be the first Disney park and resort in the Middle East, and it promises a technologically advanced and future oriented experience. Our Natasha Chen has more on what Disney is planning for its now seventh park location. Hi, Natasha.

Natasha Chen: Hi, Coy. Well, Disney has announced that their seventh global theme park destination is going to be in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. This is a big de. al because Disney has not announced a new theme park in 15 years.

The last time they told us they were building a new theme park was for Shanghai Disneyland. So this is the first in a generation and what they plan to do is make this the most technologically advanced park they've ever built. That means it's going to look a little bit different.

The artist rendering that they've showed us so far shows a castle in the middle of the park like they have in all their other parks, But this castle looks a little different. It's got this crystal spiral structure going on.

And they're saying that this is the first theme park they have that will actually have an accessible waterfront that they'll let guests access.

And they're also going to play with some immersive gaming. They say that, for example, what you might see on Fortnite and experience there could translate into what you might do in this park and vice versa.

So there's a lot of technological challenge here, as well as some challenge with how they're going to build a park with all these rides and attractions in a sort of desert area where there could be really extreme temperatures in the summer. There are some other theme parks and water parks there already, some of which are really largely indoors, fully air-conditioned so people can enjoy themselves.

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